1、? ? (mi m) n) fish
Commonly known as rice fish, the meat is slightly rough and the body color is dark, but its swim bladder is a treasure. Nowadays, fish are both farmed and wild. What is the fifth month of the lunar calendar? ? The best time to taste fish.
2. shad
Shad, a migratory fish, enters the Yangtze River from the coast in April and May of the lunar calendar every year to lay eggs. It arrives at the right time and is punctual like a migratory bird, so it is called "shad". Among the three delicacies of the Yangtze River, its delicacy is superior to puffer fish and swordfish. The shad is very delicate, the meat is very tender, and it dies as soon as it leaves the water. Its scales are rich in grease and taste very beautiful, so the shad is known as the first in the Yangtze River.
3. Pippi shrimp
The best month to eat Pipi shrimp is from April to June every year, when its meat quality is the most full. Generally speaking, the size of the female Pipi shrimp is not as big as that of the male, and another way to distinguish the male from the female is that usually, the neck of the female Pipi shrimp will have a white "king", and the male Pipi shrimp will have a thin claw under the big claw.
4. White fish
White fish in Taihu Lake is one of the well-known "Three Whites in Taihu Lake". Its meat is tender and tender, and there is much fat under the scale, which looks like shad. It is a valuable fish in Taihu Lake and is the top grade of fish. It is very delicious when eaten fresh or pickled. People in Suzhou pay attention to both methods and seasons when eating fish. In cooking methods, there are steaming, burning, frying, smoking, etc. In season, there is a saying that "soft-shelled turtle brews in March and white fish brews in May and June". So now is the best time to taste the white fish in Taihu Lake.
5. mandarin fish
Siniperca chuatsi has dominated the top spot of "spring is fresh in season" for hundreds of years, because its meat is tender and plump, and it has no guts and less thorns, so it is the top quality of freshwater fish in spring.
6. Crab covered with flowers
In the middle and late April, the flower-covered crab and the red-clipped crab appeared in the sea, which were produced in the local sea. The flower cover is small but the meat is sweet, and the paste is full of fat and yellow; The red clip is big, especially the two big red clips are simply signs. After mid-May, female crabs will mainly eat male crabs when they throw their eggs.