Both are delicious, each in its own way.

The yolk of female crabs is oily and orange-red, while the crab paste of male crabs is crystalline and sticky, each has its own merits. If you want to choose, you can choose from the time period! As the saying goes, nine females and ten males.

September of the lunar calendar is the time when female crabs are the most delicious. Due to the physiological reasons of hairy crabs, female crabs will mature before male crabs. The easiest way to distinguish between male and female hairy crabs is to look at the abdomen. If the umbilicus on the belly of the crab is round, then it is a female crab.

A mature female crab has a very full crab yolk, which, after steaming, is a piece of hard congealed fat that looks like orange-red jade, is oily and fragrant, and has a grainy texture in the mouth.

In the tenth month of the lunar calendar, it is time to eat male crabs, this time the male crabs, crab paste full, color as crystal, like cream, in the air trembling, emitting a tempting mouthful of aroma.

Expanded:

Hairy crab selection skills:

1, see

Quality crab dorsal carapace is greenish gray, shiny, white abdomen, golden claw clusters of yellow hairs, bright color, umbilicus rounded, convex to the outside, limbs connected firmly in a curved shape, a large and old healthy, if the back is yellow, then the meat is more thin and weak. In addition, if the activity is strong, crawling around the crab is a robust good crab.

2, weigh

On the crab that meets the requirements by the appearance of the eye, we should weigh it one by one by hand, and the crab that feels heavy is fat. This does not apply to river crabs and live sea crabs, which are often tied up