Happy Fishing Farm

From the appearance, butter crabs are very similar to hairy crabs, and it is difficult to identify them without careful identification, especially after they are cooked.

But in fact, the difference between these two crabs is really very different.

As a fisherman, Li Xuan can eat a lot of seafood.

Crab is also one of them, and the price of crab is relatively cheap among seafood.

So Li Xuan often eats it, especially when he goes out to sea, and sometimes even eats crabs as a staff meal.

But the butter crab, Li Xuan was really reluctant to eat it.

Because of the price of the butter crab, Li Xuan was really discouraged.

Among the many crabs, many of them are relatively cheap, which Li Xuan can completely afford.

Crab roe and crab paste are also eaten more.

But the butter crab, excluding those individual mutated crab species, such as the four-to-five-pound blue crab that Li Xuan met in the sea just now, its price can be ranked in the top three among countless kinds of crabs. Next to the big spider crab, and the sky-high price of the Matsuba crab.

Its price can be thousands of yuan, not the kind of goods that weigh a few catties, but the most common butter crab, which can also cost thousands of yuan.

Even if it's king crab, if you encounter such a crab in terms of price, you will be willing to bow down.

Chen Bin had never heard of butter crabs at all, and he looked at Li Xuan puzzled and unconvinced, "Brother Xuan, how is this butter crab better than tiger head crab?"

When he was at sea, Li Xuan didn't eat less than two or three catties of tiger head crabs. Could it be that Laozi's butter crabs are only three or four, and they are more expensive than two or three catties of tiger head crabs? ?

Tang Yuting also looked at Li Xuan in puzzlement. Li Xuan didn't even blink when she gave her a blue crab weighing more than a catty. Li Xuan seemed surprised by this little crab and said that he was reluctant to eat it.

Li Xuan glanced at Chen Bin, "The price of tiger head crabs is indeed very expensive after rising in the past few years, but in terms of the current per capita consumption level, tiger head crabs are completely affordable, at least It is affordable during the holidays. The price of a smaller one is only a few tens of dollars, and the price of an ordinary one is only a few hundred dollars. Only the big ones can be sold for thousands of dollars. .”

Chen Bin smiled and said, "Could it be that the small butter crab can be sold for thousands of dollars?"

Chen Bin was originally joking, telling a joke.

Unexpectedly, Li Xuan nodded and said: "Yes, as long as this butter crab is of good quality, even if it is small, it will cost thousands of dollars a piece."

"Ah?" Chen Bin exclaimed.

Tang Yuting also blinked slightly.

Sitting at the table next to it, it seemed that they were drinking, but in fact, the crew members with their ears pricked up looked at each other.

Even if it is smaller, a crab costs thousands of dollars. Are there such crabs in this world?

Isn't the price of seafood linked to the price?

Li Xuan pointed to the butter crabs in the wooden box, and said, "The price of a tiger head crab weighing more than one catty is already expensive enough in our eyes, right? But butter crabs are much more expensive. Butter crabs first came from Xiangjiang in the early 90s was an ingredient that could only be eaten in some high-end places on Hong Kong Island. Because this kind of crab grows, the crab cover, crab claws and other joints can be seen with yellow oil. That’s why it’s called butter crab.”

After Li Xuan finished speaking, Tang Yuting was surprised and said, "Brother Xuan, did you remember correctly? How could there be fat in the crab's crab cover, crab claws, and joints? Could it be that there is no meat in the crab shell? Doesn't it shed its shell?"

Chen Tianzi, who had been listening with a smile on her face, looked at Tang Yuting in surprise, "You know a lot, brother and sister."

Tang Yuting shook her head lightly, "I majored in marine related majors after school started, so before school started, I read some information by myself in advance."

Chen Tianzi nodded with a smile, and then said: "You are right, the butter crab, it does not shed its shell, and it can grow to two or three butter crabs. This is already the largest and best quality butter crab. , A thousand gold is hard to buy, that is, brother Li, I am really reluctant to give it to another person."

Tang Yuting was very surprised, "The butter crab doesn't shed its shell?"

Chen Bin next to him was also shocked, "How is this possible, how can there be crabs that don't shed their shells?"

"Hehe, it's strange that crabs don't shed their shells. The sea is so big, and there are crabs that don't grow shells." Li Xuan said beside him.

Chen Bin was stuck by Li Xuan's words. He knew and had seen crabs without shells, for example, hermit crabs. Although he never thought they were crabs, they were indeed crabs.

However, Chen Bin still finds it inconceivable that a living crab with a shell does not shed its shell.

"A crab sheds its shell just like a snake sheds its skin. How can it grow without shedding its shell?" Chen Bin asked Li Xuan.

"So it doesn't grow very big. The biggest ones are only three or four." Li Xuan said.

"Uh."

There was nothing wrong with saying that, but Chen Bin still felt that this answer was far-fetched.

Li Xuan smiled, stopped teasing him, and said directly: "Actually, butter crab is not a species of crab, but a disease that crabs get."

"Crabs suffering from this disease cannot withdraw their shells when they grow. Under the sunlight, the crab roe in the crab body will be integrated into the crab meat, and finally form a delicacy like butter crab."

"In nature, there are very few wild butter crabs. On average, only one out of hundreds of crabs becomes a butter crab, and its survival period is very short. Rare things are more expensive, so the price is so expensive. A butter crab The price has been sold for more than 1000 yuan, and even the king crab is willing to bow down."

Chen Bin blinked, "Is the butter crab a sick crab?"

Li Xuan nodded, "Otherwise, as you said, how can a crab not shed its shell? How does it grow up? A crab with this disease will die naturally soon, just like a terminal illness. So in nature, it is said that there is only one butter crab among hundreds of crabs, but in fact, more than [-]% of the butter crabs died before being discovered by humans after getting sick, and the remaining [-]% , and [-]% of them are really too small to meet the edible standard."

Chen Tianzi smiled and said: "So, the real production of butter crabs can only be found out of tens of thousands."

Under the surprised eyes of Chen Bin, Tang Yuting and others, Li Xuan continued to add: "Moreover, not all crabs in all places will suffer from this disease. Wild butter crab can be said to be a unique and precious seafood food in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao. As for crabs, the output is not large. Because the output and quality of butter crabs are directly affected by the breeding environment and weather, and the production period is long, farmed butter crabs are also very precious. Farmed butter crabs of this size may also be expensive. Two, three hundred yuan, one tael."