CATDOLL : CATDOLL: It’s my first time eating crayfish and I don’t know how to peel the shell!

It’s my first time eating crayfish and I don’t know how to peel the shell!

Use your hands to pull off the tail. There is a cut just above the tail, which was cut with scissors earlier. Just peel off the shell along the cut.

If you make it yourself, or it's a whole one, just break it into pieces as long as you can eat it. That's what I do.

The two claws in front of the crayfish can be eaten. Use your teeth to bite open the shell, and then peel it with your hands.

As for the body in the middle, if the inside is clean and the shell is gone, it's up to you to eat it or not. People say that part is unclean, so you can choose not to eat it. If it has a shell and the red shell is still on it, it means it has not been washed (the outside things may not be washed even if they are peeled off), so don't eat it.

Can I buy crayfish in this season?

1. Crayfish washed with shrimp powder often look very clean and bright in color. However, the corroded crayfish claws are easy to fall off. If there are few crayfish claws on the table, it is more likely to use shrimp powder. Therefore, crayfish with claws falling off should be eaten with caution. 2. See if the crayfish lives in clean water. Look at the back. If it is bright red and clean, it is OK. Then turn it over to see the villi on its abdomen and the hair on its claws. If it is white and neat, it is basically raised in clean water. 3. After all, crayfish are aquatic animals that eat the corpses of humus animals. Bacteria and toxins will only accumulate more and more in the body, so we should try to buy crayfish that have just grown up. When purchasing, you should know how to look at the skin color: old lobsters are either red and black or red with iron blue, while young and strong lobsters have a natural and healthy luster. Touch the shrimp shell with your hand. The iron-hard ones are old, and the ones that are as elastic as nails are just grown up and changed shells. We should try to buy soft-shelled crayfish. 4. Most restaurants serve crayfish cooked on the table. Before eating crayfish, it is best to take a look at the body of the crayfish: if the tail is curled, it means it was alive before entering the pot. If the tail is straight, it means it was dead before entering the pot. Dead crayfish cannot be eaten and may cause lead poisoning. In addition, the head of the crayfish is easy to absorb heavy metals and bacteria, so it is best to remove the head when eating. 5. When cooking crayfish by yourself, it is recommended to soak it in clean water for 2 to 3 hours, scrub it clean, and cook it at high temperature before eating. 6. Since crayfish has a high protein content, and protein can cause great harm to human health after rotting, it is best to eat all the crayfish after it is cooked. Do not eat too much crayfish, because excessive protein intake can also easily cause indigestion.