Pike crabs can generally be divided into two kinds of male and female crabs, in which the crab yolk is a mixture of ovaries and digestive glands, only female crabs have, so if this pike crab is a male crab, there is no crab yolk after opening it, but the male crabs also contain a certain amount of crab paste, which is also very tasty to eat.
2 Not mature enoughThe pike is a mixture of ovaries and digestive glands in the body of female crabs, only mature female crabs will have, and in general the longer the growth time, the more the amount of crab yolk, if you open the pike and find that the pike has no crab yolk, then it may be because the pike is not mature enough.
3 Bad qualityIf the quality of the mother crab itself is not very good, just in the state of infection or starvation, the mother crab will consume too much nutrients in its own body, so the yolk in the body will look very little, and the taste of this kind of mother crab will not be very good.
4 How to see if the pike crab has yellow1, distinguish between male and female crabs: if you want to pike crab inside the yellow, then the first need to distinguish between male and female crabs, generally speaking, the bottom of the navel of the male crabs is pointed, the shape of the pyramid, while the bottom of the navel of the female crabs is round, the area is relatively large.
2, choose quality female crabs: when you can distinguish between male and female crabs, you also need to try to choose strong, mature female crabs, so that the inside of the crab yolk will be more, generally speaking, you can press the abdomen and legs of the female crab, if you feel solid and full, then it is a good quality, if it's very soft, then there may not be too much meat and crab yolk.