When it comes to sea oysters and raw oysters, many people will ask, are they the same? In fact, whether it is sea oysters or oysters, they all belong to the oyster family, only that there are different places there are different differences in the name. So we don't have to get hung up on their names.
So today is mainly to share with you sea oysters and oysters in addition to the name, in the end what is different?
Differences in appearanceFrom the appearance, we can easily distinguish, oysters are generally much larger than sea oysters, large oysters a full 1 pound weight.
Sea oysters
Oysters
PriceSea oysters: sea oysters sold on the market are already digging out the oysters, a catty in about 15 yuan; if it is the shell to buy the general 10 pounds is only more than a dozen, so many people will buy their own mining, although more trouble, but a lot more affordable.
Oysters: Oysters due to the special geographic environment, so the price will be much higher, usually by the head of the buy, the general market to buy a big point to be about 5 dollars oh. The small ones also cost 2 dollars.
growing environmentSea oyster: sea oyster growth environment to take the coastal area of Quanzhou, because of the low salinity of the sea water, especially suitable for shellfish growth, so the sea oyster and clams and other growth is very fast, basically wild, a lot of people can dig at will, and then go home to mine their own.
But now the sea oyster is basically into large-scale artificial breeding, that is, the sea oyster seedling into the cage, and then suspended to the sea water inside the culture, the yield is very high.
Oysters: Oysters growing environment is not the same as the sea oysters, is generally grown or farmed in the rivers and the sea mingling place, because of the limitations of the suitable growth conditions, so its production will be lower, the natural price is also much higher.
NutritionSea oysters and oysters are very nutritious, they are rich in protein, with "sea milk" called. But oysters are much more nutritious than sea oysters to a certain extent. Like zinc content, oysters contain 7.6 times more zinc than sea oysters.
Cooking is differentSea oysters: Sea oysters are cooked in a variety of ways, to introduce the Quanzhou region, sea oysters alone have a variety of practices, such as oyster fry, oyster bean curd soup, deep-fried oysters and seaweed meatballs, fried noodles and fried rice noodles boiled in rice noodle soup, and so on, will be added to the oysters; oysters can also be used for congee.
Oysters: Oysters we are most common is roasted oysters, a summer, street side roasted oysters are particularly. The garlic on the oysters, charcoal grilled or in the oven; some directly steamed oysters, steamed and cooked, and then open the shell, dipped in the sauce to eat, especially sweet and delicious.
Taste
From the taste comparison, oyster meat is more fat and firm, more juice, eat the taste is better.
The above is from the shape, taste and other aspects to share with you the difference between oysters and oysters. Because from time to time there are many merchants will be oysters as oysters to sell, the price of oysters is much cheaper than oysters, so it is very lose, so remember to pay more attention to the oyster meat is not with the shell, if not together, it may be substandard.