Nowadays, there are crabs to eat all year round, but the real old food eats crabs but not casually, such as Jiangsu and Zhejiang, saying "busy and busy, don't forget June yellow", saying that it is the sixth month of the lunar calendar, eating two or two or so child crabs, its flesh is plump and tender, crab gold yellow, commonly known as "yellow"; also said "September umbilicus October tip", said that since the ninth month of the lunar calendar, crab pancreas nutrition into gonads, at this time crab yellow is the fattest, it is advisable to eat female crabs. Male crab gonads develop one month later than female crabs, generally to October, crab paste is sticky and moderate, at this time it is advisable to eat male crabs.
When the so-called "crab stands in winter, there is no trace", it is not that crabs cannot be eaten but at this time, the crab crab cream is full of belly, crab yellow is small, eat straight "sand", there is nothing to eat Since eating crabs, it is necessary to distinguish crab species, common such as crabs, pike crabs, Guan Gong crabs, hairy crabs, the most prestigious of which is the hairy crab, and the mention of hairy crabs can not fail to mention Yangcheng Lake, cover because its square circle is as clear as a mirror, the bottom of the lake is hard and shallow, the climate is appropriate, and the water and grass in the lake are abundant, and the crabs are most suitable for crab growth.
Shi Jinmo, a famous doctor of the Republic of China, once divided the crabs in the world into six grades, and the first class was represented by the Crab of Yangcheng Lake.
In the autumn moon, Yu was in Jiaxing, and a friend came from Shanghai with a crab, and he was drunk. However, this crab is not Yangcheng Lake Crab, Taihu Lake Crab also. Friends laughed and said that the crabs in Yangcheng Lake are almost extinct, and Fang Fang who eats Dianshan Lake, Taihu Lake and Fenyang Lake crabs is a real eater.
There are four crabs, one male and three females, green shell white belly, golden claw golden retriever, each about three or two up and down. Basket steamed, red light, take some rice wine, soy sauce and sugar, mix into one place, add boiling oil, accompanied by ginger. When the aroma is overflowing, take it out and pair it with vinegar, and this superior dipping sauce is also.
Because the old friend did the east, Yu did not dare to go too far, but took a male crab and a female crab, peeled the shell, yellow like real gold, paste like white jade, spare you are a monk at home, see this delicious, presumably there is no one unmoved. So take the crab shell Sheng made of dipping vinegar, lightly pouring meat, small bites, lips and teeth overflowing, Su Dongpoyun "not to Lushan to live up to the eyes, do not eat crabs to live up to the belly", the first believe this is not false and yu is a northerner, since childhood has not eaten crabs, so eating is extremely uncivilized.
Taste the Shanghai Miss line is elegant, often carry a hammer, upset, pliers, shovel, spoon, fork, scraper, needle eight things, specially designed for eating crabs, so there are "crab eight pieces" called, there are good eaters can eat crabs in addition to the crab, the remaining crab shells reassembled, into a crab, really dare not think, unbelievable also.