What's the difference between wild crayfish and farmed crayfish? How do you clean it up?

Crayfish is a common characteristic snack in many places. every summer, many people like to order a plate of lobster and drink some wine while eating, which is very comfortable, but because the lobster is not clean, especially wild, the growth environment is very poor, so pay attention to it when eating. What's the difference between wild crayfish and farmed crayfish? How do you clean it up?

Introduction of wild crayfish:

1. Where do you usually have wild crayfish?

Wild crayfish are generally found in water plants, branches, stone gaps and other hidden objects, usually hidden in the depths of the water or hidden objects during the day, rarely active, begin to move after sunset in the evening, and mostly gather in the shallow water to crawl for food or mate. If frightened, quickly escape back to deep water.

2. Can wild crayfish be eaten?

Wild crayfish can be eaten, but not recommended, because the water environment where wild crayfish live is very poor, and most of them eat garbage and heavy metals in polluted water, and it is also troublesome to clean. If it is not clean, it is easy to bring germs into the human body. Bring great security risks to the human body, so it is not recommended that you eat wild crayfish.

What's the difference between wild crayfish and farmed crayfish?

Method one, look at the shape: wild crayfish individual uneven, most head big body small, abdominal hair is dirty, head dirt, there may be parasites, color is maroon or iron red, relatively small, thick shell less meat. The shape of cultured crayfish is complete, the individual is uniform, the head and body generally account for 1 / 2 of the whole body, the abdominal hair and claw hair are clean, the abdomen is white, the color is red and bright, the head is relatively large, the meat is full and elastic.

Method 2, smell: wild crayfish smell of heavy metal or rotten smell, farmed crayfish smell no corruption, heavy metal and other odors, containing a natural smell of water, shrimp fishy smell.

Third, how to clean the wild crayfish?

Wild crayfish grow in a poor environment and contain heavy metals and all kinds of garbage, so if you buy wild crayfish, you are advised not to eat them, but if you eat less, you can clean them up and eat them. The specific cleaning steps are as follows:

Step 1, first prepare a basin, pour in the right amount of salt and vinegar, then add the right amount of water and stir well, then pour in the lobster and soak for about 15 minutes. The purpose of this is to make the crayfish spit out the dirt in the gills.

Step 2: fish out the lobster, rinse with clean water for a few minutes, then add the right amount of salt, pour in the water and soak the crayfish for about a day. The aim is to make the crayfish spit out the dirt and foreign bodies in the body.

Step 3: fish out the lobster, rinse with clean water for a few minutes, then wash off the shrimp shell and leg with a brush, cut off the whole head with scissors, or remove the whole head with your hands. Generally speaking, when buying, many merchants will ask if they want to help with it, personal advice or not, go back and deal with it, after all, they have not been soaked, and the bacteria inside can easily enter the shrimp and breed more bacteria.

Step 4, find the shrimp tail, pull out the middle tail, and the shrimp line will follow. It should be noted that the shrimp that just took off its head still has vitality, so you should pay attention to it when you go to the shrimp line to avoid being caught by the shrimp leg. If you have plenty of time, you can put it in the freezer overnight, then take out the middle tail, arch the back of the crayfish, cut the shrimp shell with a knife, and take out the shrimp thread.

Step 5. Cut it from the middle of the shrimp shell with scissors and rinse it. The aim is to make crayfish taste better when cooking.

Although cleaning crayfish is a technical job, it is not only delicious to eat, but also cleaner and hygienic than that in the restaurant.

The above is a detailed introduction of the differences and cleaning steps between wild crayfish and cultured crayfish. I hope it will be helpful to you.