Placed in a basin of purified water with salt added or placed at room temperature and sprayed with water regularly can keep live crabs for a day.

For short-term preservation, usually for a day and a half, long time crabs will also die and become less fat, so if you want to save a day or half a day, this method is the best. Just prepare a clean pot, add cool water in it, pay attention to pure water, tap water has a lot of ingredients used for disinfectant, which may affect the preservation effect.

Add some salt to the water, not too salty, to simulate the composition of the lake where the crab is located, the basin can be placed at room temperature, so that it maintains a certain degree of vitality in which to achieve a good tasting effect. When you put the water in the water, pay attention to the water does not completely not over the crab, let the crab shell exposed to the outside can be. Alternatively, you can leave the crabs at room temperature and spray them with some water periodically, which can also keep them alive for half a day and a day.

Long-term preservation of crabs

Boiled or steamed crabs for long-term storage, recommended steaming, in the steaming of the crabs turned to the belly up, to maximize the preservation of yolk and crab paste not to be lost, in the steaming of the good after they are in the refrigerator refrigerator or freezer can be, when you want to eat it to take it out on the good.

Don't make the mistake of freezing or refrigerating raw crabs for long periods of time, as this will result in the loss of meat and yolk from the crab body, which will become an empty shell after steaming. This way is not very recommended, for crabs, naturally, the best in time to taste, freezing will inevitably lead to fresh flavor is not as good as before. This way it is recommended to eat within three days is best.