I-crab ingenye yezilwane ezindala kunazo zonke emhlabeni nge-Crab horsehoe crab ezidlule eminyakeni eyizigidi ezingu-450. Kuye lapho uhlala khona, uzothola izinhlobo ezithile zezinkuni ezitholakala kalula. Esigwini SaseNtshonalanga, i-Crab Dungeness yiyona ebambe kakhulu. Phezu kancane enyakatho ePacific, inkosi inqwaba kanye neqhwa leqhwa livame kakhulu. Ama-blue crabs atholakala e-Atlantic naseGulf, kuyilapho amanzi eFlorida ayesendaweni ye-crab yamatshe.
Ungase uphinde uhlangabezane ne- Peekytoe crab, i- crack yaseMaine noma isihlabathi esasanda kuba intandokazi yabapheki ababandlulula.
Ukukhetha ama-Crabs ne-Crabmeat
Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yiziphi ezihlukahlukene ozikhethayo, isikhumba sitholakala emafomu amabili - inyama yonke ekhethiwe. Ama-crabs ephelele athengiswa kokubili futhi ephekwe. I-crab inyama itholakala eluhlaza, efriziwe, ephekwe futhi ekheniwe. Uzothola inyama eqoshiwe ebizwa ngokuthi "ihlumela," okusho izingcezu ezinkulu, "i-flake," okubonisa izingcezu ezincane zenyama, futhi "ukuhlanza," okusobala ukuthi inyama yesikhumba somkhwa.
Ukubheja kwakho okuhle ukuthenga ama-crabs bukhoma uma kunokwenzeka (ezinye izinhlobo zesikhumba zitholakala kuphela izikhathi ezithile zonyaka). Ama-crabs kufanele aqaphele futhi ahlaziye ama-pinchers lapho ehlelwe. Ama-crabs ase-shell-shell kufanele aguquke futhi athambile ngokuphelele.
Ama-crabs aphile kufanele abe nephunga elimanzi lamanzi anosawoti; gwema labo abaphunga omuncu noma odoba kakhulu. Dlalana nomhlinzeki wezinhlanzi ohloniphekile, futhi vumela ikhala lakho libe yisiqondiso sakho.
Kuthuthukile, i-crab ephekwe ngaphambili ebandisiwe kufanele futhi ibe yiphunga futhi ihlaselwe kuphela ngosuku lokudayiswa. Ungathengi noma udle wonke, ungasuki, izikhumba ezifile.
Bala ama-crabs ayisithupha e-steamed ama-hard shell, umuntu ngamunye noma amabili ama-crabs soft shell. Uma uthenga ama-crabs aphelele futhi uhlela ukupheka futhi ukhethe inyama yakho, lungiselela umsebenzi ophezulu ngemiphumela ephansi - isivuno esiphezulu se-crab lonke noma kuphi kusuka ku-13% kuya ku-30% inyama.
Nakuba ukudla okubizayo, ukuthenga isikhwama kuzokukusindisa isikhathi esiningi (futhi mhlawumbe ukuhlukumeza). Uma uthenga umkhiqizo osemathinini, khumbula ukuthi i-7.5-ounce eyodwa ingaveza 1 inkomishi yokukhwabanisa. Uma iresiphi yakho imbiza ngokuthi "i -crab-crab ," kudingeka ukhethe i-crab yesifazane, okulula ukuyenza ngokubheka ngaphansi kwe-crab.
Ukugcina ngokuphepha i-Crab
Ama-crabs aphile kufanele abe seqandisini futhi asetshenziswe ngosuku lokuthenga. I-crabmeat ebomvu kufanele igcinwe efrijini futhi isetshenziswe zingakapheli amahora angu-24. Kuthuthukile, i-crab ephekwe ngaphambili eqanda kufanele isetshenziswe ngosuku olufanayo lokuthenga. I-crab evaliwe ingagcinwa esiqandisini kuze kube inyanga eyodwa futhi isetshenziswe zingakapheli izinsuku ezine zokuvula. I-crab ekheniwe inhle izinyanga eziyisithupha.
Uma usebenzisa isikhumba esenziwe ekheniwe ekuphekeni, kutuswa ukuba ukhethe inyama. Lokhu kusho ukuhlunga ngokucophelela inyama ngokusebenzisa iminwe yakho ukususa noma yiziphi izibindi zegobolondo ezingase zingabanjwanga ngesikhathi sokucubungula. Uma i-crabmeat ekheniwe iyakuthanda kakhulu i-tinny noma i-metallic, faka inyama esitsheni samanzi e-ice bese uyivumela ukuthi iphole imizuzu emihlanu. Gcoba kahle bese ubhalwa ngamathawula wephepha.
Ukuqeda isikhumba, upheke ama-crabs bese ususa inyama. Faka emgodini wezingqwembe ezivuthwe futhi umboze nge-brine (4 amathisipuni kasawoti kuya ku-1 amanzi amanzi), ushiye indawo ekhanda 1/2-intshi kwisitsha.
I-crab ekhriziwe ingagcinwa kuze kufike ezinyangeni ezine ku-0 F.