The crabs are delicious and the crabs eat fresh when they eat. So, how do you keep the purchased hairy crabs in order to keep them fresh? What's the point of keeping the crabs? What is the right temperature?
How to save crabs
Usually after the hairy crabs are purchased, they are washed once with clean water and then put in a bowl of sand filled with fresh water and a large spoonful of salt. Then store it in the refrigerator again. Specific preservation methods are the following three.
Method one: Save crabs in the refrigerator (save time: about 3 days)
Hairy crabs are fresh aquatic products and have a short storage time after leaving the water. The crabs that can be eaten in 3 days or so will be kept in a relatively simple manner. Select vibrant hairy crabs and tie the crab's feet and gates together to reduce them. The crabs were consumed physically and then placed in the freezer of the refrigerator and covered with a wet towel. When you eat each day, you will first choose the less energetic food, and the vigorously-enriched hairy crabs will continue to be preserved. The method of distinguishing the vitality of crabs is to touch the eyes of hairy crabs by hand and eat them if the reaction is not sensitive.
Method two: Save the hairy crabs in a plastic bucket/pot (save time: about 7 days)
Prepare a 30-50 cm tall plastic bucket/pot. The inner wall of the plastic bucket/pot is not easy to escape. Put the crabs in it and do not stack them; then add water to the hairy crabs to keep them moist. Do not bury all the crabs. If the water is too deep, the crabs will suffocate due to lack of oxygen. Do not cover the barrels/pots. Check crabs on a daily basis and eat them in time. Use this method to store crabs. When the temperature is not high, crabs can be stored for more than 5 days.
Hairy crabs preservation method three
Holding pool to preserve Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs. If you buy Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs more than 35 days to eat, you can not use the above method to store, the best way is to put your own bath --- do holding pool --- Let's get out and enjoy the Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs: Because the bathtub has smooth walls, the hairy crabs can't escape, then gently pour the Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs into the bathtub and fill the water just to cover the hairy crabs. If the crabs stand up, they can breathe on the water. And according to the storage time and quantity of small fish and shrimp flavor, using this method to store Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs can generally be more than 7 days or longer, good quality Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs survival rate of up to 95% or more. In addition, check the crabs every day and eat the less-energetic hairy crabs in time.