September and October are the best seasons to eat crabs every year.

In the fall, female crabs are eaten in September and male crabs in October. In September of the lunar calendar, female crabs are full of eggs, and the crab yolk is fresh, fragrant and delicate; in October, male crabs have the best gonadal development, and this time, the yolk is fat and creamy, and the taste of crab paste is rich and smooth. Every year in September to October is the crab yellow oil full of time, so some eaters say "autumn to eat crabs for the most grand thing".

Selection of high-quality hairy crabs:

A counting: the lunar calendar in September should eat female crabs, crab yolk; lunar October should eat male crabs, cream full of meat fat.

Two weighing: heavy fat, light meat less.

Three look: choose the old crab to abandon the young crab. The old crab black green with light, the appearance of no miscellaneous mud, foot hair and long and quite, body thick and solid, the belly is iron spot color, crab feet hard; such as the belly bright, is young crab.

Four touch: touch the eyes, large crab pincers should react quickly; pull a foot, should immediately retract.

Five flip: turn the crab body over, belly to the sky, can agile flip is a good crab.

Six put: put the crab on the ground, can quickly crawl is a robust crab.