Cod farm crab (タラバガニ, English name: Red king crab)

and

Oil crab (アブラガニ, English name: Blue king crab)

Cod farm crab is one of the most prized seafoods of Japan, but because of its decreasing numbers, a quota system is being adopted in many places to catch it. Many places have adopted a quota system to catch them. With limited supply, traders often use the oil crab called blue king crab as a substitute. Nowadays, cheap oil crabs are often used as a substitute for king crabs when consumers are still confused about the type of king crab they are catching.

The price of oil crabs is slightly lower (about 10-30% lower) than that of cod cod, but they look very similar to cod crabs, so they are also labeled as king crabs (cod crabs are called Red King Crab, oil crabs are Blue King Crab). In order to distinguish between authentic cod and oil crabs, you can pay attention to the lower part of the crab's back center H area, there are 6 protruding spines in the center of the distended position is the authentic cod crab, while the oil crab has only 4 protruding spines on the back, if only the crab's feet can also be known from the bottom of the tip of the feet to the bottom of the color, the bottom of the toes of the commercially available frozen cooked cod crabs should be red, and the bottom of the tip of the feet if it's white is the oil crabs.

I hope you can clearly distinguish between the two, so that you can avoid choosing the wrong product when you buy ^^

But the oil crabs can be eaten, but the appearance is too similar, which is not a crime (laughs)

The information is provided by the four seasons of the famous crabs

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The site has a picture of it, you can go to see it. , you can go in and have a look =],Reference: lauserver.no-ip:2900/crabs/real_kingcrab,King Crab

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Large and expensive King Crab, in fact, that is, we are familiar with the Alaskan crab, and its body shape is huge, only the original crab legs, has been as long as a human forearm, weight up to more than 10 pounds, known as the crab in the giant. The origins of king crabs include the United States, Canada, Japan and Russia, etc., with Alaskan waters being the best and therefore the most expensive. The most beautiful king crab is called Red King Crab, which is named after the burgundy color of its shell, followed by Blue King Crab, which has a light blue color when it is alive, and then Brown King Crab.

King crab can be eaten in a variety of ways, such as making salads, tempura, and crab congee, and it can be steamed, salted with pepper, and roasted with salt, bringing out different flavors. It can also be steamed, salted with pepper and roasted with salt to bring out different taste sensations.

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King crab is the most common crab in Hokkaido. It is the most common crab in the North Sea Route and is easy to recognize because it has only eight legs (two fewer than the others).

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Seafood of Hokkaido The most famous crab in Hokkaido is the cod crab. The most famous local crab, the cod field crab, commonly known as "king crab", is so large that it can only be caught in the northern sea. Cod field crab meat and sweet. singtao/archive/fullstory?andor=or&year1=2005&month1=1&day1=26&year2=2005&month2=1&day2=26& category=all&month2=1&day2=26& andor=or&month2=1&day2=26& andor=or&month2=1&day2=26&day2=26& category=all&id=20050126m03&keyword1=&keyword2=,In Korea, the cod crab is called king crab. In Japan, the cod field crab is called cod field crab. So they should be the same.

There are two types of king crab on the market:

Cod crab (タラバガニ, English name: Red king crab)

and

Oil crab (アブラガニ, English name: Blue king crab)

Cod crab, because of decreasing numbers, is now often replaced by oil crabs, which are called Blue king crab. king crab. Nowadays, when consumers are still confused about the type of king crab, they often use cheap oil crabs instead of cod crabs.

The price of oil crabs is slightly lower (about 10-30% lower) than that of cod cod, but they look very similar to cod crabs, so they are also labeled as king crabs (cod crabs are called Red King Crab, oil crabs are Blue King Crab). In order to distinguish between authentic cod and oil crabs, you can pay attention to the lower part of the center H area of the crab back, there are 6 protruding spines in the center of the distended position of the authentic cod crab, while there are only 4 protruding spines on the back of the oil crab, and if there are only crab legs, you can also learn from the bottom of the tip of the foot from the color of the bottom of the toe, the bottom of the tip of the commercially available frozen cooked cod crabs should be red, and if the bottom of the tip of the foot is white, then it is the oil crabs.

Taken from: hongkong.c9web/discuss/post?topic_id=6764,reference: hongkong.c9web/discuss/post?topic_id=6764,