?How to choose when buying crabs? Which crabs are more delicious, male or female?

It depends on the type of crab and the season. As the saying goes, the ninth month is the mother and the tenth month is the male. This means that the crabs are at their fattest during this period and are delicious to eat. The distinction between male and female mainly depends on the crab navel under the belly. The slender one is male, and the rounder one is female. Very easy to distinguish.

a

Of course the female ones are delicious, because the female ones have crab roe, and some of the things in the crab shell are crab gills, which are used to filter sediment, and they contain Sediment and a lot of dirt cannot be eaten. In addition, the crab meat, crab roe and other parts of the crab are divided into crab bones, which are also inedible.

Be sure to pay attention to freshness when eating crabs. Do not eat crabs that have been dead for a long time, unless they are frozen and kept fresh. Frozen crabs should be eaten immediately after thawing. Generally, they should be cooked and eaten within one or two hours after thawing. If you can't finish it, you should keep it in the freezer of the refrigerator and cook it after defrosting next time. It's best to eat it all at once and don't keep it for too long. It is best to eat it with ginger juice, vinegar and other condiments. Be sure not to drink fruit juice and other foods containing a lot of vitamin C at the same time.

b

The identification method is as follows:

1. "Nine females and ten males", "nine-month navel, ten-month tip" and so on. It is said that the female crab has a round navel, the eggs are full in the ninth month of the lunar calendar, and the crab roe is fragrant and oily; the male crab has a pointed navel, and the crab is yellow and fat in October, with a plump and round taste.

2. Check whether it has a pointed navel or a round navel. There is a small cover on the belly of the crab near the bottom. The pointed and narrow umbilicus is male, and the round and wide umbilicus is female.

Look at the abdomen. The crab with a triangular belly is a male crab, and the crab with a round belly is a female crab.

3. You can also look at the legs of the crab. There is a ball of gray-black hair on the two claws. The female only has a few scattered hairs, which are basically smooth, while the male's legs have hairs arranged like brushes. of fine hair.

c

Look at the time. You should eat male crabs in the early stages of crab feeding, as they have more meat. At this time, the crab roe of the female crab has not completely grown and plumped. By the middle stage, the crab roe will be plump, of course. It’s the female crab that’s delicious.

To distinguish between male and female, look at the crab claws. The ones that are large and hairy are male.

Crab is a cold food. It is best to drink a cup of brown sugar ginger water after eating to get rid of the cold.