Pickled Gaba Shrimp-one-armed Shrimp that Will Make You Fresh for A Spring
by Jun Meng dark blue
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Weihai Rongcheng City is a city that relies on the sea and eats the sea. The locals have a special liking for quack prawns. Whether it is street barbecue skewers or tall restaurant gatherings, quack prawns are indispensable.
The scientific name of the quack shrimp is the drum shrimp. Other names are click shrimp, pistol shrimp, dog shrimp, band shrimp, splint shrimp, quack shrimp, symbiotic shrimp, robber shrimp and so on. However, for the people of Weihai Rongcheng City, including those who sell seafood, these scientific names are basically useless, because the people of Weihai Rongcheng City have their own unique name, which is generally called Gaba shrimp or splint shrimp. And the color is also called "huayao" or "dog shrimp". Among them, "huayao" is the exclusive name of Weihai Rongcheng City, because there is no such name in other places. Judging from the description of the "huayao" in Rongcheng City, Weihai, with its cyan color, thick waist, and pattern, this is a bright prawn among the common prawns in the Yellow and Bohai Seas. Why is it called drum shrimp? A general term for animals of the genus prawns, the eyes are completely covered by the head and breastplate. The first pair of steps are particularly strong, pincer-shaped, asymmetric left and right, and the male is stronger than the female. In life, there are many obvious patterns on the body, especially the bright drum shrimp, which is bright and beautiful. The breeding period of prawns is in autumn, and after the eggs are laid, they are held between the female's abdomen and limbs until they hatch. When the Gu Xia encounters an enemy, it opens and closes the big Ao's finger and makes a sound like a small drum, so it is called Gu Xia. There are four types of prawns in the vicinity of Weihai Sea: Bright prawns, Japanese prawns, short-spine prawns, and spiny prawns. Drum prawns are generally 3 to 6 cm long, round and thick, with smooth head and breastplate without spines.
After March each year, small seafood in Rongcheng City, Weihai began to be popular in the seafood market. In addition to the shrimp crawling, the Gabang shrimp has been selling well since the Spring Festival. In particular, the price of quack shrimp is not too expensive. From the time it went on the market, the better quack shrimp cost 10 yuan per catty, and buying two or three catties is enough to kill one night. So, what is the nutritious garba shrimp, which is enthusiastically praised by everyone? What are the specialties about eating?
The quack shrimp meat is delicious and nutritious. Therefore, shrimp is particularly suitable for children and the elderly to eat. The nutritional content of garba shrimp itself is not much different from other types of shrimp. In addition to calcium supplementation to prevent osteoporosis, there is also the saying "male shrimp and female crab" in folk sayings. In the "Supplements to Compendium of Materia Medica" there is also the saying that "rice wine fried sea shrimp" strengthens the kidney and strengthens the yang. The aphrodisiac effect of shrimp comes from the high zinc content of shrimp meat. In addition, zinc plays an extremely important role in important physiological processes such as human growth and development, reproductive genetics, immunity, and endocrine. The benefits of eating shrimp for children are also clear at a glance.
There are many ways to eat quack prawns, the common ones are raw marinated and chopped, deep-fried, and boiled in brine. The selenium content in garba shrimp is also in the middle and upper reaches of various seafood. Selenium supplementation can fight cancer, anti-oxidation, delay aging, and enhance human immunity. The iodine content in shrimp meat is not as good as seaweed, wakame, etc., but higher than beef, mutton and pork. The protein rich in garba shrimp is high-quality protein. Compared with red meat, the fat content in shrimp meat is less, which is good for health. It has a considerable preventive effect on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and arteriosclerosis, and can also reduce the occurrence of obesity. probability.
Gaba shrimp or drum shrimp is distributed along the coast of China, but the people of Weihai Rongcheng have a soft spot for this kind of food, which occupies almost half of the country. Even Guangdong, who likes raw fish and shrimps, has to bow down to this point. However, after the Qingming Festival, Gaba shrimp is gradually fading out of the front line of Weihai Rongcheng people's dining table. Therefore, friends who like Gaba Shrimp, really have to hurry up, because the enthusiasm for Gaba Shrimp in this issue is over, and the craze for the next period starts, and it will basically wait until the Spring Festival next year. In a sense, the people in Rongcheng City, Weihai eat garba shrimp, which is more of a nostalgia and a tradition. "