When is the best time to eat hairy crabs?

The best season for hairy crabs is autumn.

Although crabs are eaten all year round, autumn is the best season to eat crabs. It is said that "the autumn wind starts, and the crab's feet itch; Chrysanthemum blooms, and crabs smell fragrant ".Every year from September to 65438+ 10 is the time when crabs are Huang Chengcheng and full of oil, so it is said that eating crabs is the most solemn thing in autumn. "

Gaochun Crab Festival-Gucheng Lake Crab Festival is one of the famous agricultural festivals in Nanjing. It is jointly sponsored by the county government, the Municipal Agriculture and Forestry Bureau and other units. It opens in the crab mature season from September to June every year and lasts for about one month.

High-quality hairy crabs have a school of "green shell and white belly, golden claws and yellow hair". "Green shell" means that the crab shell is blue and muddy, smooth and shiny, without spots. "White belly" means that the carapace of crab abdomen is white, crystal clear and very smooth, which is the result of polishing the aquatic plants at the bottom of the lake.

"Golden claw" means that the tip of the front end of the crab's foot is golden yellow and strong on the soil on the bottom of the lake. Even on the glass, it can stand upright and wave its paws. "Yellow hair" refers to the hairy roots on the feet of crabs, which are erect and yellow in color and have a heroic fighting posture.

The selection of pure Eriocheir sinensis in the Yangtze River depends on the width of six legs close to the body, and the wider one is a good crab with pure quality. If you are still a person with a keen sense of smell, you can smell it. If you can smell sweetness, you must be a good crab.

You can also look at the thickness of crabs from the side. Thick and full crabs are fatter. When you open your belly button, you can vaguely see yellow, which means yellow is full.

The method of selecting hairy crabs is as follows:

No matter how much you know about the factors of choosing hairy crabs, the most important thing is not to forget that hairy crabs are seasonal delicacies, and it is most important to enjoy them at the right time. "Nine males and ten females" and "navel in September, nose tip in October" are all talking about the time to eat crabs. In September of the lunar calendar, the female crab eggs are full, the crab yellow is fresh and fragrant, and the oil is delicate.

Male crabs have the best gonad development in 10. At this time, the cream is white, and the crab cream tastes full and round. People who like to eat hairy crabs generally prefer to eat male crabs in June 5438+065438+ 10. Some people also like to eat female crabs whose crabs have not grown up when they first came into the market. The tender and smooth taste is also a different experience.

Because the crab situation is different every year, the time to market for hairy crabs is also different, which mainly depends on the time when the temperature begins to drop. No matter when the weather turns cold, hairy crabs need enough time to gain weight, which takes about 1 month. This year's crab market time is about 15 days later than in previous years, because the high temperature period is long this summer and the weather starts to turn cold later.

The old saying is very accurate. 10 is the best time to eat female crabs, while 1 1 month is the best time to eat male crabs. But we are luckier than the ancients, and the popularity of temporary feeding technology enables us to enjoy delicious hairy crabs from Mid-Autumn Festival to Spring Festival.