What is your favorite way to eat king crab?

This is the country with the highest happiness index in the world in 2017. It is also one of the five member states of NATO. Not only that, this country has beautiful scenery and high social welfare, and it is also the third largest oil company in the world. The exporting country, you guessed it right, this country is Norway. The topic we are going to talk about today has nothing to do with the above. Let’s talk about the king crab, which is most interesting to Chinese foodies. In China, a king crab sells for hundreds or even thousands, and is sold by the pound. However, this species in Norway is "disgusted" by the locals. The locals feel that they need to kill them all before they feel at ease. Let's take a look!

It is reported that most of the Norwegian Sea is located in the Arctic Circle. The latitudes here are high and the temperatures are low, but the sea water does not freeze in the cold winter. Anyone who has studied geography in high school should know this. King crabs are deep-sea crabs. The reason why I want to add this sentence is to say that king crabs reproduce very quickly in this environment. It is said that a female king crab can reproduce 10,000 baby king crabs in one year. Taking into account the survival rate and death from various causes, it is currently conservatively estimated that there are 30 million king crabs in Norway, while the entire country of Norway exports less than 5 million people. It can be described as "desperate" for the crabs to be multiple times the number of people.

Why do you say despair? Because the vast majority of Norwegians here are not interested in king crabs, there is no market for king crabs here, so Norwegians usually catch them and feed them to their dogs. The Norwegian king crab is famous for its huge size and plump meat. Thinking about the price of a king crab of about 5 kilograms in my country, the editor suddenly felt that it is worse than a dog... The local king crab is too expensive. If there are too many, the authorities believe that it will affect the ecological environment of the entire Norwegian Sea. In addition, the local water temperature is extremely low, so catching king crabs is a thankless job for Norwegians. Although the authorities pay for each king crab A bonus of US$5 is set up, but in Norway, the social welfare itself is very high, and you have no worries about food and drink, so naturally you don’t want to work too much for other things.

Only some elderly people in Norway are interested in king crabs. In addition to catching seafood with high economic value, they usually go to sea to catch some king crabs. They usually only eat the long legs and large claws of king crabs. Those who have eaten king crab should know these two parts. Compared with the roe of Chinese hairy crabs, the most plump part of Norwegian king crabs is these two parts, and there is almost no roe. Let’s talk about Norway, which has many king crabs and is not very good at using them. It is well known that foreigners do not know how to eat king crabs other than steaming them in the simplest way. However, our country has 8 major cuisines, and there are more than hundreds of dish names for crabs. , and the way Norwegians eat king crab is just to steam it and sprinkle it with some salt. Will it be delicious like that?

Chinese foodies who are interested in king crab can go to Norway. As the introduction says, Norway is really beautiful! In addition, there are also the phenomena of extreme day and night, which makes people feel much more mysterious. If you like to eat king crabs, in the flooded Norwegian waters, you only need to put bait in the trap and throw it down. After waiting for about 6 hours, you will definitely catch a few huge king crabs. As for king crab, what is your favorite way to eat it? Please leave a message with the name of the dish!