Dongtai meretrix

Dongtai Meretrix meretrix is a specialty of Dongtai City, Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province. Meretrix meretrix is mainly produced in the coastal area of Dongtai. It has high economic value, rich nutrition and delicious meat, and is one of the main seafood exported by Yancheng. Meretrix meretrix is abundant in Yancheng coastal beach, especially in Dongsha Island in Dongtai. The shell of Meretrix meretrix is composed of two fan-shaped hard shells with beautiful patterns and bright colors. The inner shell is white and bright as jade. Clam shell is rich in nutrition, containing protein, carbohydrates, vitamins and inorganic salts. It is one of the famous flavor specialties in Yancheng. According to legend, when Emperor Qianlong went down to the south of the Yangtze River, Yangzhou magistrate sent people to Dongtai coast to purchase clams. Emperor Qianlong, who was tired of eating delicacies, had never tasted such delicious food, and even said, "Beautiful! Beautiful! " Impromptu wrote the words "the best in the world". Since then, as a tribute, Meretrix meretrix has become a treasure in the palace, and its reputation has been greatly shocked. There are many ways to eat Meretrix meretrix. clam shell simmers soup with slow fire, supplemented by mushrooms and diced bamboo shoots, which is delicious and refreshing. Stir-fried with quick fire, the meat is fresh and tender, with a little shredded pork or preserved eggs, which has the effects of appetizing, nourishing the five internal organs, quenching thirst, resolving phlegm and diuresis, softening and resolving hard mass. Tourists to the coastal areas choose the living sand place on the low tide beach, step on the sand with their feet constantly, and the clam will be squeezed out of the sand surface, which will not only delight the body and mind, but also taste the picnic flavor. Put an iron plate on the beach and roast the live clam on the red-hot iron plate, which is original and interesting. In recent years, the coastal intertidal zone in Yancheng has been artificially stocked in a large area. The output is greatly increased by rotating catch and release, combining raising and catching. At the end of 1980s, Yancheng was listed as a key producing area of clam in China, and a foreign trade export base of clam was established, with an annual export of about 5,000 tons of clam meat, which was sold to Japan and Southeast Asia.
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