Chinese mitten crab
1 Why are hairy crabs bitter?
1. Hairy crabs are too tender
Many people buy hairy crabs in September or early October, which tastes bitter.
This may be because the bought hairy crabs are too tender to eat. Therefore, when eating, I found that the crab roe was light in color, not lumpy, bitter to eat, and the crab meat was not thick.
2. The net feeding time is not enough
Hairy crabs are kept in water, and there may be dirty things on the surface and body of crabs. Therefore, before buying them, they must be kept in clean water for about two days, and the lack of net culture time may also lead to bitter crabs. Only when the time for net rearing is enough, the dirty things in the hairy crabs will be discharged, so that it will not be so bitter.
3. Hairy crabs are not fresh
If hairy crabs are dead or stale, they won't taste good or even bitter.
4. The water quality of raising hairy crabs is too poor.
The water quality of some hairy crab breeding places is poor, so the hairy crabs raised in that way are heavily polluted, and the crab meat is not as delicious as that raised in the big lake, and even bitter.
5. overdose of drugs
Because the viability of hairy crabs is greatly affected by the water quality, it is necessary to use drugs during breeding, but if the drugs are used in excess, hairy crabs will be bitter to eat.
2 How to detoxify after eating bitter crabs?
1. Promptly induce vomiting
If you eat bitter hairy crabs, it is recommended to discard them directly. After all, eating hairy crabs is for a "fresh". However, if you have eaten it, it may cause histamine poisoning because you may eat stale hairy crabs. It is recommended to induce vomiting in time within half an hour after eating hairy crabs.
It is best to induce vomiting under the guidance of a professional or a doctor. The specific method is to touch the back wall of the throat with a spoon handle or a tongue depressor, or you can directly use your hands to cause vomiting reaction and vomit crab meat and other foods in your stomach.
Step 2 eat VC tablets
The bitter and deteriorated hairy crabs eaten may rot and produce toxic substances such as histamine, and after that, vitamin C can be taken orally, which can alleviate the symptoms of histamine poisoning.
Generally speaking, the dosage of VC is recommended to be taken according to the maximum limit in the drug instructions, and drink plenty of water during the period.
3. If the situation is serious, seek medical treatment.
After vomiting and eating VC, you can stay in a place with relatives and friends around to observe whether there are any discomfort symptoms.
Generally, you can rest assured that you don't have any discomfort symptoms within 0.5-4 hours after eating crabs. However, if there are symptoms such as blushing, rash, dizziness, headache, rapid heartbeat, shortness of breath, asthma, etc., then it is considered that there are symptoms of histamine poisoning, and it is necessary to send them to the hospital for treatment without delay.
3 How to choose hairy crabs correctly
1, choose a heavier one
For hairy crabs of the same size, choose the heavier one. Generally, there will be more crab roe and fuller crab meat.
2, choose a full navel
When choosing hairy crabs, you can also see whether the navel of hairy crabs is full, the root of crab navel should swell, the umbilical tube in crab navel should have yellow or paste in the upper 2/3 range, and the white belly side at the tip of crab navel should show yellow, so that there will be more crab yellow.
3, choose a thick ass
The selection of hairy crabs depends on the bottom of the hairy crabs. The thicker the hairy crabs, the better. The so-called thickness refers to the greater the distance between the edge of the hairy crab cover and the navel, indicating that the hairy crabs are full of Huang Yue.
4, choose the crab navel tip yellow.
The selection of hairy crabs depends on the tip of the crab navel (the vertex angle of the triangle), and it is better to show a little red and yellow, which can be used as a reference item for crab yellow.
5, choose crab legs hard
When choosing a hairy crab, you have to pinch the legs of the hairy crab with your hands. If it feels soft, it means that the hairy crab is very empty, it is estimated that there is no meat, and it is impossible to have a lot of crab roe. And if the crab legs are hard, it means that this is a "strong" hairy crab, and it is more likely that there will be more crab yellow.
6, choose green back and white belly
Generally, you should look at the color when picking hairy crabs. Hairy crabs with green back and white belly and golden claws and yellow hair are generally of high quality and rich in crab yellow.
4 What does hairy crabs match to drive away the cold?
1. Ginger: dispelling cold and warming stomach.
Hairy crabs are cold. When eating hairy crabs, they are usually served with ginger vinegar juice, and when steaming hairy crabs, you can also put a few slices of ginger, which can not only sterilize and drive away the cold, but also warm your stomach to help digestion.
2. Vinegar: sterilization and digestion promotion.
Hairy crabs contain high protein and cholesterol, which is difficult to digest after eating. Eating them with vinegar can not only spice up the taste, but also sterilize and promote digestion.
3. Mustard: Sterilizing and expelling cold
Some people who like to eat spicy food can also add mustard or millet pepper to the dipping juice when eating hairy crabs, which can increase the spicy taste of stimulation, and can also drive away cold, promote blood circulation and warm the stomach.
4. Perilla frutescens: detoxification and deodorization
When steaming hairy crabs, you can put a perilla leaf under it, which can not only alleviate the coldness, but also relieve the crab poison. Moreover, the special fragrance of perilla can also reduce the fishy smell.
5. Yellow rice wine: dispelling cold and removing fishy smell.
Yellow rice wine contains amino acids and lipids, which has a good seasoning effect. Drinking yellow rice wine when eating crabs can not only offset the coldness of crabs, but also eliminate the fishy smell in crab meat.