You can eat up to two hairy crabs at a time.

This depends on the individual’s physique. People with weak constitutions should not eat more of this cold food. Even if normal people do not eat it often, if they only eat it once in a while, they should not exceed 3 at most in a day. Also, never eat hairy crabs on an empty stomach. Eat up to two hairy crabs at a time. Although hairy crabs are delicious and nutritious, they are not suitable for eating too much.

Introduction to hairy crabs

Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs are a specialty of Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, and a national geographical indication product of China. Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs are also known as golden claw crabs. Produced in Yangcheng Lake, Suzhou. The body of the crab does not stick to mud, and is commonly known as clear water hairy crab. It has a large and fat body, a green shell and a white belly, golden claws and yellow hair, and greasy meat. Female crabs in September of the lunar calendar and male crabs in October have the best gonad development. When cooked and condensed, the female ones become golden yellow and the male ones are like white jade, and taste delicious.

On May 9, 2005, the former General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine approved the implementation of regional product protection for "Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs". It was reported on September 25, 2018 that crabs from other places were shipped to Yangcheng Lake, and the labeled price increased tenfold. ?Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs have green backs, white bellies, golden claws and yellow hairs. They are strong and thick individually. They turn bright orange-red when cooked and have a fresh and sweet taste.

The Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs have four unique characteristics: first, the green back, the shell of the Yangcheng Lake crab is blue-gray, smooth and shiny; second, the white belly, the umbilicus is covered with mud, crystal white; The third is yellow hair, the hair on the feet is long and straight; the fourth is golden claws, the claws of Yangcheng Lake crab are golden, strong and powerful. When placed on the glass, they can stand upright with eight legs and two pincers soaring in the air.