Crabs are fresh and fat, sweet and greasy,
White like jade, and yellow like gold,
Has reached the extreme of color, fragrance and taste,
Nothing can be on it.
—— Li Yu (Qing)
In autumn, in addition to sticking autumn fat, the most attractive thing is the crab that has just come out of the steamer.
Freshly steamed crab, "click" a sound to break open, the hot air, crab yellow shining, oily aroma sweet but not greasy, if it is a male crab, it is a white as jade crab paste. Don't hesitate to bite down and let the crab yellow crab paste dance among the taste buds. At this moment, put down the case of labor, eat a complete plate of crabs without distraction, and welcome the grand arrival of late autumn.
Where does such a good crab come from? Today, we will seriously talk about the crabs and crabs in the Yangtze River Delta region, taking advantage of the Golden Week, hungry friends, hurry up and take the high-speed rail to feast on it, hee-hee.
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Hairy crab in Yangcheng Lake: I am the "industry leader"
Hairy crab, scientific name "Chinese river crab", "blue back white belly, golden claw yellow hair". It is the freshwater crab with the most native, the largest yield and the widest distribution in China. In the early years, the "three famous crabs" recognized by the gastronomic industry were the Huajin crab in Dangtu in Anhui, the Shengfang crab in Baiyangdian, Hebei, and the Yangcheng crab in Suzhou. Nowadays, time has changed, and only Yangcheng crab has become famous and has become the "leading crab" in the crab industry.
The beauty of Yangcheng crab is closely related to the local hydrological conditions. Hairy crabs are freshwater crabs, but they are born in salt water; after growing into juvenile crabs, they migrate to freshwater, preferably large lakes with abundant aquatic grasses, not too deep, otherwise the light is not good. Yangcheng Lake, on the other hand, happens to be the large shallow grass lake closest to the mouth of the Yangtze River.
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Sea crabs eat meat, lake crabs eat paste. Hairy crabs all over the country, when the season comes, the poop is fat and yellow, and even the crab meat becomes more delicious.
Yangcheng crab is famous for being eaten by Shanghainese. "Shanghai Fishery Chronicle" records: In the 1920s, Yangcheng crab entered Shanghai, quickly swept the city, and later exported overseas. When people did not know where yangcheng crab came from, they simply called it "Shanghai Yangcheng Lake crab", and the word "Yangcheng" was not eaten, and it was a trend for a while.
Today, a Yangcheng Lake has filled the appetite of Chinese to eat crabs. Yangcheng Lake is very beautiful, in addition to hairy crabs, there are other beautiful delicacies, are you sure not to take a wave of high-speed rail?
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In recent years, many hairy crab species have gradually emerged, they no longer deliberately emphasize the origin, but emphasize the quality of their own crabs; people's cognition of hairy crabs, from the early years of chasing the origin label, gradually returned to taste.
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Other crabs in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai: "Don't bully the poor youth"
Hairy crabs are distributed in the north and south of the river, and Jiangsu alone accounts for half of the country. With the improvement of breeding technology and the upgrading of consumption concepts, hairy crabs in other places have gradually opened up their own markets and become a new force in the crab industry.
Hongze Lake hairy crab, Goseong Lake hairy crab, Gaoyou Lake hairy crab, Taihu hairy crab... Although the origin is different, the variety is the same, anyway, it is a family, of course, it must be neatly put on the table~
Let's take a look at Xinghua, Taizhou, Jiangsu. It is located between the two major river basins of the Yangtze River and the Huai River, and the lakes are dense. The local government was once committed to promoting the standardized breeding of hairy crabs, and now the results are quite fruitful, and for a time, The Xinghua drunken crab in Taizhou has also become a seasonal darling.
Xinghua drunken crab uses the green shell female crab of Centipede Lake, from the Chongyang Festival to select fresh crabs, then live, dry shelf, hair trimming, ingredients, to the snow after the tank, with home-brewed glutinous rice wine, salt, Sichuan pepper and other raw materials soaked until the cold, it takes nearly two months, until the Spring Festival can eat.
When eating, the drunken crab itself has been marinated yellow by the wine, open the crab navel cover, tender crab meat, glowing crab yellow, the slightest wine smell drifting, before eating, smelling intoxicated. After the entrance, the crab meat is tender and soft, sweet and fresh, fresh with fragrance, mellow and sweet.
Boasting of xinghua drunken crabs, Ningbo red cream choked crabs expressed disbelief. It is true that most of the Ningbo red cream crabs are made of sea crabs (pike crabs), but because of their exceptionally delicious taste, they are discussed here.
As the top brand of Ningbo cuisine, the red cream crab is the representative of Ningbo's "bone fresh". But anyone who has eaten the crab in Ningbo will be shocked by the shocking freshness.
If nothing else, look at Ningbo Railway Station ——
Like a crab...
A perfect choking crab, flesh like white jade, cream like amber; bright colors, fresh and salty and tender, garlic and ginger vinegar are not needed, directly into the soul, salty and sweet, wrapped in a cold umami taste from the mouth straight to the top of the skull - eat a bite, the eyes are brighter.
The red crab is not unique to Ningbo. It is a high-quality crab with mature gonadal development, selected by experienced crab farmers, surpassing the place of origin, winning with red paste, and becoming a seasonal delicacy in the late autumn season of Jiangnan. Due to the labor-intensive screening and difficulty of breeding, the red cream crab with good quality is no less expensive and the quality is not inferior to the Yangcheng Lake crab.
Yes, the crab market is evolving.
The mission of a crab is to make itself excellent
Then eaten by Mimida
Luckily
In the Yangtze River Delta region
Excellent crabs abound
They "run amok" and occupy your table
Climb into your pot and nourish your heart...
What kind of crab have you ever eaten?
Where do you recommend people to eat crab?
Photo: Panorama Network Copywriter: Jiang Yuou
Editor: Jiang Yuou Review: Tao Binbin Producer: Zhang Fan