蟳 is "worm" + "尋", "Shuowen Jiezi": "The two arms of the person are seeking", the original meaning of "seeking" is that people measure with their arms open or around, is this not the appearance of two large claws? 蠘 is a "worm" + "truncated", "The Wrong Sea of Minzhong" (1596): "The cockroach resembles a crab and has a large shell... The claw has a saw, and the sharp cut is like a scissor", which should be the origin of the word "蠘".
"Autumn wind, crab feet itch", every autumn, Jiangnan people look forward to the appearance of a hairy crab from the lake, in southern Fujian, people prefer red crab, it is large, bright red color, fragrant flesh, cream golden, fresh and delicious. A distinct difference from hairy crabs is that the chelate is glabrous. Red crabs have been lurking on the bottom of the sea for a long time, and it is its daily routine to fight with the tide, which also makes it produce a big fat, strong and powerful, delicious look. Crab is just a common name, its canonical scientific name is "saw-edge blue crab", for the crab genus of crabs in the family Crab family, common virgin crabs, red crabs, and crabs belong to this category.
Red crabs are found at the table twice a year, from March to July in the lunar calendar is a period, and then in the autumn from September to October of the lunar calendar, it is the best time to eat red crabs. Red crabs like to burrow, and only crawl out to forage at night, and at high tide, red crabs will show unusual activity.
The crab catchers on the seashore have long had a way of catching crabs, one is to use cages, cages made of bamboo grates into the place where the reefs gather, put sandworms, and the crabs will automatically climb in. The second is to touch the crabs, after the low tide, along the beach with flowing water to find, one to find a quasi, three step on the crab, find the crab hole in the beach, find the back of the crab and step on it with your feet. The fourth is to find the crab hole and hook it out with an iron hook.
<h1>What is the difference between virgin crab, red crab and vegetable crab? </h1>
As the name suggests, the virgin crab is a crab that has not yet mated, and the growth cycle of the virgin crab is not long, so the meat is tender, the cream is not completely solidified, and the taste is moist and thick. In the virgin crab there is also a high and low points, the best virgin crab is the old gourmet's favorite, the double best "double shell crab" in the shell, the original shell is still there, and a new shell grows inside and gets its name. When digging crab paste, there is a layer of soft shell that will stick together with crab paste, and at the same time put in the mouth to chew, the taste is really sweet, so insiders eat virgin crabs!
Red crab is a mature and mated female crab, red crab yellow is the most creamy, crab yellow chewy, and is more delicious to eat, every part of the red crab is delicious and sweet, meat elasticity, gourmets eat crab yellow has its own set of rules, crab yellow with slightly bitter crab bile, drop 1, 2 drops of wine, delicious.
Distinguishing between virgin crabs and red crabs can be distinguished by weight, virgin crabs are younger, usually only about 6-8 pairs, and the back of the abdomen is smooth and white. Male crabs that have not been mated or female crabs that have been mated, such crabs are vegetable crabs.
<h1>How to eat red crab? </h1>
A red crab to the hands of minnan people, eat a variety of ways, folk people eat crab, feed it with old wine, and then stew, there is a method of frying, fried crab whether it is virgin crab red crab or vegetable crab can be used to fry, fried crab is very simple, a whole crab is cut in half, wrapped in egg yolk to seal, and then sealed with ginger slices, with medium heat in the hot pot of oil, and then the halved incision of the crab into the pot, fried until the incision is golden brown, pour a little cooking oil to heat and cook.
Another classic dish made with red crab is red crab rice cake, which is a classic that must appear on the traditional flowing water banquet, and the red crab used in red crab rice cake should be selected from the female crab with a large body and full crab yellow. The bright red crab shells of red crabs, golden crab yellows, and fragrant rice cakes or oiled rice are placed on the table, which is very good and can also satisfy diners. Or add some ginger, green onion baking or pot, or cut into pieces and stir-fry.
<h1>How to open the right way to eat a red crab? </h1>
Eat red crab in the order of opening is no different from hairy crabs, first remove the triangular crab stomach, this part can not, lift the crab cover, the overflowing crab yellow first eat, and then start the crab body, the crab body in the middle of the hexagonal flakes picked out and thrown away, that is the crab heart, but also and eat hairy crabs, scoop a small spoonful of vinegar drizzle, eat the crab meat and crab yellow. Then pull a crab in half, eat the crab meat, the crab foot is the simplest way to eat is to use scissors to cut into three pieces, the crab tip of the section is used to poke crab meat, and finally eat crab claws.
The strength of the crab is extremely large, the live crab into the pot, crab feet and crab claws will all fall off, what to do? Don't cut off the rope used for binding before boiling the crab, find a bamboo stick, insert it from the mouth of the crab, and after a while, the crab can get out of the pot without moving. It is also cruel to think that human beings want to eat.