Friends who like eating crabs know that crabmeat is very delicious and nutritious, so what part of the body is crabmeat? Although crabs are delicious, there are many parts that can't be eaten. What specific parts of crabs are inedible?
What part of a crab is crab roe
Crab roe is the ovary and digestive gland of female crab. Crab roe is the ovary and digestive gland of the female crab. It is orange and delicious. Crab roe is not the egg of female crab. Although its composition is basically the same as that of crab roe, there are essential differences between them. The crab roe does contain the egg cells that are not discharged from the body, but there are other organs, glands, tissue fluid and other substances of the crab, not just the crab roe. When the crab yolk becomes large and bright orange, it means that the gonad of the female crab has matured. At this time, the crab egg is produced and discharged from the body, and the egg cells left in the gonad still belong to a part of the crab yolk.
Is crab roe crab shit
No
The male crab has a sperm sac, in which the white substance is the sperm, and the male crab's sperm and sexual organs are the crab cream. Crabmeat can also be fat. In order to prepare for the winter, the male crabs gradually accumulate fat and grow into crab cream (commonly known as crab oil). When you peel the shell of a male crab, you can see that there are white and sticky things in the shell and lump, namely, crab cream (crab oil). When cooked, the crabmeat becomes translucent. The more crab paste there is, the stronger the male crab is. In the wild, in the ninth month of the lunar calendar, the crab yellow of the female crab grows the most plump; in October, the crab cream (crab oil) of the male crab grows the thickest. So, in the past, there was a saying that "nine females and ten males" ate crabs. It means to eat female crabs in September and male crabs in October.
Which parts of crabs can't be eaten
1. Crab gill: two rows of soft and soft things like eyebrows growing in the abdomen of crab, commonly known as crab eyebrows, are crab's suction organs, used to filter water quality, very dirty. Do not eat the triangular crab under the gills.
2. Crab intestines: there are excrement of crab in it. After breaking off the body of crab, you can see that there are black things in the crab's yellow and meat. You need to take them off.
3. Crab stomach: it's a triangular bag hidden in the crab's yellow. It also has the excreta of crab. Hide in the crabmeat pile on the crab cover, and then discard the crabmeat.
4. Crab heart: it's hexagonal. It's the place with the thickest yellow paste in the middle of the crab's abdomen. It's the coldest part. It must not be eaten. Open the crab shell, you can see a layer of black film, and the white slice of crab heart is between the yellow cream and the black film.