How to eat crabs? What are the precautions for eating crabs? Crabs are not only delicious, rich in vitamins, but also have certain medicinal value. However, many people will have abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting after eating crab, which is usually caused by not paying attention to the details when eating crab. Pay attention to the following points can minimize the problems after eating crab.
The crabs should be cooked thoroughly, and the raw crabs should not be eaten.
Crabs feed on animal carcasses or humus, so the surface, gills and gastrointestinal tract of crabs are covered with all kinds of bacteria and sludge. How can some people not get sick because they don't wash the crabs clean and can't steam them thoroughly, or because they eat drunk crabs or pickled crabs raw and eat the bacteria or parasites in the body of crabs? If they eat them thoroughly, they won't have this problem.
Crab should eat fresh, dead crab should not eat.
The period of rigidity and autolysis of dead crabs is greatly shortened. The bacteria in the body of crabs will propagate rapidly and spread to the crab meat, causing vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea.
The shell of fresh crab is bluish black with luster, full navel and white abdomen. The shell of the dying crab is yellow, and its feet are soft, so it is difficult to turn it right.
The crabs should be steamed and eaten, not stored.
If you can't finish eating, the rest must be kept in a clean, cool and ventilated place. When you eat, you must go back to the pot to cook and steam thoroughly.
Don't chew crabs.
When eating crabs, you should pay attention to four cleaning methods after opening the cover
To clear the crab stomach is to eat the triangle bone bag in the crab cover first, scoop out the middle part of the crab stomach with a small spoon, and gently suck the crab roe wrapped outside. Be careful not to suck the triangular cone-shaped crab stomach in the middle. If there is dirty sand in it, it should be discarded;
After eating the crab cover, it's the crab's turn. First, use scissors to cut off the extra crab feet and mouth; use the handle of a spoon to pick out a hexagonal piece in the middle of the crab body, which is the heart part of the crab and should be discarded.
There are crab intestines, that is, a black line from crab stomach to crab navel;
Crab gills, that is, the two rows of soft things like eyebrows on the abdomen of a crab, should be removed.
Eat less, not too much.
Crab meat is cold, spleen and stomach deficiency should be paid attention to in order to avoid abdominal pain and diarrhea.
Don't eat with tea.
Don't drink tea when eating crab and within 1 hour after eating crab. Because boiling water will dilute the stomach acid, tea will make some components of crab coagulation, not conducive to digestion and absorption, may also cause abdominal pain, diarrhea.
Don't eat with persimmons.
Crab fat when persimmon also ripe, these two things should be careful not to eat at the same time. Because the tannin and other ingredients in persimmon can make crab protein coagulate, the coagulated substances will ferment and rot in the intestinal tract for a long time, causing vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea and other reactions, and may also cause lithiasis.
Five types of patients are not suitable for eating
Patients with cold, fever, stomachache and diarrhea.
Chronic gastritis, duodenal ulcer, cholecystitis, cholelithiasis, active hepatitis.
People with coronary heart disease, hypertension, arteriosclerosis and hyperlipidemia should eat less or not because of the high cholesterol content in crab roe.
People with allergic constitution.
People with deficiency of spleen and stomach.