The world is big, there are no wonders.
There are always some delicacies that give people unlimited reverie and indescribable shape and appearance.
Let's take a look at what you've eaten?
<h1>Elephant mussels – some places call it "ex-boyfriend"</h1>
Elephant Clam (Scientific Name: Panopea abrupta): The biological name is the Pacific Mud Clam, also known as the Emperor Clam, the elegant goddess clam.
The two shells are as large, thin and brittle, with serrated front ends, side shells, and water pipes (also known as tentacles).
Elephant mussel spraying water
Its two shells are about 15 to 20 centimeters long, its siphon can stretch up to more than a meter, and this fat and thick "big meat stick" is also the most important and delicious edible part, and the whole elephant mussel can grow up to about four kilograms.
Elephant mussels
The names of each part of the elephant mussel
Just caught elephant mussels
Elephant mussels can be eaten in a variety of ways, the simplest can be sliced into thin slices of white burning, or can be boiled porridge.
But the most elegant and nutritious way to eat it is to make sashimi. Eat directly raw.
Elephant mussel sashimi
The dish of elephant mussel sashimi is also known in some places as "ex-boyfriend". Earth shoots, small star worms rich in colloidal matter
<h1>Earth shoots – small star worms rich in colloids</h1>
Soil shoots, that is, "soil shoot jelly", Minnan special snacks, Quanzhou famous snacks, jelly-like, by the seaside beach growing "soil shoots" boiled and cooled.
Clay shoot jelly, Southern Fujian cuisine
Native earth shoots are a kind of link mollusk that is wild on the beach where the coastal rivers enter the sea where brackish water meets, and is scientifically called "star worm".
It contains gum, two or three inches long, its appearance is rough, the color is black and brown, the thick one is like an index finger, the thin one is like a rice stem, and it is about the length of a thumb.
Arch-shaped leather cysts, i.e. earth shoots
He also dragged a "tail" that was one or two inches long, as thin as a matchstick, and retracted freely. "Soil shoot jelly" is a frozen product processed from it.
According to the "Min Xiao Ji", "Yu often eats soil shoot jelly in Fujian, and the taste is very rare, but it smells like an earthworm, that is, Sand Sunda." The "Min Miscellaneous Records" also contains: "Tu Shoot was born in the sand cave of the beach, and is now produced in the sea cliffs of Quanzhou." ”
Clay shoot jelly
Clay shoots are also suitable for making dried earth shoots, and frying under the powder is also a great appetizer.
Fried bamboo shoots. Image: shutterstock.com
<h1>Sandworm, the cousin of the earthworm
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Sandworms are also called sea ginseng, scientific name checkered star worms, also known as naked star worms, commonly known as "sand worms".
Sandworm (S. sandworms) nudus）。 Image: 1688.com
Its shape is very similar to an intestine, long barrel-shaped, about 10-20 cm long, and naked and hairless, the body wall longitudinal muscles are bundled, and each ring muscle is staggered to form a square lattice pattern, which is also the origin of the name of the checkered star worm.
Sandworms sold in the market
Although sandworms do not have the preciousness of sea cucumbers, shark fins and abalone, they are delicious and crisp and tender, which is not reached by sea cucumbers and shark fins.
Because it is very sensitive to the quality of the growing environment, once polluted, it cannot survive, so it is called "environmental marker organism".
Sandworms in the sand. Image: dili360.com
Sandworm is admired by many diners for its beautiful taste and crisp and tender taste, and is a true and delicious powerhouse.
Chilled sandworms. Image: 123rf.com.cn
The delicious taste of sandworms comes from a variety of flavored amino acids rich in the body, of which the content of glutamic acid is the highest, accounting for about 15%-20% of the dry body mass of sandworms. It is not surprising that the free glutamic acid molecules react with sodium chloride during cooking to form sodium glutamate, which is the main component of monosodium glutamate.
Steamed sandworms
White-seared sandworms
Sandworm meat is crisp and tender, delicious taste, rich in nutrition, rich in protein, fat and calcium, phosphorus, iron and other nutrients, it is cold, sweet, salty, has the effect of nourishing yin and lowering fire, clearing the lungs and replenishing deficiency. It is a nutritional tonic and therapeutic product suitable for all ages.
Sandworm porridge
How do you feel after watching these indescribable and nutritious delicacies?
Have to sigh at the wonderful hand of the Creator.
Limited by space, there are magical sea sausages, and the Vietnamese milk melon that makes people blush has not been written, so let's save it next time.
What other dishes do you know that are not to be described as reverie? Leave a message to tell me ~