Eight belts, octopus, cuttlefish, squid, squid
And a bunch of "grubs"
Short cockroaches, long cockroaches, wind slugs, sitting cockroaches
Are some Qingdao friends dumbfounded?
In the eyes of many people,
Like octopus, squid, squid, etc
All are labeled as "multi-clawed"
But what exactly is eaten each time, it is completely silly to distinguish
Xiaobian sorted out this article to follow to see it~
Octopus
Octopus is an octopus, many Qingdao silver called eight belts, invertebrates, mollusk phylum, the body is short oval, no fins. There are 8 wrists on the head, so it is also called "eight-banded fish". There are about 650 species of octopus worldwide, and their size varies greatly.
Features: Rounded head, long legs
Common octopuses are: short cockroaches and long cockroaches. Short cockroach, is one of our local very homely ingredients, wrist length of about 12 cm, Qingdao silver is also called "wind slug", "sitting cockroach". The wrist length of the long cockroach is about 48.5 cm, and the length of the general wrist is equivalent to 2 to 5 times that of the carcass. Octopuses usually crawl with their wrists, sometimes swimming by means of membranes between their wrists, or spraying water with a funnel on the lower part of their heads for a quick retreat.
Long cockroaches
Wind slugs
Octopus has neither shell nor spines, the whole body is meat, it is very "biting head" to eat, the best thing is to directly dip some minced garlic or soy sauce after cooking, sometimes a bite can bite out of the yellow, or bite out of the black ink.
= Recommended method: Shallots burst eight strips =
squid
Also known as the gun squid, the squid has a slender, long tapered body with more than a dozen tentacles, two of which are longer. There are suction cups at the front of the tentacles, and there are tooth rings inside the suction cups, which are wrapped around the tentacles when preying on food.
It is the one that is most roasted in the streets of Qingdao in summer.
The small slices on both sides are the favorites, and the taste is also more tendonic.
= Recommended method: stir-fried fresh squid with leeks =
cuttlefish
Cuttlefish, which is what we usually call squid, is professionally called squid. Cuttlefish has ten wrists, the body can be divided into three parts of the head, feet and trunk, the trunk is equivalent to the internal organ mass, the outer is muscular sheath, with a calcareous inner shell, and a medicinal inner shell. The shape looks thicker and rounder than that of a squid. When cuttlefish encounter strong enemies, they will use "inkjet" as a method of escape and wait for the opportunity to leave, so there are names such as "squid" and "cuttlefish". Cuttlefish has a super high protein content, in addition to the appearance of a little fat, and squid there is a difference is that there is a hard shell in the body, which should be removed before cooking.
= Recommended Recipe: Uchiha simmered meat =
Pen barrel
Pen tube, some places called "Zi Wu", very small, looks like a squid, also called a small squid! There is a transparent soft sheath inside, which does not need to be removed when cooking. Qingdao silver eat pen tube is divided into two kinds of sun-dried eating and fresh eating.
= Recommended method: pen tube stewed tofu =
Having said all this, do you have a general understanding of octopus, squid, and squid? Xiaobian briefly summarized: octopus usually has a rounder head, eight wrists directly connected to the head, the wrist length is a long cockroach, and the wrist short is a short cockroach (wind slug, sitting cockroach). Squid and cuttlefish are usually longer, cuttlefish have ten wrists, while squid have more than a dozen, and squid are more slender!!
What do you think?
The next time you see you, you'll be able to tell the difference
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