To brush lobsters quickly and cleanly, you need to add sea urine, cut off the shrimp feet and heads, brush and soak them, remove the gills of the lobsters, and remove the shrimp threads.

1. Release sea urine

The operation of releasing sea urine is relatively simple. First, you need to prepare a chopstick, place the lobster belly upward, insert the chopstick from the tail of the lobster, and insert it all the way. When you reach the head and then take out the chopsticks, you will see a lot of sea water flowing out, so that the treated lobster will not have a peculiar smell after cooking. As a reminder, when releasing sea urine, hold the lobster from the back so that it will not be stung by its feet.

2. Cut off the shrimp feet and heads

Big lobsters have several feet. The process of washing these feet is very cumbersome. In order to save time and facilitate cleaning, you only need to keep them during cleaning. Just cut off the two large pliers on the front and the rest of the legs. In addition, the head of the lobster is not edible. This is because the lobster's stomach pouch is located on the head, which contains a lot of undigested substances that may have adverse effects on the body after being eaten. Therefore, it is necessary to clean the lobster. Cut off one-third of its head and then rinse it with clean water.

3. Scrubbing and soaking

Large lobster usually eats sludge and seaweed. Its living environment determines that a lot of dirt is attached to its shell. Therefore, after buying the lobster, you can first use a toothbrush to gently brush away the dirt on the surface of the lobster.

Then prepare a basin, pour water into the basin, and then add an appropriate amount of salt and vinegar. Add the salt and vinegar and stir gently. Then put the lobster into the basin and soak it for about 1 to 2 hours. After that, the dirt on the surface of the lobster can be removed. At this time, rinse the lobster repeatedly with clean water and it will be very clean.

4. Remove the gills of lobsters

Like other fish, lobsters also have gills, which can help with breathing. When cleaning lobsters, you must also clean the gills. The gills of lobsters are located in the On both sides of the head, when handling, gently turn over the shell of this part to see the gills. Wear gloves to remove them and rinse them with clean water.

5. Remove shrimp lines

There are many ways to remove shrimp lines. You can use a toothpick to go through the middle of the last two sections of the lobster body and pick out the shrimp lines. ; You can also cut off the tail of the shrimp with scissors, and then pull out the shrimp line directly; you can also cut the shell on the back of the lobster, and then pull out the entire shrimp line.

Morphological characteristics of lobsters

Lobsters have thick cephalothorax, hard shell, colorful and short abdomen. The body length is generally between 20 and 40 centimeters, and the weight is about 0.5 kilograms. The largest group of shrimps. The heaviest one can reach more than 5 kilograms, and is known as the lobster tiger. The body is thick cylindrical, slightly flat dorsally and ventrally, with well-developed cephalothorax, thick and spiny, and a pair of powerful supraocular spines in the center of the front edge with closed gill chambers. The abdomen is short and thick, the rear part is curled toward the ventrally, and the tail fan is wide and short.

Lobsters have a hard, segmented exoskeleton. The chest has five pairs of legs, one or more of which often deform into chelae, with the chelae on one side usually being larger than those on the opposite side. The eyes are located on movable eyestalks. There are two pairs of long antennae. The abdomen is long and has multiple pairs of swimming legs. The tail is fin-shaped and is used for swimming. The curvature of the tail and abdomen can propel the body forward.