As the temperature gradually rises, the rape flowers are blooming brightly. The soft-shelled turtle that has been dormant for a winter ends the turtle breathing state, and the soft-shelled turtle has not yet begun to eat, with less fat content and a firmer taste, and the Shanghainese call it "cauliflower soft-shelled turtle". At present, in Fengjing Town, 20,000 catties of soft-shelled turtles in more than 150 acres of open-air ecological breeding ponds have also been rushed to the market.
At the Tzu Nong Aquaculture Cooperative, staff are busy catching soft-shelled turtles. The soft-shelled turtles that have just been caught are all strong, bright in color, thick in skirts, and very fierce with their teeth and claws.
Cai Yutian, technician of Shanghai Cinong Aquaculture Professional Cooperative
There is no soft-shelled turtle out of the mud, there will be a hole in the mud, it depends on this hole to breathe, we can touch the soft-shelled turtle along this hole.
"Cauliflower soft-shelled turtle" has a very low fat content, and the meat quality is firmer.
Shen Jie, head of Shanghai Cinong Aquaculture Professional Cooperative, after a winter hibernation, the soft-shelled turtle consumes a lot of fat, at this time its meat is the firmest, nutritious, and is a good thing to nourish and nourish the body.
The reporter learned that the soft-shelled turtle cultivated by the cooperative belongs to the Chinese soft-shelled turtle series in the south of the Yangtze River, which is a unique high-quality species in the Taihu Lake Basin, with the characteristics of thick skirt and delicious taste. However, the growth cycle of this soft-shelled turtle is extremely long, and in a semi-wild state, it takes nearly 6 years to breed from 5 grams to 2 catties.
Shen Jie, head of Shanghai Cinong Aquaculture Professional Cooperative
Next, when the water temperature rises to about 25 degrees, generally at the end of April to the beginning of May, we will feed the soft-shelled turtle some snails, small trash fish and other foods, so that the original ecological feeding can improve the content of trace elements and vitamins in the soft-shelled turtle.
It is reported that because the soft-shelled turtle grows in the open air, the price is also more expensive than that of the soft-shelled turtle in the greenhouse. At present, the price of soft-shelled turtle weighing more than 2 catties is 198 yuan, and the price of less than 2 catties is 158 yuan.
Reporter | Gurry
Correspondents | Huang Xinchen
Edit | Liu Jiayuan
Editor-in-charge | Liu Jiayuan Cheng Jiayu