"Hey, friend, the hairy crabs you bought have no meat!"

Jiangcun crabs cooked with rice are fat and plump, and their claws are as green as halberds. ? Turn over the paper and you should be able to see Tuan Tuan Dong Zhuo's navel. ? (Ming dynasty? Xu Wei's Painting the Crab)

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Hairy crabs have good color, fragrance and taste, and are rich in nutrition. They are delicious food for people today, and many people like to eat them.

Speaking of eating hairy crabs, I have another joke.

So that every time I see those fresh hairy crabs now, I will think of the sentence that a close friend sincerely said to me more than ten years ago: "Alas, my friend, the hairy crabs you bought have no meat!" " "

Thank you for telling the truth. Later, through my own observation, consultation and practice, I proved that my friend's words were true.

When I think of that treat, the hairy crab I bought at random turned out to be a "golden treasure, but it was ruined." Although I am dressed in gorgeous golden armor, my stomach is empty, just like a chicken rib, I can't help laughing and joking that I am really a country woman with long hair and short knowledge.

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No wonder I am ignorant. When I was a child, I grew up in a small mountain village surrounded by mountains on three sides and facing the water. There is nothing to do except catch fish with my brother in the ditch on weekends and winter and summer vacations.

When you see those little crabs crawling fast with their hips up, you will hold them down like a treasure. At home, I tied a thin twine to a crab's pliers and played far away. With a twig in his hand, the younger brother banged on the ground behind him, causing his little black sesame-like eyes to turn straight and his little paws to dance and rush about, trying to escape from the scene;

Don't ask me to mention twine, the little guy is like a puppet hanging in mid-air, and eight minions are struggling with round bellies. Letting go of the line, it went on the rampage in a daze and didn't know where to run. ...

Sometimes they are put in glass bottles. I held their chins in my hands and watched them climb up and down with interest. However, the little paws stumbled before standing firm, quickly turned over and climbed up again, repeatedly, without stopping, even if they hit the south wall. ...

Tired of playing, my mother washed them with loach and crucian carp, and cooked them with sweet and sour onion, ginger and garlic, called "sweet and sour fish", which was sour and sweet, delicious and delicious. Up to now, the click of biting a small crab shell seems to still reverberate in my ears.

In my childhood memory, I have never seen a crab bigger than a little crab, let alone eaten it. It is considered that fresh crabs have no other characteristics except crawling.

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Later, when I grew up, I came to work, get married and have children in the county town more than 60 miles away from my hometown.

In the mid-1990s, with the rapid development of market economy, its vegetable market gradually flourished. In addition to all kinds of fruits and vegetables, there are many seafood in mountain products, and of course there are hairy crabs, which cost more than ten yuan a catty.

However, because both husband and wife are working-class, a pair of children are going to college in other places, and their home is being rebuilt in the old city, an old house facing the street has to be demolished and rebuilt.

Every morning and afternoon, I buy steamed bread and porridge for seven or eight workers' masters as snacks. Although three meals a day is just a simple meal, a family can eat and drink Lazar, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea, which is secular and costs money. Life is tight, and it is not an exaggeration to say that we are short of money.

I only go shopping with ten dollars in my hand every day. I don't have spare money to buy these expensive crabs, and I don't even dare to take four yuan a catty of freshwater fish.

Thanks to the support of my parents' brother, sister-in-law, elder sister-in-law and in-law, after more than a year's efforts, the house was finally built.

We rented out the empty rent and our children took part in the work one after another. Finally, we took a breath and rested for several years. But he is going to buy a house for the children who work in the city.

I dare not slack off, let go and tighten my belt for several years. In 2003, the couple came to Fuzhou with tens of thousands of dollars saved.

I finally bought a second-hand house of 1 10 square meter near Normal University, with a total of 270,000 yuan, a down payment of 90,000 yuan and a loan of 200,000 yuan.

Next, in addition to the daily expenses, I have to pay the mortgage every month, and my son is getting married. Life is as usual, timid and dull.

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Anyway, I finally got my wish and got my own foothold in the city. There are four small rooms and a hall with bright lights. I am in a good mood when I am happy, and I want to invite my relatives and friends who work in the city to dinner. However, as money is not abundant, we have to invite them to our home.

I am not good at cooking, but I don't know much about it. I am confident that I will buy it myself and make it myself.

To show sincerity and enthusiasm, I bought a bag of hairy crabs for more than 20 yuan a catty.

