When will Shijia Red Crab come on the market? When is the fattest? Which season is delicious? How do you eat it? What's the difference between green crab and green crab?

Shijiahong crab is one of the most popular sea crabs in Qingdao. It is very popular because it is fat and delicious. It is generally listed on August 15 of the lunar calendar. When is Shijiahong crab the fattest? Which season is delicious? How do you eat it? What's the difference between green crab and green crab?

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Shijiahong is a kind of large sea crab, especially the fat and delicious individuals caught around August 15 of the lunar calendar, especially the Shijiahong, which is rich along the coast of Qingdao. It is also the most delicious time to eat at this time.

When is the fattest:

Shijiahong crabs are the fattest in late spring and Mid-Autumn Festival. Fishermen often say "wheat yellow crab" and "bean yellow crab", which refers to the crabs in these two seasons. There are also local proverbs such as "crabs are covered with fat in August" and "eat sharp navel in spring and round in autumn". The former says that the crab is fattest in the eighth month of the lunar calendar, while the latter says that the spring male crab (with a pointed navel) has the most tender meat and the most delicious taste, while the autumn female crab (with a round navel) is full of fat and fat and tastes the best.

How do you eat it?

1. Cut off the crab's eight feet, including two tongs. After cooling, the meat will be automatically separated from the crab shell, and it is easy to be poked out or even sucked out, so leave it for the last to eat.

2. Remove the crab cover (that is, a small cover of the belly button of the crab, the male and female crabs have different shapes) and uncover the crab cover.

3. Eat the crab lid first, scoop out the crab stomach part in the middle with a small spoon, and gently suck the crab roe wrapped outside. Be careful not to suck the triangular conical crab stomach in the middle, but discard it

4. after eating the crab cover turn to the crab body, first use scissors to cut off the excess crab feet, crab mouth and crab lungs

5. Pick out a hexagonal piece in the middle of the crab body with a spoon handle, which is the heart of the crab. Discard it.

6. Spoon some vinegar on the crab, then eat the crab roe cream.

7. Break the crab body into two parts, and the silky crab meat can be seen at this time. As long as you tear along the crab's feet, you can remove the crab meat. The clean crab shell is completely translucent.

8. Cut the crab leg into three pieces with scissors, and the last crab toe can be used as a tool. First poke out the meat in the middle part of the crab leg with the thin end of the crab toe, and then poke out the meat in the front part of the crab leg with the thick end of the crab toe.

9. Divide the crab clamp into three sections. In the first two sections, the crab shell can be cut directly and scoop out the meat with a spoon. For the last clamp, the trick is to cut off both sides, then break two pincers with your hands in the opposite direction, and the clamp shell will be completely separated.

10. although the crab shell eaten in this way may not be able to put it back into the shape of a crab, it is well organized and there is no meat left. Wash your hands after eating crab shell, drink a cup of warm ginger tea, eat a crab after a meal, and feel that you have enough to drink and eat.

The difference between green crabs and green crabs:

Shijiahong (officially called Japanese crab) is a kind of large sea crab, especially the fat and delicious individuals caught around August 15 of the lunar calendar, especially the Shijiahong, which is rich along the coast of Qingdao. The adult crab is too big, and the small one is also heavy. The main features are: the back of the crab is red, and the crab clamp is obviously larger and harder than the swimming crab.

Green crab carapace is oval, the body is flat, hairless, head and chest developed, strong double chelates, hind feet, shaped like a mackerel, so it is said according to the son. The width of the head and chest nail is about 1.5 times that of the length, the back is raised and smooth, there is an obvious "H"-shaped dent on the surface of the head and chest nail, and the forehead has four prominent triangular teeth, the size and spacing of the teeth are roughly the same. The anterior margin has 9 triangular teeth of similar size.

The chelate foot is smooth and asymmetrical, the right foot is slightly larger than the left foot, and the metacarpal segment is swollen and smooth, with two granular ridges on the back and one spine at the end. The first three pairs of feet are toothless and the anterior and posterior edges of the knuckles have brush-like short hairs.