Hermit crab, it itself has no shell, this "house" is picked up, so it is also called white housing, also called dry housing, really envy it does not have to buy a house, haha. In our place it is called a sea monster, a crab-like non-crab-like shrimp-non-shrimp animal.
The house of the hermit crab has conch shells, shells, snail shells, and even bottle caps due to the harsh ecological environment. When the hermit crab was born, the body was relatively soft and easy to be eaten, and when it grew up, it had to find a house suitable for itself, so it attacked the conch, killed and shredded the conch, and then drilled in, hooked the top of the conch shell with its tail, supported the inner wall of the conch shell with several short legs, and crawled outside the shell with long legs, and guarded the shell mouth with a large claw. In this way, it moved into a new home that is environmentally friendly and sturdy. The hermit crab lives in the armor of its predators, but because of this armor, it must run around on its back, even making its right claw larger than its left claw, or its left claw larger than its right claw. It's a bit of a "send people under the fence, everything has to change". Hermit crab females are more developed and used as egg carriers. The left side of the cauldal limbs and caudal segments are often more developed than the right side, with rough bedding. This specialized tail fan is used to hook the inside of the shell so that it is not pulled out. When the body gradually grows, it can exchange larger empty snail shells at any time, feeding on small or dead animals, and terrestrial species are omnivorous. Males are often larger than females, and the two males often fight each other for females. Usually crawling on the seashore or in shallow water, if in case of danger, it is retracted into the shell of the snail and plugged with the snail mouth with a chelated foot. Hermit crabs often coexist with other animals, such as the large claws of the Live-forehead Hermit Crab, which often have raw anemones, and some hermit crabs, which live in sponges or cavities, because these two types of animals can continue to grow, so that the hermit crabs do not have to change to a new home often.
The purple part below is its seed
Some people will wonder if the hermit crab does not live in the snail shell will not die? Will the man die without clothes? The answer is no, it's just insecurity, and it's for better self-protection.
Because the hermit crab is very heterogeneous, is an omnivorous animal, they are known as the scavengers of the sea, from algae, food scraps to parasites, for family fish lovers, putting one or two hermit crabs in the aquarium will play the role of cleaners. Many people like to take it as a pet, its life expectancy is generally 2 to 5 years, but in a good breeding environment, it can often live to 20 to 30 years, and the longest recorded life has lived for 70 years.
It is also a very delicious seafood dish.
Want to eat it, to pick a big one to eat, first of all, you have to get it out of the shell, hit the tail of the conch with a stone, the hermit crab inside will feel that the shell is not safe and come out on its own, of course, some do not know how to lift it, have to break the door, directly break the shell, pay attention to good strength, do not knock the abdomen of the hermit crab also knocked out, because the best place to eat is the soft abdomen. Of course, it can also be cooked together with the shell, and it is easy to get out after cooking. Xiaobian feels that the taste of the hermit crab is no less than that of the crab, and the taste is also delicious, especially the abdomen of the hermit crab, a bite down, the extremely delicious juice bursts open in the mouth, the texture is delicate, full of fragrance, and the aftertaste is endless! These words are not enough to describe its taste, only after eating can you appreciate how delicious it is, to borrow an advertising word, delicious to the point of not stopping!
In addition to cooking it directly, it is also boiled until it becomes a delicious sea monster sauce, which is extremely delicious!
Sea Monster Sauce Making Process
The shell is first broken, the hermit crab is removed and washed with seawater.
Only the tail is left, because the sauce that comes out of this is more fragrant. (There is also a type of head and tail crushed together to make a sauce).)
Mash the tail and steam it in a large pot.
Add a small amount of salt, ferment for two hours, put it in the bottle, and the authentic island sea monster sauce will be baked.
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This is a sauce made of belly, not crushed, the taste is more fragrant, the fisherman said that most people like the kind of chewy head with skin, because the rarity is expensive, the price of this sauce is twice as high as the head and tail sauce.
Sea monster sauce is a kind of folk cuisine spontaneously developed by long island fishermen in the long-term pastoral and fishing life, which is not only loved by the islanders themselves, but also greatly praised by consumers outside the island, and some people say that sea monster sauce is the most delicious of all sea creature sauces.
Scrambled eggs with sea monster sauce, the taste is great!
Wash a few tender sprouted shallots, dip them in delicious sea monster sauce, and grab a corn flour cake that has just come out of the pot for an authentic island fisherman's meal, which you can eat every time.
Pure natural sea monster sauce, without any additives, so must be put in the refrigerator for freezing.
The nutritional value of hermit crabs
Hermit crab is rich in protein, trace elements and other nutrients, which has a good tonic effect on the body. Hermit crab meat is cold, salty, has the ability to soothe muscles and improve qi, rationalize stomach and digest food, pass through meridians, disperse heat, clear heat, nourish yin, and can treat bruises, tendon fractures, and allergic dermatitis. In addition, hermit crabs have a good effect on hypertension, arteriosclerosis, cerebral thrombosis, hyperlipidemia and various cancers.
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