Little White Shrimp Egg Cake

Chinese prawns are shrimps belonging to the genus prawns of the prawn family. The local names are: Xuexue, shrimp skin, prawns, red prawns, prawns, water prawns, small white prawns and larvae. Small in size, flat on the side, with a pair of long eyestalks, which can distinguish targets in turbid waters. Therefore, they live in waters with fatter water for many years. Hairy shrimp is a kind of rapid growth, short life cycle, strong reproduction, and renewal from generation to generation. Small shrimps with fast speed and weak swimming ability belong to the zooplankton group in terms of ecological habits and swim along the coast, estuaries and islands along with the tide. The suitable temperature range is 11-25℃, and the suitable salt range is 30-32‰. It has the characteristics of day and night vertical movement and seasonal horizontal movement. It is a species endemic to China, and it is distributed along the coast of China, especially along the Bohai Sea. The production areas are mainly Liaoning, Shandong, Hebei, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Fujian coastal areas. High nutritional value and unique flavor.

Because of its small shell and thin meat, it is suitable for processing into shrimp skin or shrimp paste. It is the main processing material for shrimp skin and shrimp paste. The shrimp skins on the market are processed from hairy shrimp. The nutritional value of dried shrimp skin is very high, and it is a relatively cheap popular seafood among aquatic products. The content of calcium and phosphorus in shrimp skins is the most significant in aquatic products. Appropriate consumption of shrimp skins for children is of great benefit to its growth and development. There are many and simple ways to eat at home, such as scrambled eggs with dried shrimps, boiled winter melon, roasted cabbage or radish, croquettes, fillings and soups are all very delicious.

Shrimp skins in Rongcheng City, Weihai have a unique fishing method, a large triangular net supported by bamboo poles, a pair of "stilts" about one meter high, and a shrimp basket with three large dried gourds tied together. A set of tools is a complete set of equipment for fishermen to fish for shrimps. With this complete set of equipment, fishing for shrimps can begin. The fishermen will put on leather clothes, leather pants and boots, wrap themselves tightly, and then step on stilts to prop up the triangular "big fork net", one step at a time. One step towards the sea.

When catching shrimps, the fishermen will stick the "dustpan mouth" of the "big fork net" against the bottom of the sea, and then push forward step by step. At this time, the "hairy shrimp" will be collected into the net. The way of shrimp skin is called "push shrimp skin". Every spring, after the wheat harvest and autumn are the peak seasons for shrimp skins. When the tide has not completely receded, groups of fishermen carrying "big fork nets" will appear on the beach. Experienced fishermen will observe seagulls flying up the beach to determine where to fish. Old fishermen often say to everyone: "Where there are seagulls, there will be fish, and where there are fish, there will be shrimps.

Pushing shrimps is a hard work. Fishermen who push shrimps all the year round are often covered with strong muscles. The wind and sun on the beach make them appear a dark hue. When the fresh prawns are "pushed out" by the fishermen, they will carefully scoop out the prawn skins from the prawn baskets and put them back home in bamboo baskets covered with blankets. At this time, the women who had been waiting at home for a long time were already ready and officially started the process of making "Weihai Shrimp Skin".

Put the fresh raw shrimp skin "mao shrimp" into the pot and start boiling. The people in Weihai commonly call it "fried (blanched) shrimp skin". Fried shrimp skins should be heated, how much water should be put in, how much salt should be put in, and when to cook, these are sloppy, otherwise it will affect the taste and texture of the shrimp skins. When the shrimp skins are deep-fried, they are taken out and placed on the reed mat to dry. The delicious Weihai Rongcheng shrimp skins are made in this way. The craftsmanship is back to basics, so that the shrimp skins maintain the most original and original fragrance. A century-old Weihai's unique shrimp skin! "