What are the methods for preserving crabs?

In life, people always like to eat some delicious food, especially some ingredients with unique characteristics and delicious taste are the most popular. Crab is one of the most popular ones because of its unique appearance and its delicious taste that quickly conquered the taste buds of a large number of people. Although crabs are delicious, it is very difficult to preserve them. Let’s take a look at some methods to preserve crabs.

Storage method 1: Storing crabs in the refrigerator

Choose active crabs, tie up their legs to reduce their physical exertion, then place them in the refrigerator, keep the temperature at 5-10 degrees, and cover with a wet towel for storage. Choose the crabs that are less energetic to eat first, and keep the crabs that are still energetic.

The way to distinguish them is to touch the crab's eyes lightly with your hand, and if it does not react quickly, eat it first.

Preservation method 2: Choose crabs that are full of vitality, prepare a 30-50 cm high plastic bucket/basin, put the crabs in it without stacking; then add water to half the height of the crab's body, mainly to keep it moist, but do not bury the crab completely. Because you are unlikely to have oxygenation equipment available, crabs will suffocate from lack of oxygen if the water is too deep. The bucket/basin does not need to be covered. Check the crabs every day and eat the crabs that are not energetic enough in time. Using this method to preserve Yangcheng Lake crabs, the crabs can be preserved for more than 5 days when the temperature is not high.

Storage method three: If you buy more crabs than you can eat in three to five days, the best way to preserve them is to use your bathtub as a temporary holding pond and let the crabs enjoy it. Because the walls of the bathtub are smooth and the crabs cannot escape, gently pour the crabs into the bathtub and fill it with water to just cover the crabs. The crabs can stand up on their eight legs and breathe on the water surface. Add a small amount of small fish and shrimp depending on the storage time and quantity. Yangcheng Lake crabs can generally be stored for more than 7 days or longer using this method. The survival rate of good quality crabs can reach over 95%.

In addition, the crabs must be checked every day and those that are not energetic enough must be eaten in time.