Secondly, there are about 90 species of abalone all over the world, which are found in the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean. Now, the abalone-producing countries in the world are developing artificial culture, China in the 1970s cultivated miscellaneous abalone seedlings, artificial culture has been successful. The abalone is most produced in Shandong, Guangdong and Liaoning, and the production period is spring and fall. It is mainly distributed in Hokkaido, Japan, northeast China, the west coast of North America, South America, South Africa and Australia.
Abalone is a kind of primitive marine shellfish and a traditional Chinese valuable ingredient, divided into two categories: domestic abalone and imported abalone, and our country imports a larger amount of abalone from Australia, Japan and Mexico.
Green-side abalone
Green-side abalone is produced in Australia, with green lips, tender meat and rich flavor, mostly made into frozen abalone or boiled abalone soup, and it is the most favorite abalone species in the south of China and Hong Kong diners.
Black abalone
Black abalone is named because of its black lip, and it is mostly canned.
Brown abalone
Brown abalone lip is brown, the production is small, mostly large abalone, made of dried products mostly. It is famous for its strong flavor and heavy color.
Yoshihama Abalone
Yoshihama Abalone is also known as Yoshihama Abalone, which is produced in Iwamori Prefecture, Japan. The shape of the abalone is high on the outside and low on the inside like a treasure, with a clear line in the middle, so it is also known as the "golden abalone", and the one with a golden color is the best.
Hemp nest abalone
Hemp nest abalone produced in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, also known as Wo Ma abalone, smaller, thinner and flatter meat, because of the use of rope strings up to dry in the sun, so the left and right there are two holes, the flavor of the taste of the tender meat, soft and smooth, easy to digest, suitable for elderly people to eat.
Middle East abalone
Middle East abalone from the Middle East, smaller, more heads, darker color, there is a thin layer of salt ash, the production of a long time to pot with high fire, the meat is sticky and smooth, the taste is not very fragrant.
Japanese net abalone
Japanese net abalone is the best quality, the largest dried abalone varieties, produced in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, its meat is plump, smooth, dark brown, oval in shape, the bottom edge of the broad and flat, the bottom of the bead has a clear grain, the tail is more pointed.
Australian Net Abalone
Australian Net Abalone is similar in appearance to Japanese abalone, with a brick red color, but the bead grains on the edges are not quite regular. Dried abalone has to be soaked for many days before it can be boiled, and the abalone meat tastes tougher and the flavor cannot be compared with Japanese South African abalone, so it is suitable for soup or making abalone slices.
South Africa dry abalone
South Africa dry abalone quality is second only to the Japanese dry abalone, compared with the quality and price, favored by diners.
Foreign abalone varieties and pictures I introduced to you here, then we continue to look at China's domestic abalone varieties and pictures of it
Dalian abalone
Dalian abalone is a specialty of China's Dalian, abalone in the high-quality varieties of the abalone family, known as the crown of the sea food, the meat is tender, fresh and not greasy, rich in nutrients.
Wrinkled abalone
Wrinkled abalone's shell surface is dark brown or half green, it does not seem to be smooth, and there is a sense of rocky texture, the name "wrinkled abalone", in addition to Dalian, Liaoning Province, Shandong Province, Changdao, and along the Yellow and Bohai Seas, are the origin of it.
The wrinkled abalone is also known as the jade abalone because of its different colors, and both belong to the same species, but because of the difference in food, the shell is different. When fed with brown algae, the shell will become green; but with red algae as feed, the shell is dark brown or reddish.
Mixed-color abalone
Mixed-color abalone has a uniform number of individuals, about 26 per catty, and it is a product of the southern coast, which is found in the north coast of Taiwan and the northeast corner of the coast, and Zhanjiang Shih Xiongzhou Island in the western part of Guangdong Province is quite common.
Ear abalone
The "ear abalone" with a slightly elongated shell is also prevalent in the south, and is found in Nan'ao Island in the eastern part of Guangdong Province and Shengsi County in Zhejiang Province.
Sheep abalone
Sheep abalone is mostly found in the Xisha Islands.
Taiwan Abalone
What we are used to call Taiwan abalone has an ovoid shell, which feels slightly smooth and is slightly smaller than the former. Generally speaking, Taiwan abalone uniform volume, color and lustre is beautiful but more body, Dalian abalone rich abalone flavor, jade abalone taste is a little too thin.