Most mud snails are pickled and eaten. Wash the newly caught mud snails with sea water, put them into a container, add salt, stir quickly, and let it sit for a while. After the mud snails die, remove the water, add salt, add some wine, and seal the mouth of the container. , after one week, it can be eaten and the fragrance will be fragrant. As long as it is unopened, it will not go bad if stored for a long time, and the taste is very fresh, crisp and fragrant. There is a poem from the ancients that praises: In the spring, the bad soil is stored in ice, and the boat moves thousands of jars into Guxu. An Qi finished writing the Immortal Jue, and all his wine and ink turned into tadpole books. Fresh mud snails can be put into soup. If eaten before cooking, the meat will become smaller and browner, and its taste is no less delicious than oyster soup. Mucus snails contain a toxin in their surface mucus and internal organs. Toxins can be eliminated after pickling. Some people who eat uncooked mud snails will suffer from facial swelling and stiff toes, which Ningbo people call mud snail fat. The symptoms will disappear after a few days. Therefore, it is best to use vinegar when eating, which can sterilize and increase the deliciousness.

There are different ways to eat mud snails, each with its own characteristics. Generally, it is suitable for frying and cooking in an iron pan, but locals prefer to pickle it with wine. The specific production method is: select a large and fresh yellow mud snail, sieve out the mucus on the surface of the mud snail, wash it, remove the water, put it in a container, add some salt and rice wine, and then seal the mouth of the container , pickled for about a week. When the time comes, take it out and the aroma will hit your nostrils.

Due to the pollution of the tidal flats in recent years, seafood resources have been damaged to a certain extent. There are not as many mud snails as before, and they are not as delicious as before. What is even more disgusting is that some mud snail vendors maliciously soak the mud snails in water, which is harmful to eaters. More and more boring.