The sea rainbow is usually fattest when eaten between March and June each year.

And the sea rainbow is the fattest before and after the Qingming Festival, so if you like to eat sea rainbow, you should seize the opportunity. However, if there is a heavy rain in these days of Qingming, then you should stop eating sea rainbow. Because if there is a heavy rain in these days, all the rainbows will be "sprayed" overnight, which means they will reproduce, and at least half of the rainbows will be too thin to be eaten again.

The sea rainbow is a very common seafood, eat a lot of ways, not only can be used to steam, but also can be stir-fried or soup, just need to wash clean and cut according to their own taste to do, eat more will not get tired. In the spring, it is the most fertile time of the sea rainbow, this shellfish in the south is also called mussels, light vegetables, also known as the "East China Sea Lady", the scientific name of the mussels.

Difference between sea rainbow and mussels

There is no difference between sea rainbow and mussels. Both sea rainbows and mussels belong to the mussel family, so they are both one thing. It's like how Peeps and Segue Shrimp are both one kind, which is what most people in the north call Peeps and most people in the south would call Segue Shrimp, they're actually both the same thing.

This sea rainbow and mussels are also the same, just in the name and called differently, in the southern region of China will call this mussel mussels, and just the opposite is in the northern region, will call the mussels sea rainbow. There are many common names for mussels, besides these there are also mussels, thin shells are common names.