When does swimming crab have yellow? What kind of crab roe has the most?

Swimming crab is the most common crab in crabs, its meat is delicious, rich in protein and a variety of vitamins, so many people like to steam or stir-fry to eat, when does the swimming crab have yellow? What kind of crab roe has the most?

When is there yellow?

Swimming crabs have crab roe, probably in the Mid-Autumn Festival (August to November of each year), the female crab has ripe crab roe. And the body width can reach 100mm to 130mm.

The ovaries and digestive glands of the crab are orange and delicious. Crab roe is not crab eggs, although the composition is basically the same as crab eggs, but there is an essential difference between the two. Crab roe does contain eggs that are not excreted from the body, but there are other crab organs, glands, tissue fluids and other substances, not simple crab eggs. When the crab roe becomes larger and bright orange, it means that the gonad of the female crab has mature. at this time, the crab eggs are excreted from the body, and the eggs left in the gonads in the body are still part of the crab roe.

What kind of crab has a lot of roe?

First of all, we should choose the big one, because the formation of crab roe in the female crab accumulates with the age of the female crab, and the big swimming crab grows longer and accumulates more crab roe. Generally speaking, only a female crab with 2-3 years old has more roe.

Secondly, hold the crab in your hand, the heavy feel of the good crab is fat and strong, and the feel of light is mostly the bad crab with less dried meat. The back of a good crab is blue and hard, and its belly is full and thick. You can also carefully observe the crab legs, the legs are hard, it is difficult to knead the crabs are the most fat.

The most important thing is that every year before October of the lunar calendar, the mother is delicious because there is more crab roe, while at this time the male has less white gum, so he is not delicious.

Every year after the tenth month of the lunar calendar, the mother's is not delicious, because the crab roe grows and falls, and there is less meat. At this time, the male's crab is much more gelatinous, so he is delicious.

Popular science: the nutritional value of crab roe

1. Because of the high yield of swimming crabs, they often choose live crabs filled with paste, put yellow into a bowl and freeze them in the wind and sun, that is, they become "crab roe cakes" with excellent flavor, but with little output, it is difficult for ordinary people to taste this taste.

2. Crabs are rich in protein and trace elements, which have good nourishing effect on the body. Crabs also have the effect of anti-tuberculosis, and eating crabs is of great benefit to the rehabilitation of tuberculosis.