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Why eat crabs on the Mid Autumn Festival? You must know these taboos about eating crabs

​&# 8203;&# 8203;&# 8203;&# 8203;&# 8203;&# 8203; It's time to eat crabs once a year. When a large number of crabs are on the market, it's the Mid Autumn Festival. Therefore, more and more mid autumn festivals have crabs on the table. So why eat crabs on the Mid Autumn Festival? What do you need to pay attention to when eating crabs? This article has brought you a specific introduction. Let's have a look.

"The west wind makes the crab feet itch". Autumn is the season to eat crabs. There is also a saying called September round the navel. October refers to the best time to eat female crabs in September of the lunar calendar, and October of the lunar calendar is the time to eat male crabs. At this time, there is the Mid Autumn Festival, and crabs have the homonym of Xie. Slowly, the custom of eating crabs in the Mid Autumn Festival has formed.

So what are the precautions for eating crabs?

1. Don't eat raw crabs

Studies have shown that live crabs are easy to infect Paragonimus. If people eat raw crabs, the probability of infecting Paragonimus is as high as 71%. After being ingested by the human body, Paragonimus will parasitize in the human lungs, destroy the lung tissue, and may cause hemoptysis. Some Paragonimus will also invade the brain, which may cause cerebral palsy in serious cases. When it comes to raw crabs, many people will mention drunk crabs and pickled crabs. Many people like to eat them and think that drunk crabs and pickled crabs have been sterilized after being treated with alcohol or high salt. In fact, there is No. the probability of eating drunk crabs infected with Paragonimus is 55%, and the resistance of Paragonimus metacercaria is relatively strong, It can only be killed if it is pickled in 20% salt water for 48 hours or soaked in 55 ℃ water for more than 30 minutes. And eating raw crabs may also be infected with Vibrio parahaemolyticus, causing infectious poisoning.

2. People with cold body should eat less crabs

Crabs are cold in nature. For people with deficiency of spleen and stomach, they should not eat more. It is best to add some ginger when eating crabs. For example, add some ginger slices when steaming crabs, and add some ginger when frying crabs. It is best to cut some ginger and put it in vinegar when eating crabs. The crab meat can be dipped in vinegar before eating, which can not only remove the fishiness and increase the freshness of crabs, It can also drive out the cold.

3. Patients with hepatobiliary diseases should eat less crabs

As mentioned earlier, September is the best season to eat female crabs. The crab roe of female crabs contains a lot of cholesterol. It is not suitable for people with liver and gallbladder diseases, and people with high blood lipids should not eat more crabs.

4. People who are allergic to crabs cannot eat crabs

Crabs are rich in protein, and the protein in crabs is heterosexual protein for the human body, which may lead to allergy, so people allergic to crabs should not eat crabs.

5. Crabs should be cooked and eaten

Crabs are rich in nutrients. Therefore, they can be eaten immediately after steaming. They should not be stored for a long time. If they are stored for a long time, they may infect bacteria, and bacteria will multiply in large numbers when rich nutrients are used as culture medium. Therefore, crabs should be eaten immediately after cooking.

Crab tastes delicious and nutritious. It is a food that many people like to eat, especially in the best crab season. Many people have no restraint in eating and meet their appetite. However, no matter what food they eat, they should not eat more. For example, hairy crabs should not eat more than three at a time, so even delicious crabs should be eaten in moderation.