One of the seafoods that many families love and choose to prepare diverse dishes is sea crab. This is considered a nutritious food, helping to change the taste of family meals.
And to be able to choose quality and fresh brick crabs, housewives should refer to and apply some tips below:
Crab selection time
Tips to choose fresh, delicious crabs with a lot of scales are to consider the timing. Housewives should choose to buy crabs in the early days and mid-month of the lunar month. This is the time when crabs are firm and have the most scales. The rest of the time should be limited in buying because this is when crabs change their skin, flesh become mushy, glazed and the amount of scales is very small.
Characteristics of the crab's plaster
This is also one of the important tips to distinguish between sweet crabs with meat and many segments. Accordingly, female crabs have a wide semicircular coat, covering almost the entire belly.
Old brick crabs often have dark brown antlers, with a lot of moss or scratches. If the antlers are still too white or green, they will be young female crabs, the amount of brick inside is insignificant and the sweetness and fat is less.
Hardness of the shell
A delicious grilled crab must have a hard outer shell. You can gently squeeze the plaster or thigh of the crab with your hand, if the shell is hard and not clamped, it means the crab is firm and full of shells.
Besides, observe the gap between the shell and plaster on the back; if the crab has many tiles, it can widen the gap, faintly seeing the orange-yellow color inside. Avoid choosing crabs with shiny shells but feeling soft when squeezed because they will be crabs that have just changed their shells.
Crab crank color
The color of the crab's elbow also clearly reflects the quality and freshness. For stone crabs, the skin on the crab joints is usually dark pink or patchy red.
Housewives can carefully observe the membrane in the crab crank, if you see the membrane full and the color dark, it will be crabs with many tiles inside.
