Sea crabs can be eaten when they are dead. The so-called crab refers to the river crab, and the sea crab is called sea crab, not crab. Some people have heard that crabs can't be eaten when they are dead, and mistakenly think that all crabs can't be eaten when they are dead. This is a misunderstanding. Dead crabs in the river are absolutely poisonous. Sea crabs are not called crabs. It's okay to eat dead crabs. Of course, don't eat it when it's rotten. Now the conditions are good, you can eat live sea crabs. Of course, it's live sea crabs, fresh and firm. But dead sea crabs are just as delicious because they are not long.

To identify a dead crab, you have to look at it, smell it and pinch it.

1, look: Look at the color, the dead crab is dull.

Fresh crabs are bright red in the back and white in the abdomen after being cooked, while dead crabs are dark red in the back and gray in the abdomen.

2, smell: dead crabs have a rotten taste.

Live crabs taste fresh seafood when cooked. If you think crabs stink, it should be the inherent smell of seafood. You won't feel smelly if you get used to it. But dead crabs have a particularly pungent smell when meat rots, which is different from the smell of food rotting.

3, pinch: dead crabs are very soft after cooking.

The shell of a live crab is hard after being cooked, so it won't sag when pressed by hand, while the shell of a dead crab is soft, because it has begun to rot, so it will press down when pressed gently by hand.