Can you still eat green crabs when they are dead? You won't die if you keep it like this!

Every time around Ching Ming Festival, green crabs begin to appear on the market in large quantities. At that time, many people will buy some to go home and steam and stir-fry them, while others will buy and save them in large quantities. However, because green crabs are not resistant to preservation, they can only survive for about 3-5 days at room temperature. So how to preserve them is a technical job. Can they still eat when they are dead? How do you keep it from dying?

1. Introduction of green crabs:

Is the green crab a sea crab or a sea crab?

Green crab is a sea crab, which is rich in warm mudflat or muddy shallow sea. it is more common in the coastal areas of Guangdong, Guangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian and Taiwan, especially in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

2. When is the green crab the fattest?

Green crabs are generally the fattest around the Mid-Autumn Festival, and it is also the peak period for mating and spawning, so you should pay attention to buying them so as not to buy mating crabs, resulting in a bad taste.

Can you still eat green crabs when they are dead?

1. Under normal circumstances, freshly dead green crabs or frozen dead green crabs can be eaten, but they must be steamed before they can be eaten, otherwise they will cause diarrhea or poisoning, but personal advice is not to eat them. If you think it is a pity, then remember a lesson next time and eat it as soon as you buy it back.

2. if the green crab has been dead for a period of time, do not eat it, because the green crab is omnivorous and likes to eat dead fish, dead shrimp or the rotten carcasses of other animals. the body has been infected with a lot of bacteria, if dead, these bacteria will multiply to produce toxins, if people eat, there will be nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain and other poisoning, serious shock, coma and so on. So it's best not to throw it away because of the high price.

Third, how can the green crab not die?

Green crabs just bought can generally survive for 3 to 5 days at room temperature, with a maximum of 5 to 10 days, but they will die immediately if they are cultured in the refrigerator or in fresh water, so be sure to keep them when you buy them back. The specific preservation methods are as follows:

Method 1. Store it in a storage pond.

If you buy a lot of green crabs, you can build a small storage pond in the cool and ventilated place at home, then put some sediment at the bottom of the pool, and then put the green crabs inside, which can be preserved for more than a month. If there is a bathtub at home, you can put it in it to add water, feed small fish and shrimp, so you can keep it for a week or so, and you don't have to worry about climbing out at the same time.

Method 2. Store it in the refrigerator.

Tie the limbs of the green crabs with a rope, then put them in the freezer, cover with wet towels, and set the temperature to 5-10 degrees Celsius, so that they can be stored for about three days. Every time you eat, try to pick out the green crabs that are not active enough.

Method 3. Store it in a plastic bucket.

Put the green crabs into plastic buckets and add a small amount of water to keep them for about 5 days. When pouring water, do not miss the green crab, so as to avoid death from lack of oxygen.

Generally speaking, it is best not to eat dead green crabs, but they can be eaten if they have just died, but they must be steamed before they can be eaten, so as not to cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and other toxic phenomena. In addition, green crabs bought will die soon, so they can be kept in storage ponds, buckets or refrigerators so that they can be stored for a few more days.