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What are sea melon seeds in the West Lake? Can you eat them

What are sea melon seeds in the West Lake? Can you eat them

Four seas network: in recent days, the high temperature mode has been started in China. In the hot summer, the West Lake water diversion power has been fully opened. The West Lake water diversion treatment plant can scoop up 500 Jin to 2000 Jin of sea melon seeds every day. It's really rare that the West Lake can scoop up so many. Many friends don't know what sea melon seeds are. Let's have a look next!

It's a bit strange that so many sea melon seeds can be fished from the West Lake.

Is this sea melon seed delicious? Is the meat thick?

The staff of the West Lake Water Area Management Office covered their mouths and smiled: 'the name of haiguazi is also called by us in private. I'm not sure what its name is. These & lsquo; sea melon seeds & rsquo; in our farm are small and lack of meat, so they can't be served. Ask the reporter for help to ask the duck farmer or other applicable units! Please contact us if necessary! "

'haiguazi' comes from Qiantang River.

For the West Lake water diversion, the "sea melon seeds" surge is not a good thing -- in the process of water diversion, if sea melon seeds enter the Yuhuang sedimentation tank, it will affect the normal water diversion volume and prevent the improvement of the water quality of the West Lake.

Five hundred jin a day, more than a ton

Four men can't move

Between the Qiantang River and the West Lake, there is a 'big artery' with a length of 3100 meters and a diameter of 2 meters, which is the only channel between the Qiantang River and the West Lake.

It's through this passage that they want to come to the West Lake, but there's a key block at the foot of Jiuyao mountain, which blocks them from rushing into the city lake.

Lu Qiang, the station chief of the West Lake water diversion Yuhuang pretreatment yard of the West Lake water area management office, told reporters: 'clean up twice every day at 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., generally speaking, at least 500 Jin of sea melon seeds can be picked up in one day, two tons in one day when there are more times, and four men can't pull the net. Please come to the tripod and pulley for help. '

At 8:00 a.m. on August 6, the weather had entered the "fire baking" mode, and three water purification workers in the West Lake water diversion pretreatment plant began to clean up the sea melon seeds.

The heavy barrage was pulled up from the bottom of the water. Two of the water purifiers dragged the barrage to the side of the pool with great force. A smell of stink rushed into the nose. Then, the sea melon seeds wrapped in mud coats were dumped on the ground, a big lump, countless pieces, and many of them were still clinging to the barrage.

'PA! PA! PA', the water purifier pounded the block with a wooden stick about 50 cm long. After a few minutes, these little things reluctantly 'let go'.

The reporter covered his nose and looked closely. Wow, two crabs and a few silver and white fish came out of the pile. "These are normal. Sometimes we can catch snakes and frogs. "Said Lu.

After 12 blocks are pulled one by one, the water purifiers clean up a pile of "sea melon seeds" on the ground, which are 1.2m high garbage cans and full of two big buckets. After the cleaning work, the water purifiers' faces were full of big sweat drops, their clothes were all wet and stained with many dirty mud spots.

In addition to the endless collection of "sea melon seeds", there is also a kind of floating garbage that makes the water purifiers "afraid" - disposable plastic cup.

'I don't know where so many plastic cups come from. It's more difficult than & lsquo; sea melon seeds & rsquo;. The blocking can't stop them. Once they pass through the reaction pool and block the siphon mouth, the sludge won't come out. Every time, they have to be salvaged with great effort. 'stationmaster Lu is also helpless.

What are sea melon seeds? Can you eat them

Haiguazi is a small white clam, the size and shape of which are like pumpkin seeds. It is a small aquatic product growing in the coastal beach, named for its shape like pumpkin seeds. Haiguazi is a famous seawater specialty in Cixi City, which is mostly produced in the mud beach with frequent tides. The sea melon seed is named for its shape and size similar to the melon seed. Its scientific name is Meretrix meretrix, also known as' Rainbow cherry clam 'and' flat clam '. Sea melon seeds breed in October. In Guangdong and Guangxi, the melon seeds are called clams and clams; in Weihai, they are called cone and Weihai Yiner miscellaneous; in Chaoshan, they are called big headed clams. When the sea melon seeds are captured, they are full of silt. They must be soaked in light salt water for half a day. When the sea melon seeds are full of silt, they should be washed and prepared.

Haiguazi is a famous seawater specialty in Cixi City, which is mostly produced in the mud beach with frequent tides. The sea melon seed is named for its shape and size similar to the melon seed. Its scientific name is Hong Guang cherry clam, also known as' Rainbow Ming cherry clam 'and' flat clam '.

The shell of the sea melon seed (clam) is long and oval, only 2 cm long. The shell is very thin and fragile. The surface is grayish white and slightly fleshy red. It is often submerged in the mud about 5 to 6 cm. Fat meat, rich in plum season. The ancient poem "chanting sea melon seeds" wrote that: the ice plate pushed out broken glass, half miscellaneous green onions and half mud. Don't laugh at your wife's teeth, the plum blossom flakes and the gourd rhinoceros.

When the sea melon seeds are captured, they are full of silt. They must be soaked in light salt water for half a day. When the sea melon seeds are full of silt, they should be washed and prepared. To drain the water, add a small amount of cooking oil in the pot, stir fry with high heat, put a little chopped green onion, ginger, salt or soy sauce, stir fry until the shell of the sea melon seeds is popped open, and then serve in a pot. The meat is tender and delicious. It's a delicacy with wine.