Under normal circumstances, male crabs do not have crab roe. Crab roe is the ovaries and digestive glands that only female crabs have, while male crabs only have crab paste. Let’s take a closer look below! Do male crabs have crab roe?

No. Crabs with crab roe are female crabs.

Crab roe is the ovaries and digestive glands in female hairy crabs. It is orange in color and has a particularly delicious taste. Crab roe is formed by the accumulation of egg cells, tissue fluid, etc. in the body of adult female crabs. The egg cells of female crabs are generally divided into two parts. One part is expelled from the body after fertilization and breeds small crabs. The remaining part accumulates in the body to form crab roe. The amount of crab roe will increase as the female crab matures, so the crab roe of mature female crabs is the plumpest.

As the weather gradually turns cooler in autumn, crabs gradually grow stronger. The digestive glands and ovaries of the female crab grow into crab roe to prepare for the winter and the need for reproduction in the coming year (the crab roe turns into crab roe in spring). At this time, when you peel off the crab shell, you can see that there are a lot of yellow and sticky things in the crab shell and crab lumps, which is raw crab roe. After being cooked, the crab roe turns red, and the darker the red, the stronger the crab. Male crabs mostly have crab paste

Crab roe refers to what female crabs have, while crab paste is only found in male crabs, and there is no crab roe in male crabs. Crab paste is the most nutritious part of male crab, and its value is not inferior to that of crab roe. The sticky white thing in male crabs is crab paste. After being cooked, the crab paste becomes translucent. The more crab paste there is, the stronger the male crab is. Why is it said that male crabs have crab roe?

Logically speaking, male crabs do not have crab roe. Crab roe is yellow and crab paste is white. But why is there yellow stuff in the belly of male crabs? It’s actually the hepatopancreas next to the male crab’s testicles, which turns yellow after steaming or cooking.

The hepatopancreas of both male and female crabs are edible, but if the crab is not fat enough or not fully mature, after steaming or cooking, the roe of the female crab or the roe of the male crab will be eaten. The hepatopancreas is not easy to coagulate into lumps, and sometimes it will turn into a thin yellow liquid, and the taste may sometimes be bitter. The main reason is that the time is not up and the crab is too tender.

Therefore, it is best to eat crabs when the crabs are most plump. Female crabs are best eaten in August of the lunar calendar, and male crabs are best eaten in September of the lunar calendar.

Another reason why the crab roe of female crabs and the hepatopancreas of male crabs are bitter is that the preparation work before cooking is not enough. Before you buy the crabs and put them in the pot, you must keep them in clean water for two days. After all the dirt in the crabs' stomachs is drained, the crab roe and the hepatopancreas of the male crab will naturally no longer be bitter. When are male crabs fattest?

Female crabs are eaten in the ninth month of the lunar calendar, and male crabs are eaten in the tenth month of the lunar calendar.

Male crabs grow more slowly. It is not until the tenth month of the lunar calendar that fat gradually accumulates and becomes crab paste. When you peel off the shell of a male crab, you will see something white and sticky in the same place, which is crab paste. After cooking, the crab paste becomes translucent. The more crab paste there is, the stronger the male crab is. How to distinguish male crabs from female crabs 1. Look at the abdomen

The abdomen of male crabs is triangular and pointed, while the abdomen of female crabs is round or oval. This is the simplest and most convenient way to distinguish male and female crabs, and people can tell the difference at a glance. 2. Look at the crab legs

Female crabs only have thin velvet on the front two legs, but male crabs are different. Their eight legs have dense velvet. 3. Look at the crab roe

The orange-red particles in the crab and the harder ones are crab roe. The crabs with crab roe are female crabs, and the crab roe is the ovary and egg cells of the crab. Generally around the ninth month of the lunar calendar, the gonads of female crabs mature and the crab meat is the most plump. Male crabs do not. 4. Look at the crab paste

The sticky white thing in crabs is crab paste. Crabs with crab paste are male crabs. Crab paste is the accessory sex glands of crabs. Generally, after the tenth month of the lunar calendar, the gonads of male crabs mature and the crab meat is the most plump. The female crab does not.