Difference between pike crabs and flying crabs: different appearance, different taste, different habits.
1, the appearance of different
Flying crab from the eyes to the tip of both sides, and then from the tip to the middle of the stomach of the curve is rendered arc; pike crab from the eyes to the tip of both sides, and then from the tip to the middle of the stomach of the curve is presented in the trapezoidal shape.
2, the taste is different
Flying crab's meat is more scattered, the taste is a little soft, mainly because of the flying crab body size is relatively large; pike crab's meat is more compact, which is mainly because the pike crab is relatively small.
3, different habits
Pike crabs mainly live in the ocean species, once you leave the high salt and high oxygen environment will face death, it is adapted to the salinity of 13-38, the optimal growth of salinity for the 20-35, but the salinity is lower than 8 or higher than 38, it will stop feeding and activities; flying crabs live in the rivers, rivers, lakes, mainly algae or plankton for food, to the fall of each year, it will grow to a large size. In the fall of each year, it will grow to be more plump.
How to choose crabs:
1, look at the reaction: the process of choosing crabs, you can use one hand to pick up the crab, the other hand to touch the crab's eyes, if the eyes contract quickly, it means that the crab is fresh, or the crab will be picked up, the back of the crab is placed on the ground face down, the crab can be quickly turned back to the right, indicating that the more fresh.
2, look at the male and female: the best season to eat crabs in September and October each year, in which the female crabs in September, more crab yellow, delicious flavor, while the male crabs in October, the crab paste is more fertile, so when buying crabs in September, you can pick the umbilicus for the round female crabs, and October to buy crabs should be selected for the umbilicus for the triangle of the male crabs.
3, look at the back: when buying crabs, the first thing to observe is the color of the back, the back of the blue crab is more fat, and then press the crab's back and abdomen, the back is more hard, the abdomen is bulging, it means that the crab meat, if the back of the soft, the abdomen is shriveled, then it means that the crab meat is less.