Taihu Chinese mitten crab

Taihu crab is one of the famous freshwater crabs in China. The meat is fresh and tender, delicious, yellow and fatty, and it has always been regarded as a treasure among crabs. In other words, you should eat female crabs in September (after cold dew) and choose male crabs in October (around beginning of winter), at which time, their nutritional value is extremely rich. Taihu crab has the characteristics of reproductive migration, breeding at the junction of the river and the sea, growing and fattening in fresh water. Taihu crab is big, with a green back and a white belly, and a golden hook with yellow hair, which is completely comparable to Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs. Taihu crab generally has a net weight of about 200-250g, delicate meat and rich nutrition, and is rich in protein, fat, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin A, riboflavin and thiamine. The medicinal value is very high, it can disperse blood stasis, relax tendons and bones, detoxify, and crab claws also have the function of inducing labor and giving birth. "Jiangnan crabs are getting fat in autumn." After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the gonads of crabs in Taihu Lake are mature, which is a good time to enjoy chrysanthemums and eat crabs. It has always been the habit of "nine females and ten males" to eat crabs. At this time, the crabs in Taihu Lake are oily and tight. After cooking, the female shell is orange-red "crab yellow" and the male shell is translucent and milky "crab paste". According to Qing Dynasty's Qing Jia Lu, there is a custom of frying crabs in Taihu Lake area. "lake crab is on the tide, fishermen catch it, take it into the city, buy it for people, or entertain guests with wine. There are nine females and ten males, which means that the navel is good in September and the navel is good in October. " "Crab tastes bland on the table" means that eating any other dishes after eating crabs will make you feel as bland as chewing wax. Eating Taihu Crab is not only a delicious taste, but also an artistic enjoyment. Scholars in past dynasties have sung poems, written articles and painted a lot for it. In A Dream of Red Mansions, Cao Xueqin described the lively scene of eating crabs and reciting poems in the Grand View Garden: "Holding crabs is more like the shade of osmanthus, and throwing vinegar at ginger is crazy", which vividly revealed the best season and method of eating crabs. Taihu hairy crabs are protected products of geographical indications.
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