When is the best month for the cream crab Taishan cream crab is the best month

The month is the best season to eat crabs. In autumn, female crabs are eaten in September and male crabs are eaten in October. "Nine females and ten males", "September navel, October tip", are all talking about the time to eat crabs.

In the ninth month of the lunar calendar, the female crab eggs are full, and the crab roe is fresh and fragrant, and the oil is delicate; In October, the gonads of male crabs are the best developed, at this time, the yellow fat paste is white, and the taste of crab paste is plump and smooth. It is said that "when the autumn wind rises, crab feet itch; Chrysanthemums bloom, smell crabs", every year in September and October is the time when the crab roe is full of oil, so there is a food family saying that "eating crabs in autumn is the most solemn thing".

In autumn, chrysanthemum crab fat is the best time for people to taste crabs. Crabs, with delicate meat and delicious taste, are high-quality and precious aquatic products. Crabs are also very nutritious, with several times higher protein content than pork and fish, and higher content of calcium, phosphorus, iron and vitamin A.

Autumn crab is delicious and nutritious, but if eaten incorrectly, it can cause health damage.

Eating dead crabs can be poisonous: when a crab is dying or dead, the histidoxyacids in the crab's body break down to produce histamine. Histamine is a toxic substance, with the prolongation of death time, the crab body accumulates more and more histamine, and the poisonous gas is getting bigger and bigger, even if the crab is cooked, this toxin is not easy to destroy.

Therefore, never eat dead crabs.

To buy fresh crabs, you should do "five looks" when choosing crabs:

One look at the color; Second, look at the individual; Three look at the navel; Fourth, look at the crab hair; Five, look at the action. The color of the crab should be green back and white belly, golden claws and yellow hair; The individual should be large and healthy; The navel should bulge outward; Crab hairs should be on the crab legs; Be agile and active. Only those who meet these five rules are easy to buy.

1 After the eighth month of the lunar calendar, it is basically the season to eat crabs. Crab meat is definitely available in August of the solar calendar, but the main thing to eat crabs is to eat cream yellow. The female crab roe on the market is not very full, and it is better to eat crabs now than male crabs.

Eating crabs pays attention to "seven up and eight down", of which male crabs are on top and female crabs are down. That is to say, in July of the lunar calendar, male crabs are fat, and it is suitable to eat male crabs. After the eighth month of the lunar calendar, the yellow of the female crab is completely full, and it is suitable to eat the female crab at this time.

Crabs are best eaten in months 2 Hairy crabs are seasonal delicacy and the most important thing to enjoy at the right time. "Nine males and ten females", "September navel, October tip", are all talking about the time to eat crabs. In the ninth month of the lunar calendar, the female crab eggs are full, and the crab roe is fresh and fragrant, and the oil is delicate; In October, the gonads of male crabs are the best developed, and at this time, the yellow fat paste is white, and the crab paste is white.

The taste is plump and round, and those who love hairy crabs generally prefer to eat male crabs in November. There are also people who like to eat female crabs with crab roe that have not yet grown when the female crab is just starting to be marketed, and the tender texture is also a different experience. Because the crab conditions are different every year, the market time of hairy crabs is also different, which mainly depends on the time when the temperature starts to drop.

No matter when the weather turns cooler, hairy crabs need enough time to gain weight, which takes about 1 month or more. The old saying is very accurate, October is the best time to eat female crabs, and November is the best time to eat male crabs. But we are luckier than the ancients, and the popularity of temporary breeding technology allows us to enjoy the delicious taste of hairy crabs from the Mid-Autumn Festival to the Spring Festival.

TaishanAnointed crabAround the Mid-Autumn FestivalThe eighth month of the lunar calendarIt is best to eat later.

In Taishan, crabs can be eaten all year round. Nine females and ten males, so it is best to eat female crabs in September of the lunar calendar, and male crabs in October. It mainly depends on personal preference, some people only like to eat female crabs, and some people only like to eat male crabs.

About Taishan Blue Crab:

Taishan City. Blue crabs were first farmed in rice fields near the seaside.

In the 19th year of Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (1893), he compiled the "Xinning.

According to the county chronicles (Taishan, formerly known as Xinning), in April and May every year, farmers open channels in the fields to allow blue crab seedlings to climb into the rice fields and grow naturally in the fields. Therefore, Taishan blue crab has another name for He crab. In the 80s of the 20th century, Taishan blue crabs began to be cultivated on a large scale.

