Crab distribution in the northeastern part of the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea waters and the Mediterranean Sea waters, mainly concentrated in the waters around the British Isles, is the United Kingdom, France, Ireland, Norway and other countries of the important aquatic products. Therefore, it is also often called the British bread crab or Irish huang gold crab. At first glance it really looks like a big loaf of bread,

Because the bread crab's Latin name is CANCER PAGARUS, so they are all female crabs.

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Precautions:

1, do not eat dead crabs: dead crabs in the body of the parasitic bacteria will multiply and spread to the crab meat, making the protein decomposition The more time the crab is dead, the more time it takes for the body to break down and produce histamine. The longer the crab is dead, the more histamine accumulates in the body and the more toxic it is. Even if the dead crab is cooked thoroughly, the toxin is still not easily destroyed, causing nausea and vomiting, flushed cheeks and rapid heartbeat after consumption.

2, do not eat overnight crab: bread crab for the more histamine-containing food, overnight leftover crab species histidine in the role of certain vitamins, will be decomposed into histamine, back to the pot to heat along with the microbes that can kill pathogens, but can not destroy the toxin, which leads to histidine poisoning. Therefore, the crab is best steamed now eat, generally do not exceed 4 hours.

3, do not eat raw crab drunken crab: bread crab body contains a variety of pathogenic microorganisms. In particular, its body of Schistosoma pneumoniae larvae infection degree is very high, resistance is very strong, single with yellow wine, white wine soaking and can not kill.

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