Which parts of blue crabs cannot be eaten?

Although many friends like to eat blue crabs, those who love to eat them may not know some knowledge about eating crabs. We must eat fresh blue crabs, as they taste the best. Dead crabs smell a bit musty. The gills, intestines, and stomach of blue crabs are not edible. You need to know these little points of knowledge.

There are taboos in eating crabs. What are the precautions for eating crabs? Who should not eat crabs?

Eat fresh

After a river crab dies, the bacteria in its body will multiply rapidly and spread into the crab meat, causing the eater to experience symptoms such as vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. Therefore, river crabs should be eaten fresh.

Steam and eat now

It is best to steam and eat crabs immediately. If you cannot finish them, the remaining crabs must be kept in a clean, cool and ventilated place, and must be put back into the pot and cooked and steamed thoroughly when eaten.

Steam and cook thoroughly

River (lake) crabs feed on animal carcasses or humus, so the crab's body surface, gills and gastrointestinal tract are full of various bacteria and sludge. Some people get sick because they fail to wash crabs thoroughly, do not steam or cook them thoroughly, or eat them raw, drunken or pickled crabs, and thus ingest the germs or parasites in the crab's body.

There are four parts that cannot be eaten:

1. The part that cannot be eaten - crab gills

The crab season is here again. Do you know which parts of the crab cannot be eaten?

Those two rows of soft, eyebrow-like things growing on the crab's abdomen should be removed.

2. The second part that cannot be eaten - crab intestines

The crab season is here again. Do you know which parts of the crab cannot be eaten?

The black line that runs from the crab's stomach to the crab's navel should also be discarded.

3. The third part that cannot be eaten - crab stomach

The crab season is here again. Do you know which parts of the crab cannot be eaten?

It is the triangular bone bag inside the crab shell. Eat the crab shell first, use a small spoon to take out the crab stomach in the middle, and gently suck out the crab roe wrapped around it. Be careful not to suck open the triangular cone-shaped crab stomach in the middle, as it contains dirty sand and should be discarded.

4. The fourth part that cannot be eaten - crab heart

The crab season is here again. Do you know which parts of the crab cannot be eaten?

After eating the crab shell, it’s time to eat the crab body. First, use scissors to cut off the excess crab legs and crab mouth. Use the handle of a spoon to pick out the hexagonal piece in the middle of the crab body. That is the crab heart and should be discarded.

These people can't eat crabs

Patients with colds, fever, stomach pain and diarrhea; patients with chronic gastritis, duodenal ulcers, cholecystitis, and cholelithiasis; people with allergic constitutions; and people with weak spleen and stomach are not suitable for eating river crabs. Patients with coronary heart disease, hypertension, arteriosclerosis, and hyperlipidemia should eat less or no river crabs because the crab roe contains high cholesterol.