Relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the sea to eat the sea. Although hairy crabs are well-known throughout the country, for seaside people, sea crabs are more delicious.
Three-wart pike crab
Qingdao is adjacent to the Yellow Sea, and crabs are naturally indispensable, but there are not many people who can really walk on the table of the citizens, only two kinds, and the third is only a part.
The first species, the three-warty pike crab, scientific name portunus trituberculatus, is a genus of pike crabs of the family Pikeidae, which is named after its entire body that is fusiform and has 3 prominent warts on the back. Its body color varies with the environment, generally male crabs are bluish green, and female crabs are purple. Known for its large meat, fat paste and delicious taste, it is the most mainstream and most favored sea crab in Qingdao, and the "crab" in qingdao's population refers to it.
Purple three-wart pike crab
"Second Mother"
Male crab
Female crab
To distinguish between male crabs and female crabs, the most obvious feature is not the body color, but the "crab navel" on the abdomen of the crab, the male is narrow and long, called the pointed umbilicus; the female is round and wide, called the umbilicus. There is also a kind of crab in between, the crab umbilicus is slightly equilateral triangle, for the female crab that has not yet matured sexually, qingdao people call it "two mothers". The "second mother" is actually a virgin crab, and naturally there will be no crab yellow, because the crab yellow is the mature reproductive glands and appendages of the mother crab.
Japanese crab
The second species, the Japanese crab, scientific name charybdis japonica, is a genus of crabs in the family Pike. This is the most favored sea crab among the people of Qingdao, in addition to the three-wart pike crab, which is generally called "stone armor red" or "red armor red". The body color varies greatly, and the back is gray-green or brownish-red. Its cephalothorax is broad and its carapace is slightly fan-shaped. Although it is smaller than the pike crab, it is not lost in delicious taste. In particular, female crabs with mature gonads (commonly known as red crabs) are known as sea ginseng.
Fine-spotted round-toed crab
Spicy crab claws
The third species, the fine-spotted round-toed crab, scientific name ovalipes punctatus, is a genus of round-toed crabs in the family Pikeidae. This crab is not very common because it has little meat and is inedible. However, there is a dish you can probably eat, drunken crab claws or spicy crab claws, most of the crab claws in Qingdao restaurants are taken from fine round-toed crabs.
The above local production, but in Qingdao, where the atmosphere of eating seafood is very strong, with the help of developed modern logistics, we can also eat a variety of exotic crabs, mainly the following kinds, for the reference of all kinds of gourmet diners.
Hairy crab of Echinaceae
1. Hairy crab of Yi's, scientific name erimacrus isenbeckii, genus of hairy crabs of the family Near-round crab family. Because of the red body color, the whole body is hairy, so it is also known as red hair crab, which is also called "meat crab" in the market. As the name suggests, this crab mainly eats crab meat, and the advantage is not in the cream yellow.
Chief zodiac crab
2, the chief zodiac crab, scientific name cancer magister, ecliptic crab genus, also known as Dungeness crab or Dungeness crab (Dungeness crab), named in the old town of Dungeness in Washington State, the United States, commonly known as the treasure crab. This large, meaty and delicious crab is an important resource for U.S. crab products.
Common zodiac crab
3, common zodiac crab, scientific name cancer pagurus, zodiac crab family zodiac crab genus, commonly known as bread crab. It is stout , reddish brown , with a rounded carapace and black pincer ends. Common zodiac crabs are abundant in the northeast Atlantic, north to Norway and south to North Africa.
Gray-eyed snow crab
4, gray-eyed snow crab, scientific name chionoecetes opilio, also known as snow crab, queen crab. It is found in Alaska and Japan, and is roughly triangular in shape with granular protrusions. The color of the crab shell is relatively light and soft, while the meat is thick and fat, which can be described as a thin skin and large filling, and the freshly cooked crab meat of the live snow crab is particularly sweet and easy to cook.
American snow crab
5, American snow crab, scientific name chaceon fenneri. This crab meat is white and juicy, delicate and smooth, tough in texture and sweet in taste, which can be described as the best in crabs. Unlike other shrimp crabs, American snow crabs do not turn red no matter how they are processed. It is relatively rare in the market.
The live sea crabs in the aquatic market and the aquatic product stalls of major supermarkets are basically these, the price is expensive and cheap, and whether it is delicious or not depends on personal taste. If I had to say, it was still the best pike crab. Relatively speaking, the price is cheap and good, especially the big crab in Qingdao, which is simply amazing...