Sea cucumbers like this are worth about 200-300 yuan per catty if they are prickly cucumbers from Shandong and Dalian, China! By the looks of what you said it wouldn't be a sea cucumber from those two places!
Introduction of dried sea cucumber
One, salt-dried sea cucumber
Processing process: treatment of sea cucumbers and other raw materials - boiled fresh cucumbers - salted sea cucumbers - baked cucumbers - sun-drying - the creation of the cylinder Natural sun-drying
Advantages of salt-dried sea cucumber: simple process, low processing cost, long shelf life, convenient storage and transportation.
Disadvantages: serious loss of active ingredients in the process, cumbersome hair-making process, many processing merchants in the market are driven by profit and add a lot of sugar and salt.
Second, lightly dried sea cucumber
Traditional processing flow: processing sea cucumber and other raw materials - boiling fresh cucumber - baking - solarization - steaming to dryness
Advantages of lightly dried sea cucumber: similar to the salted sea cucumber, it is more convenient to store and transport, and has a longer shelf life. Longer shelf life.
Disadvantages: Some active ingredients of sea cucumber are lost during the processing, and the process is cumbersome.
Three, instant sea cucumber
Often can be divided into frozen instant sea cucumber and bottled instant sea cucumber, the process is similar:
Processing: processing raw materials such as sea cucumber - boiled sea cucumber - high-pressure - pure water preservation - sealed packaging
These are the most common types of sea cucumber, and the most common types of sea cucumber. Sealed Bottle Packaging
Advantages of Instant Sea Cucumber: Easy to consume, can be consumed after opening the package, original flavor
Disadvantages: It must be frozen or preserved in bottles, and it is inconvenient to carry it in the transportation process.
Four, salted sea cucumber (pull tank salt sea cucumber)
Traditional process: treatment of sea cucumber and other raw materials - boiled - salted
Salted sea cucumber advantages: preservation of nutrients of sea cucumber, affordable, easy to store.
Disadvantages of salted sea cucumber: the process of hair preparation is cumbersome when eating.
Disadvantages of salted sea cucumber