How to Eat Steamed Swimming Crab? Master the Selection Methods and Dietary Taboos

The swimming crab gets its name from its carapace, which is shaped like a shuttle; in China it is mainly distributed along the mainland coast; it is an omnivorous crab that likes to eat fish, shrimp, shellfish and algae, and will even eat its own kind; swimming crab has plenty of meat and rich fat and roe, and is mostly eaten fresh by steaming, making it a top-grade seafood. So, how do you eat steamed swimming crab? What are the dietary taboos? How do you select one?

1. How do you eat steamed swimming crab?

1. How to make steamed swimming crab:

First, clean the swimming crab thoroughly; note that you should rinse the mud and sand off the shell, belly, claws and every nook and cranny, then place it on a plate;

Next, pour water into the pot, add ginger slices, scallion and cooking wine, and bring the water to a boil over heat;

Then, put the plated swimming crab, plate and all, into the pot of boiling water and steam for about fifteen minutes;

After that, shred the ginger and add a suitable amount of vinegar to make a dipping sauce;

Finally, take the steamed swimming crab out of the pot and serve it with the dipping sauce, ready to eat.

2. How to eat steamed swimming crab:

Step one, cut off the crab legs and claws and let them cool; the meat and shell inside will separate on their own;

Step two, first lift off the crab flap (the small piece of shell on the crab's belly), then lift off the crab shell;

Step three, eat the crab roe and crab paste; note that the crab gills, crab stomach, crab heart and crab intestines must not be eaten;

Step four, following the direction of the crab legs, pull out the crab meat;

Step five, cut the crab legs into three sections; the tip of the last section of crab leg can be used to push out the leg meat;

Step six, divide the crab claws into three sections; for the first two sections you can cut the shell open directly and scoop out the meat, and for the last section first cut open both sides, then pull it apart and eat the meat inside.

2. What are the dietary taboos of swimming crab?

1. What swimming crab must not be eaten with: it must not be eaten together with tea, jujubes, persimmons, grapes, citrus, pears, pomelo, figs, pomegranates, sweet potato, celery, eggplant, potato, tomato, shiitake mushroom, muskmelon, pumpkin, loach, etc.

Eating swimming crab together with pumpkin, tomato, persimmon, etc. all the time will cause poisoning; eating it together with pear, grape, pomelo, pomegranate, fig, muskmelon, potato, eggplant, tea, etc. will damage the stomach and intestines, causing symptoms such as abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting; eating it with sweet potato makes it easy to form bezoars in the body; eating it with celery will affect the absorption of protein and lower its nutritional value; eating it with shiitake mushroom will cause stones; eating it with jujubes will lead to cold-heat disease; eating it with loach will cancel out the effects because their functions are opposite; eating it with citrus will make a person's feet feel weak when walking.

2. Who must not eat swimming crab: people with hepatitis, people with a cold, flu or fever, people with kidney disease, people with cardiovascular disease, people with cholecystitis or gallstones, people with deficient cold of the spleen and stomach, women during menstruation, people with an allergic constitution, and pregnant women must not eat swimming crab.

Swimming crab contains a large amount of protein and is not easy to digest; because people with hepatitis have reduced digestive function, eating it will increase the burden on the liver; people with a cold, flu or fever who eat it will find it hard to recover from the cold; people with kidney disease who eat it will be unable to metabolize it, leading to kidney problems; swimming crab contains a large amount of cholesterol, so people with cardiovascular disease who eat it will raise their cholesterol and worsen their condition, and people with cholecystitis or gallstones who eat it will have a recurrence or worsening of their condition; swimming crab is cold in nature, so people with deficient cold of the spleen and stomach who eat it are prone to abdominal pain, diarrhea or indigestion, women during menstruation who eat it will have increased menstrual bleeding, and pregnant women who eat it may harm the fetus; people with an allergic constitution who eat it are prone to nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea, or may develop hives or asthma.

3. Precautions for eating swimming crab: swimming crab is cold in nature, so do not eat too much at one time; it also must not be eaten overnight, as it harms the liver and kidney function; raw crab and dead crab must not be eaten.

3. How do you select swimming crab?

When selecting swimming crab, choose one whose shell is brown or purple, whose patterns are clear and glossy, whose legs are tightly connected to the body, and whose legs do not loosen and droop when the crab is lifted; choose a large, live, female one with a normal fishy smell; small ones are not nutritious enough; do not eat dead ones; female crabs are more delicious and have higher nutritional value; those with a foul smell are spoiled and will cause stomach upset if eaten.