Before, in a small county, I only occasionally ate hairy crabs at banquets, knowing that it was more expensive and delicious. This is the first time for a big girl to get married.

Perhaps it is because of the idea of playing tricks on small crabs when I was a child. I thought that hairy crabs, like small crabs, are the freshest and best to eat. Buying them is a piece of cake, without any difficulty.

I don't know what is the difference between men and women, and what is the difference between reality and reality.

So, I am usually quiet and conceited, and I don't care about the people around me, and I am sure that the most agile hairy crab in the box is strutting on the back shell of my companion and is unceremoniously handy.

I don't know that the hairy crabs that climb on it are actually superficial and frivolous guys. The seller, of course, had better be ignorant and not smart, and don't say a word.

Going home to do laundry and cook, running around, too busy to serve with everyone and eat hairy crabs.

The hairy crabs on the dining table are golden and beautiful, but they are good and bad in nature. Everyone kept silent out of courtesy, just laughing, pushing a cup for a change, drinking wine and carrying food. There's no way to know.

Then one day, a good friend came to play at home, and this time she couldn't help it. She told me that the crab she bought that time was terrible, and there was no meat, so I suddenly realized that buying crabs was not a casual thing, but there were many mysteries and great pressure.

It turns out that there are "traps" everywhere in life, so we should always "prepare for a rainy day" to avoid falling down and being complacent and complacent.

Since then, I have been more cautious. When I meet something I don't know very well, I deliberately say a lot and ask someone to verify it. The clumsy brain seems to be much more active and a little smarter than before. Of course, I didn't forget to ask how to buy good crabs.

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Steamed crab in golden armor is not only delicious, but also nutritious. They are a popular food in Xian Yi, suitable for all ages.

There is no financial burden in recent years, which is much easier. Buy two or three hairy crabs from time to time to play. By the way, I also want to test my living ability. I also thought about my long-cherished wish and learned to buy hairy crabs.

Every time, my heart will be thoughtful, meditate on the experience of asking others for advice, and make a careful choice. Needless to say, the doorway to buy hairy crabs.

First of all, we should distinguish between men and women. The navel triangle is a male crab, and the shell is short of meat;

The navel is round, just like the ancient poet Xu Wei said, "You should see the navel of Tuan Tuan Dong Zhuo". It is a female crab with white and tender meat and full of red paste.

But now the stall owner has separated the male and female crabs and clearly marked the price. Female crabs cost more than ten yuan.

Secondly, fresh and energetic crabs have bright green shells, strong clamping force, complete and hard legs, bulging bellies and continuous spitting.

Grasp the big weight and judge whether it is heavy; Pinch both ends of the crab horn, it feels hard and it is also a good crab;

The butt under the calf (near the desktop in the above picture) should be as thick as the terrace.

Looking at it, the crab horns are white and red, and crab paste is definitely indispensable;

You can also carefully observe the lines on the white belly. The deeper the line, the fatter the crab.

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Of course, we should also know that the golden autumn season is the best time to eat crabs, just like Xu Wei said, "the rice is cooked with crab fat";

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I don't spend much money in my life. During the Spring Festival, I was extravagant. Spent more than 180 yuan to buy 12 fresh female crabs. Usually it costs more than 40 yuan a catty, but the price has increased during the Spring Festival, so it costs 55 yuan a catty.

Sure enough, as I planned, these hairy crabs were only full of meat and cream, and my family said it was the best one I had ever bought.

However, crab cream has high cholesterol, so people with three highs should pay attention to eating less.

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From the small matter of buying hairy crabs, I realized that there are wisdom and mysteries everywhere in life. As a mortal, not everything can be understood.

Due to the differences in living areas and habits, there will be many different perceptions of life.

For example, mountain people know all about mushrooms, bamboo shoots, pheasants and other delicacies, but they only have a superficial understanding of seafood;

Coastal people don't know much about mountain products, but they are familiar with seafood such as lobster, sea cucumber and clam.

When a countryman comes to a big city, it's like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden. Sitting posture, dressing, eating words, southern accent, salty, bitter, spicy, sweet, likes and dislikes are all different;

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"I think it's an armchair strategist. I don't know if it should be done." "Sensitive and eager to learn, not ashamed to ask questions."

As long as each of us tries to do as the Romans do, be a conscientious person in life, observe carefully, consult modestly, explore and practice constantly, and accumulate and summarize constantly, we will not get into a lot of trouble, make a fool of ourselves, and our life will be more harmonious and beautiful!

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