"The autumn wind sounds, the crab's feet itch; the chrysanthemums bloom, smell the crabs."
Every year in the Mid-Autumn Festival, the crab is full of yellow and fat, and it is the best time to taste crabs.
With the opening of Yangcheng Lake, the prelude to the peak period of hairy crab air transport this year has begun.
No, the "fresh water" Yangcheng Lake hairy crab has arrived in Qingdao by plane one after another, and many "foodies" have met!
At 1:30 p.m. on the 22nd, Shanhang Flight 4662, loaded with nearly one ton of hairy crabs from Yangcheng Lake, landed at Qingdao Liuting Airport. It is reported that from September 1 to September 22, Shandong Airlines shipped a total of 9509 kilograms of hairy crabs to Qingdao.
China Eastern Airlines Logistics said that it has confirmed the shipment of nearly 5 tons of hairy crabs the day before yesterday, and it is expected to transport 133 tons today, mainly from Shanghai to Yantai, Changsha, Xi'an, Qingdao, Dalian, Taiyuan and other places.
The reporter visited many seafood markets and hairy crab stores in the island city and found that at present, the hairy crab market in the island city is stable in quantity and price, and the hairy crabs from Yangcheng Lake in Jiangsu And Weishan Lake in Shandong have begun to seize the market, bringing consumers another "crab season".
Retail prices rose slightly
Mr. Wang, the person in charge of a Hairy Crab Store in Yangcheng Lake near Minjiang Road, told reporters: "The fishing time on the first day was tight, and in order to catch the earliest flight to Qingdao, the base only sent more than 400 kilograms of hairy crabs. At present, most of them have been booked by old customers. It is reported that the store's hairy crab gift box is mainly divided into 3 pairs, 4 pairs, 5 pairs of packs, the price ranges from 300-4000 yuan, affected by the epidemic, sales and previous years slightly declined, the price increase is not large.
The reporter learned from the Suzhou Yangcheng Lake Hairy Crab Industry Association that this year, the Yangcheng Lake hairy crab has increased high-standard pond culture, and the output is expected to be about 10260 tons. Among them, the output of purse seine culture area is about 1500 tons, and the production of high-standard pond culture along the lake is about 8760 tons.
Crab coupon pre-sale is hot
The staff of a hairy crab store after Fushan said that the number of hairy crabs supplied to the Mid-Autumn Festival National Day "Double Festival" increased by about 20% compared with last year, but due to the rise in various breeding and labor costs, retail prices have also risen slightly this year.
Mr. Zhou, the person in charge of a hairy crab store located near Shandong Road, told reporters that on the same day of this year's National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival, hairy crabs rushed to catch before the festival, so many people chose to buy crab coupons in advance to give gifts to relatives and friends, "It is expected that before and after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the sales of crab coupons can reach more than 700,000 yuan." At the same time, some high-end hotels and clubs in Qingdao are also customer groups that book hairy crabs in Yangcheng Lake. The head of the catering department of a hotel in island city said that this year's bookings are 10% more than in previous years.
However, a number of hairy crab store personnel suggested that the hairy crab in Yangcheng Lake has not yet reached the most mature state, and the fatness of hairy crabs in November will be better, and the price may also fall.
Hairy crabs have arrived,
But you know
How to distinguish between lake crab and pond crab?
How to choose the freshest hairy crab?
Look down
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One red and one green, lake crabs and pond crabs are known at a glance
The anti-counterfeiting special logo of hairy crabs in Yangcheng Lake has been unveiled, of which the Yangcheng Lake area is red, and the pond along the Yangcheng Lake is green with high standards. This is the first time that the lake area crab and the inner pond crab have been distinguished on the logo.
In addition, the Suzhou Yangcheng Lake Hairy Crab Industry Association also issued the 2020 version of the Yangcheng Lake Hairy Crab Rope Standard:
Crab rope material: The crab rope that is required to bind the crab must be made of materials that meet environmental protection requirements.
Crab binding requirements: The binding rope must not exceed three times horizontally and vertically.
This way the freshest hairy crab is selected
Take a look at the crab shell. Where the back of the shell is black-green with bright light, it is thick and strong; the back of the shell is yellow, and most of them are thinner.
Two look at the navel. The bulging navel is generally full of cream and fat; most of the concave ones are insufficient.
Three look at the claws. All cray feet are covered with villi, and all cray feet are old and healthy; while cray feet without villi, they are weak and weak.
Four look at the vitality. Turn the crab upside down, the abdomen is facing the sky, can be quickly flipped back with a sting foot, strong vitality, can be saved; can not be turned back, poor vitality, storage time can not be long.
At the same time, when eating crab, try not to eat with persimmons, herbal tea, beer, high-fat foods and the like.
Crab meat is cold, and those with spleen and stomach deficiency should pay special attention to avoid abdominal pain and diarrhea.
And in addition to hairy crabs,
Every year, a large number of pike crabs have been on the market since the opening of the sea
It is also one of the choices of many crab lovers.
But do you know the difference between hairy crabs and pike crabs?
Don't worry,
Xiaobian this is the answer for you
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1 Different subject classifications
✪ Pike crab: also known as sea crab, three-wart pike crab, gun crab, sea crab. It belongs to the order Decapoda, Pike crab family, Pike crab species.
✪ Hairy crab: Chinese scientific name chinese river crab, also known as river crab, hairy crab, clear water crab, hairy crab, crab. It belongs to the order Decapoda, The Family Ofcaenidae, and the Species of Chinese River Crab.
2 Morphological characteristics are different
✪ Pike crab: The cephalothorax is fusiform and slightly raised. There are 3 significant wart-like bumps on the surface, 1 in the gastric area and 2 in the heart area. Its body shape is oval-like, and the two ends are pointed like woven shuttles, so it has the name of the three-wart pike crab. The abdomen of the male crab is triangular, and the female crab is rounded. The male crab is tea green on the back, the female crab is purple, and the ventral surface is off-white.
✪ Hairy crab: The cephalothorax is rounded and square, and the posterior half is wider than the anterior half. The back is raised, the forehead and liver area are concave, and it has the typical morphological characteristics of "green back, white belly, golden claw, and yellow hair".
3 Life habits are different
✪ Pike crab: suitable salinity of 13 ~ 38 ‰, the most suitable growth salinity of 20 ~ 35 ‰. The salinity of wintering adaptation is 28 to 35 ‰. Lurking on the ocean floor during the day, coming out at night to forage for food and has obvious phototropism. It is an omnivorous animal, and likes to eat shellfish, fresh miscellaneous fish, small miscellaneous shrimp, etc., and also eats algae sprouts, marine animal carcasses and decomposing aquatic plants.
✪ Hairy crab: The main lifestyle of Chinese river crab is benthic and burrowing, generally living in gravel, aquatic grass, often burrowing in rivers, rivers, lakes and mud banks, hiding day and night, feeding on animal carcasses or grains.
4 Distribution ranges are different
✪ Pike crab: Distributed in Japan, Korea, the Malay Islands, the Red Sea and most of the coast of Chinese mainland.
✪ Hairy crab: River crab is distributed in China, from Liaoning in the north to the coastal provinces of Fujian in the south, especially in the lakes and rivers on both sides of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
Have you eaten crab lately?
Which of the two crabs do you prefer?
Let's talk in the comments section!
(Source Guanhai News/Qingdao Morning Post Reporter Li Yanhong Yang Bowen Correspondent Li Qian Zheng Jingyou Morning Post New Media Comprehensive Finishing)