Crabs are delicious. How did the ancient people get fascinated by eating crabs? Who was the first person to eat crabs in history?

The first person to eat crabs was Liu Che, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty. In ancient times, people ate crabs by pickling, but later they developed into cooked crabs.

During the Han Dynasty, Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, unified the world. In order to show respect for the Han Dynasty, small countries in the western regions gave some crabs to the emperor of the Han Dynasty. People at that time had never seen this thing, and there were two pliers in front of their six feet. The shell is still hard, and it looks a bit scary. Liu Che, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, thought, I am the emperor of the Han Dynasty, so I can't show timidity. Otherwise, the civil servants in the Qing Dynasty will lose face when they see that I am afraid, and let people cook crabs. After eating it, they thought it was delicious and gave it to the envoys from the western regions. In this way, Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty became the first person to eat crabs.

Most of the crabs eaten by ancient people were pickled. The ingredients were fresh ginger, white sugar water and edible salt, and then they were pickled in a container for nearly 20 days before they could be eaten. Of course, ancient people also enjoyed it. When eating, they should dip in some ingredients, such as ginger powder and vinegar. This way of eating was very common in ancient times. At that time, people thought that this way of eating could give full play to the delicacy of crabs.

It was not until the Tang and Song Dynasties that people began to cook crabs, and the practices were relatively rich. Du Mu, a great poet, is also a foodie, especially fond of crabs, and wrote a poem specially for crabs. In the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, eating crabs in autumn became a custom. If you don't eat crabs in autumn, your neighbors will laugh at you, and you can't even afford crabs one day.

Ancient people all know that crabs are cold and should not be eaten more. When eating, you should cook more times and eat other foods to reduce the coldness of crabs.