A: August-11month is the best time to eat hairy crabs. As the saying goes, there are nine females and ten males, so it is best to eat female crabs in September of the lunar calendar, and eat male crabs in 10. The female is golden yellow, and the male is like white jade, which tastes delicious. Of course, according to the climate of the year, the autumn wind itches, and it affects early and late autumn. Old Shanghai habits: blowing northwest wind and eating hairy crabs. In recent years, global warming and the cold wave in the south of the Yangtze River have been postponed until around New Year's Day. At this time, the hairy crabs entered the late stage and the output decreased; Not only the quality is low, but also the price is expensive.

Time table for eating crabs all year round

From the end of September to before the Spring Festival: Yangtze crab

Nine females and ten males are the most suitable.

Every year when the autumn wind is cool, it is the time when hairy crabs flood on the tip of diners' tongues. Wang Chenghui said that the crab migration season (from cold dew to 1 1 early month) is the best season to eat crabs. The crab meat at this time is thick, tender, delicious and fragrant, and it is the most delicious in a year. And this period is the mature eating period of the Yangtze River crab in China.

The Yangtze River basin is the main crab producing area in China, such as the famous Yangcheng Lake hairy crab, Qidong crab, Taihu crab and Subei crab, all of which belong to the Yangtze River crab. Hairy crabs will undergo multiple molting and growth in their lifetime, and Yangtze crabs will be listed one after another at the end of September.

Eating crabs in autumn requires distinguishing between males and females to enjoy the most delicious crab feast in this season. The so-called "nine females and ten males" means that the females are the fattest in September of the lunar calendar, and the crabs are yellow and firm. In October of the lunar calendar, the males are the most fragrant and full of crab paste, and it is best to eat crabs and enjoy chrysanthemums.

Spring Festival ~ end of April: hairy crabs are temporarily raised.

The taste and nutrition are difficult to guarantee.

In order to realize people's desire to eat crabs all year round, temporary breeding of hairy crabs appears, that is, some mature hairy crabs in autumn are temporarily raised in a specific low temperature environment through science and technology, and then marketed out of season, so as to solve the suffering of crab lovers.

It is difficult to temporarily raise hairy crabs, which not only has market risks but also faces technical difficulties. Wang Chenghui said that hairy crabs are easy to lose weight. If the breeding environment is not good, the quality of crabs will be affected, the taste will become worse, the crab paste will become hard, the crab yolk will become less, and the nutrients will be lost. In order to maintain the taste, farmers need to strengthen the provision of animal bait, and at the same time, they can take the way of cooling to delay the development of crab gonads, "so that energy and nutrition can be preserved for a longer time."

Crabs are temporarily raised in the wrong season, so crab hoarders usually wait for the sale of temporary crabs after the Spring Festival, so that hairy crabs can be served on the table in spring.

From the end of April to the middle of June: wild hairy crabs in Russia and North Korea.