Characteristics of authentic Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs: (green back, white belly, yellow hair and golden claws)
1 green back: the green back of Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs is bright, fresh and translucent. When cooked, they are pure red and bright red. It is different from crabs in other lake areas in gray, dark and heavy soil color. When cooked, they are light red with gray in the red.
2 White belly: Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs are white and shiny, giving people a beautiful feeling of being moist as jade (with the development of hairy crab aquaculture and ecological aquaculture, aquatic plants such as water chestnut have been put into the lake area, so it is normal for some crabs to have black backs and black bellies).
Yellow hair: the fluff on the claws of Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs and the whiskers on the claws of crabs are yellow. Male crabs are dense, soft and free of sundries. The hair on the crab claws is bright yellow. The crab hair in other lake areas is earthy and unclean.
4 Golden claws: The claw tips of Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs are as golden as tobacco. Crabs in other lake areas have no obvious golden yellow claw tips.
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According to my years of experience in making authentic Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs in Su Xiege, some identification methods of authentic Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs are summarized for your reference:
My direct store in Lanzhou is located at No.778 Nanchang Road, Chengguan District, 20 meters west of the east gate of Lanzhou Military Region.
1. Do you want to put your hand down? If you put it in your hand, it will sink.
2. Press the paw with your hand to check whether the meat quality of the crab is clean.
3. Whether the crab paste is sufficient or not, the crab tail is full or bulging as the top grade.
4. If the crab paste is bright, both sides of the crab navel will appear red (commonly known as red seal in the industry, it is a good crab).
I hope the above can help;