How to choose the shoddy hairy crabs? How to choose a good hairy crab?

How to choose the shoddy hairy crabs: how to pick hairy crabs?

It is very particular about buying hairy crabs in Yangcheng Lake, specifically:

One calculation: female crabs should be eaten in the ninth month of the lunar calendar, and there are many crab roes; In October of the lunar calendar, it is advisable to eat male crabs, which are full of meat fat.

Second: the heavy is fat, and the light meat is less.

Three looks: choose old crabs and abandon young crabs. The old crab is black and blue with light, there is no miscellaneous mud on the outside, the foot hair is long and straight, the body is thick and solid, the belly is iron-spotted, and the crab feet are hard; If the belly is shiny, it is a tender crab.

Four touches: touch the eyes, the crab claws should respond quickly; Pull the foot and it should be retracted immediately.

Five flips: Flip the crab body upside down, belly to the sky, and the one who can flip quickly is a good crab.

Six releases: Put the crab on the ground, and the one that can crawl quickly is a sturdy crab.

How to choose Yangcheng Lake clear water hairy crabs?

The appearance characteristics of Yangcheng Lake Qingshui hairy crab are: green back, white belly, yellow hair, golden claws, and strong body.

Green back: The back of Yangcheng Lake hairy crab is shiny, refreshing, translucent, and burned.

After ripe, it is pure red, bright red, it is different from the gray of crabs in other lake areas, the color is dark, the soil color is heavy, and it is light red after cooking, and the red is gray.

White belly: Yangcheng Lake hairy crab belly is white, white and shiny, giving people a beautiful feeling of water and jade (with the development of aquaculture industry and the ecological breeding of hairy crabs, aquatic plants such as water chestnuts have been put in the lake area, so it is normal for some crabs to have black crab belly).

Yellow hair: The fluff on the claws of hairy crabs in Yangcheng Lake and the whisker hairs on the claws are yellow. The male crab is dense and soft, with no dirt chips. The hairy whiskers on the crab claws are refreshing and yellow. The crab hair in other lakes is earthy and unclean.

Golden claws: The tips of the claws of hairy crabs in Yangcheng Lake are golden yellow like smoke. In other lakes, there is no noticeable golden yellow color on the tips of the claws.

Strong body: Yangcheng Lake hairy crab is strong, thick, strong, two claws are thick and powerful, can be supported on the glass, and crawl freely. Compared with other lake crabs, the same size crab, Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs weigh much heavier.

Is it better to have a female or male crab? In fact, the fattest time for female crabs is from October to November, and after mid-November, it is the best male crab, at this time the cream of male crabs is not less than that of female crabs, and it is more sweet and crispy (as for judging whether the cream is more fatty, as long as you pinch the crab legs whether they are firm).

Hairy crabs, we have to mention the hairy crabs in Yangcheng Lake, the hairy crabs produced are fat, green shells and white bellies, golden claws and yellow hair, the meat is greasy, and the taste is delicious. How to distinguish hairy crabs from shoddy ones? 1. Check the anti-counterfeiting buckle:

Pay attention to the anti-counterfeiting ring on the crab legs, which is shipped from the place of origin, a crab and a ring, all hairy crabs must wear "anti-counterfeiting rings" when entering the market.

2. Buy at the designated store. Buy it from a regular Yangcheng Lake hairy crab sales company or specialty store.

3. Go to the official website to check the authenticity. After purchasing, you can go to the official website of the Protection Office of the Hairy Crab Geographical Indication Product Management Committee to check the authenticity. The mature Yangcheng Lake hairy crab meat is generally very full and very firm when pinched; Ordinary hairy crabs are often not full due to insufficient growth cycles.

4. Eating habits. In addition to the aquatic plants, small fish, small shrimp and so on naturally grown in Yangcheng Lake, crab farmers will also carefully equip feed and feed them manually to ensure that the nutrition of hairy crabs is balanced; Most of the food eaten by ordinary hairy crabs is artificial feed, so the growth rate is mostly fast and the growth cycle is short.

5. Taste. Yangcheng Lake hairy crab crab meat is fresh and tender, greasy and yellow, no fishy smell, and has a fragrance of aquatic plants; However, the shell of ordinary hairy crabs has an earthy smell, and the crab meat has a light taste and poor taste.

6. Finally, the most important point is to look at the color to distinguish the fake and inferior hairy crabs.

Look at the crab claws: The claws of authentic hairy crabs have golden yellow tips and can be moved freely on the glass.

Look at the belly: The belly of the hairy crab is relatively crystal white.

Look at the crab hair: The crab feet of hairy crabs have well-defined hairs.

Look at the color: The shell of the steamed hairy crab is red, with a dark red luster.

1. Look at the appearance. A good hairy crab has a blue-gray shiny shell with yellow hairs between its claws. The crab navel is convex outwards and rounded. The limbs are intact and naturally curved, the movement is powerful, and the one who runs rampant everywhere is a good crab.

2. Shake it. When the crab dies, it turns into a puddle of water, and the amount of the crab can be checked by hand. If it feels heavy, the meat is firm, and if it feels light, the meat is loose.

3. Smell it. Fresh crabs will have a fishy smell of a pond or mud pond, but not a foul smell. If you smell fishy, you can assume that the crab has gone bad and is not fresh.

4. Pull and pull. To judge whether a crab is fresh and vigorous, you may wish to pull its claws, and if the crab legs contract strongly, they are fresh. Dead or dying crabs have weak legs and can break easily.

5. Uncover it. Anyway, I want to buy it, just uncover the umbilical cover of the crab. If you open the umbilicus, you can see the crab roe, if the crab roe is neat and complete, and the shape is regular, it is a good crab.

Look at the color of the green back and white belly, look at the appearance of the golden claws protruding from the belly, look at the weight The heavier the better, look at the vitality and the eyes are sensitive.

Don't eat this kind of fresh food, which is not good for health, preferably the kind that is quick frozen.