Crab

螃蟹 · 大闸蟹

What crab is · the autumn star of crustaceans

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螃蟹是什么 · 甲壳类的秋日主角

Crab is a crustacean, close kin to shrimp and lobster. In China the star is hairy (Chinese mitten) crab, whose autumn roe/paste is festive-table material; sea crabs (swimming crab, flower crab, king crab) are available year-round.

Edible parts split into:

Crab meat: white flesh, high-protein, low-fatRoe/paste: the female's gonads and hepatopancreas (huang), the male's gonads (gao) — fatty, cholesterol-dense, the most flavorful part
All the nutritional controversy centers on the roe/paste: is the cholesterol high, can gout patients eat it, is it a 'fa wu' (trigger food). This story takes those apart.

The real safety lesson is different: never eat a dead crab (bacteria proliferate after death, including Vibrio; heat-stable harmful metabolites already formed are not cooked away) — worth far more attention than cholesterol. Later scenes quantify per 100 g edible.

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Educational content, not medical advice — consult a clinician.

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Crab

螃蟹 · 大闸蟹

What crab is · the autumn star of crustaceans

Stop 1/8

螃蟹是什么 · 甲壳类的秋日主角

Crab is a crustacean, close kin to shrimp and lobster. In China the star is hairy (Chinese mitten) crab, whose autumn roe/paste is festive-table material; sea crabs (swimming crab, flower crab, king crab) are available year-round.

Edible parts split into:

Crab meat: white flesh, high-protein, low-fatRoe/paste: the female's gonads and hepatopancreas (huang), the male's gonads (gao) — fatty, cholesterol-dense, the most flavorful part
All the nutritional controversy centers on the roe/paste: is the cholesterol high, can gout patients eat it, is it a 'fa wu' (trigger food). This story takes those apart.

The real safety lesson is different: never eat a dead crab (bacteria proliferate after death, including Vibrio; heat-stable harmful metabolites already formed are not cooked away) — worth far more attention than cholesterol. Later scenes quantify per 100 g edible.

Read story

Educational content, not medical advice — consult a clinician.