Taishan blue crab is subdivided into four levels of green crab (blue, white, yellow and black), cream crab, water crab, meat crab, heavy shell crab (about to fade, also weighed skin crab), butter crab.

It is divided into two kinds of anointing oil, water oil), etc., in addition to having a saw-edged blue crab.

In addition to the characteristics, the body surface is extremely smooth and shiny, the cephalothorax and appendages are pale blue-green, the chelicerae are large and the carapace is thin, the crab meat is white and delicate, and the meat yield is high.

It is good to eat locust stupidly, and the cream crab in April is one of the better seasons. Cream crab refers to the female hairy crab, and the plumpness and taste of the paste yellow are important factors affecting the deliciousness of the cream crab. Duan accompaniment.

April is the season for the crab to spawn, when the plumpness of the cream yellow is the highest and the taste is the best. In addition, the water temperature in April is suitable, and the growth rate of the crab is relatively fast, the content of the cream yellow is higher, and the taste is more delicious.

However, the taste and quality of the crab is not only affected by the season, but also by factors such as the growing environment, bait, and breeding methods. Therefore, even if the crab is in the same season, its taste and quality will vary.

Crabs are best eaten from September to October.

As the saying goes, "nine females and ten males lose round", which means that it is best to eat female crabs in September of the lunar calendar, and it is best to eat male crabs in October, mainly because by the ninth month of the lunar calendar, the female crab eggs are full, and the crab roe is fragrant and delicate; In the tenth month of the lunar calendar, the gonads of male crabs develop to the best time, at this time, the yellow fat paste is white, and the crab paste tastes plump and smooth, which is the best time to eat crabs.

The fattest time is around September 15, when freshwater crabs are the most delicious and the crabs in the sea are the best. Yangcheng Lake hairy crab is the best crab in the hairy crab, in mid to late September every year, Suzhou Yangcheng Lake hairy crab industry association will announce the opening of the lake to the market, opened the prelude to eating Yangcheng Lake hairy crab, at this time the female crab is the most fat, the crab roe is full, the taste is delicious, is the best time to eat the female crab.

Tips for buying crabs

1. Look at the shell triangle.

When choosing a crab, you can turn it over the belly and look at it, first look at the triangle of the crab shell, this part looks white, and it is very hard to pinch, indicating that the crab is very fat and the meat is very thick. If the shell of this triangle is all blackened and soft when pinched, it means that the crab is relatively thin and has very little shell meat. Choose the color of the shell triangle, which is whitish and full, and it is very hard to buy.

2. Look at the navel (the navel is round and round is the female crab).

This is similar to choosing a hairy crab, turning the crab over, with the belly facing up, and the navel is round, it is the female crab, and it will be very creamy in October. Pinch it on the navel first, if it is hard, the crab meat is fuller, if it is pinched, it will become soft, and it is full of air and water. In addition, you can observe the color of the navel, the darker and darker the navel, it means that there will be crab roe.

If the navel is whitish, the female crab will have no cream.

In 2017, the hairy crab fishing time in Yangcheng Lake was in mid to late September (generally in September 20, around the Mid-Autumn Festival), and the month and time node of the crab season every year: June - the end of December and the beginning of January, generally speaking, there are the following time points:

1. There are June yellow hairy crabs in June: generally "June Yellow" hairy crabs are not adult crabs, although the June yellow crabs in Yangcheng Lake are not as big as adult hairy crabs, but the yellow of June yellow crabs in Yangcheng Lake has been so fat that they are about to flow out, and tasting the June yellow hairy crabs in Yangcheng Lake has become a scenery in summer.

It shows that the June yellow crab in Yangcheng Lake is still worth trying.

2. Hairy crabs in Yangcheng Lake in mid-September: From mid-September to December is the mature season of hairy crabs in Yangcheng Lake, among which the shell of female crabs in September of the lunar calendar (generally October) is convex and yellow, and the meat is delicate; In the tenth month of the lunar calendar (generally in November), the male crab cream is thick and greasy, the meat is rich and delicious, and it is the best period for eating crabs.

3. November is the right time to eat crabs: the season to really taste Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs (such as Su crab pavilion hairy crabs) is November (at this time, the crab roe and crab paste are plump, and the hairy crabs in Yangcheng Lake are later than the hairy crabs produced in other lakes, but the taste of the hairy crabs in Yangcheng Lake is far from the crabs produced in other lakes.