Around the Mid-Autumn Festival is a good time to eat crabs. As the saying goes, "The sound of the west wind makes crabs' legs itch." This means that after the beginning of autumn every year, the crabs are full of roe and fat. It is the best time to eat crabs. Crabs are rich in nutrients. , especially the protein content is several times higher than that of pork and fish.

But there are many varieties of crabs. Which kind of crab should you eat? What’s the best way to make it? Below I will introduce to you the precautions for eating crabs.

1. Sand mother crab: Sand mother crab is the most common type of sea crab in the market. It is suitable for cooking. The meat is tender and so delicious that you can’t wait to swallow it. October is the best season to eat this kind of crab.

2. Orchid crab: Orchid crab is so named because of its claw shape and orchid-like color. Orchid crab is also a sea crab. Its meat is delicious and sweet. It is delicious when steamed or cooked in porridge. Orchid crab is suitable for steaming and eating. Its meat is white, firm, tender and delicious.

3. Swimming crab: Swimming crab, also known as three-tuberculated swimming crab, is delicious and rich in protein, and is suitable for a variety of cooking methods. It can be steamed whole, scallion oil, stewed with eggs, stir-fried with scallions and ginger, roasted in oil, etc.

4. Hairy crab: This crab is produced in Yangcheng Lake in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. It is a famous Chinese product well-known at home and abroad. Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs are large and fat. Three crabs generally weigh 500 grams. The largest one only weighs more than 250 grams, and the largest one can reach 500 grams. They have a green back, white belly, golden claws and yellow hair, strong limbs, plump crab meat and rich nutrition. Since ancient times, Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs have fascinated countless diners.

5. Meat crab: a type of river crab. Meat crabs are all male crabs with triangular navels. They can be steamed, boiled, pot-fried, stewed or fried. They are all sweet and refreshing, with unique flavor.

6. Black crab: Black crab is also a river crab. It has strong vitality and certain attack power. Produced in Myanmar. Burmese black crab has a shiny black body, rich meat, and a strong crab smell. Stir-fried with garlic and chili pepper, it is delicious and delicious. It is often used to make spicy crab.

7. Cream crab: Cream crab generally refers to female river crabs. After being cooked, it has the characteristics of fine meat and firm paste. Remove the hard shell, and you will find crab paste that is like an egg yolk. Chew it carefully, it is chewy and fragrant, and its flavor is endless. Cook well and use it to make sweet and sour crab, fried crab cakes, raw fried crab, hibiscus crab and other delicacies.

How to choose crabs?

No matter what kind of crab, you can follow the following steps when selecting.

1. Look at the crab shells: Crab shells are bright, shiny, and dark green, and are generally thick and solid; crab shells that are yellow are mostly thin; you can choose those with "golden hair and golden claws" better.

2. Look at the navel: If the navel protrudes, it is usually full of fat; if it is recessed, it usually means there is insufficient fat. When you hold the crab with your hands, you also need to feel it is "heavy". This is the way to choose hairy crabs that are plump, creamy, and full of crab meat.

3. Look at the crab feet: the claws are strong and the "feet hair" on the crab feet is clustered, which means that the crab feet are usually fat and old; those that are hairless are mostly soft and have no fat.

4. Look at the sexes: As the saying goes, "Select female crabs in the eighth month of the lunar calendar, and male crabs after September." Because the gonads of male crabs mature better after the ninth month of the lunar calendar and have the best taste and nutrition, but now everyone likes to choose females. Generally, those with round navels are female crabs, and those with pointed navels are male crabs.

5. Check the vitality: Turn the crab over, and if it can flip back quickly with its feet, it means it has strong vitality; if it cannot flip back, it has poor vitality and cannot be stored for a long time.

6. Observe the "horizontal movement": You can observe it through its "horizontal movement". Those whose belly leaves the ground when crawling are good animals. Of course, the crab legs are all tied up, so that's not included. However, you can also check whether the crab is responsive. If the crab's eyes are touched with hands or branches, the eyes will flash flexibly and the crab will respond quickly, or it will "squirt white bubbles from the mouth", it is still vigorous and fresh enough.

Although crabs are delicious, you should not eat them casually. Pay attention to these matters

? Do not buy dead crabs that contain "crab toxin"

Thousands of dead crabs Never buy it. This is because the body of dying or dead crabs will decompose to produce toxic histamine; the longer the death time, the more histamine accumulates and produces "crab poison alkali", which is very easy to cause poisoning after eating. “The toxins are not destroyed even after the crab is cooked.

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Drunken crabs are prone to parasites and should be eaten with caution

Many people like to eat crabs by pickling or drunken them, but this method of eating cannot kill the parasites. , which is equivalent to eating it raw, which poses a huge safety risk.

You cannot eat the four places after opening the lid.

The first is the crab gills, which are what you can see after opening the shell. There are two rows of "small fans" close to the left and right sides; the second is the crab intestine, a black line from the crab stomach to the crab navel, which contains the crab's excrement; the third is the crab stomach, which is a triangle hidden in the crab roe. Baoer, like crab intestines, also contains crab excrement; the last thing is the crab heart. When the crab is broken open, you will find a conspicuous "hexagonal plate" under the black membrane, which is also inedible."

Crabs cannot be eaten with certain things. For example, eating crabs with persimmons and eating crabs with beer are all taboos. Also, crabs themselves are cold in nature and cannot be eaten with cold drinks. At the same time, it cannot be eaten with tea. Therefore, it is best not to drink tea within 1 hour before and after eating crab.