species name Procambarus clarkii

brand name Jinhu crayfish

Chinese common name crayfish

Latin scientific name Procambarus clarkii

English name red swamp crayfish

Jinhu County is surrounded by three lakes, surrounded by Baima Lake, baoying lake and gaoyou lake on three sides, with a water surface of 42 square kilometers, and the Huaihe River enters the river. The territory is vast in water surface, densely covered with river networks, surrounded by long dikes, shaded by green trees, square in countryside, fragrant in rice, and has the natural scenery of a lake-like water town. Known as "the land of plenty" and "the pearl on Huai River", it really takes advantage of geographical location. Crawfish grows, breeds and grows in Jinhu, and the quality of lobster is very high, which has become a beautiful landscape in Jinhu. It is said that the "origin" of Jiangsu crayfish is in Jinhu. Due to the vast local waters and excellent water quality, the crayfish produced are generally fat and tender and delicious. Jinhu has become the core producing area of crayfish in China, and it has been said that "Xuyi lobster is produced in Jinhu" in northern Jiangsu. Jinhu crayfish is the peak season from May to September every year. Especially in the annual Lotus Festival &; At the food festival, tourists from all over the country taste crayfish in Jinhu. The crayfish in Jinhu are very big, bright in color, tender and delicious in meat, rich in nutrition, with a high content of protein, and the trace elements such as zinc, iodine and selenium in shrimp meat are higher than other shrimps.

When people talk about eating lobster, they all know to go to Xuyi, a mountain city. As everyone knows, the "origin" of the earliest lobster and the authentic lobster was Louzhuang Village, Minqiao Town, Jinhu County. They are like the first people who ate crabs in those years. They dare to eat lobsters, eat lobsters and burn lobsters. It's just that they lack the awareness of business opportunities and don't "register" on the beach. As a result, they occupy the nest and let others dominate and make a fortune.

this statement is not groundless, but has its own context. It was in the early 198s, when people in Jinhu's hometown suddenly discovered that there was a big prawn with a hard shell and a red appearance in the ditches and ponds. People began to call it "red shrimp" and "sea shrimp". This kind of shrimp is extremely fertile and destructive, and it will soon form a disaster. Jianli pliers will make holes and break crops, and the ridges will be drilled and leaked, and the seedlings will be broken and die. At that time, there were many legends. Some people said that when the plane dropped crab seedlings, it misplaced them and threw "sea shrimp" seedlings into the lake. Some people say that this is the ghost of some foreign people, who specially released "sea shrimp" seedlings to destroy it. At this time, someone asked a question, can this kind of "sea shrimp" be eaten? Most people dare not speak with their hands, so they can only catch the "sea shrimp" in the field and trample it to death. Some daring and fearless dissidents quietly wash the "sea shrimp" and cook it in a pot, with seasonings such as pepper, ginger, onion and garlic, salt and soy sauce. After burning, the smell is fragrant. A few daredevils gathered around a table, served a basin full of cooked shrimps and ate them. Chopsticks are not easy to clamp, so grab them with your hands. If the shrimp shell is hard, peel it off with your hands. The shrimp meat inside is white and clean, and it is quite delicious when you put it in your mouth! Everyone also ate a few glasses of wine, which was delicious, until his mouth was dripping with oil and his sweat was dripping. But the fly in the ointment is that it smells a little muddy. Later, the more they eat, the more refined they are, saying that there is a intestine in the belly of the shrimp. As long as it is pulled out, there is no strange smell. They tried it, and it was true. The shrimp tasted purer and more delicious, and more people ate it. Later, people changed the name of "sea shrimp" to "lobster" and became famous from then on. There are more people who cook "lobster", and some people have opened several small restaurants at the entrance of the village, specializing in cooking "lobster". The business is particularly good, and the cooking methods are also innovative. On the basis of the original red boiled sea shrimp, brine lobster, smelly shrimp, and later 13 sweet lobster and garlic lobster were born.