2. Oncomelania hupensis has the habit of coming out at night, lurking in the sand and mud to expose the water pipe during the day and foraging around at night. The activity is crawling, and you can slide with the help of mucus secreted by the abdomen. Young snails cultured indoors often climb out of the water and attach to the pond wall.
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Pour clear water into the basin, add proper amount of edible salt and sesame oil, stir well, and then pour in the snail, the water level is higher than that of the snail. Put it in a cool place for snails to spit mud, change water once a day to defecate, and then pour clean water after the impurities in the water are emptied twice. After each re-injection, salt and sesame oil should be added, and basically it takes two days to soak before further processing.
Visually check whether sludge is attached to the surface of the snail shell. If there are attachments, you need to clean them with a small brush. After cleaning the surface of the snail shell, cut off the snail tail with pliers or scissors, which can remove most of the snail excrement and make the snail meat more delicious when frying. After cleaning the tail, rinse the snail with clear water until there are no obvious impurities in the water, then drain the water and prepare for frying.
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