The land of Tra Vinh has a type of crustacean with the same family as crabs and crabs, but has a very strange name. That is the shrew, a famous specialty of this land. Many people rate its meat as tastier than crab.
This species looks similar to the three-knife but is “slightly” in size. Compared to other crustaceans, their bodies are clumsy and very slow. The reason this species has such a “sad” name is because the upper carapace has rough, rough marks like a pattern, people looking at it are easy to think of a puffed, angry face.
This species sounds very strange, is a famous specialty in Tra Vinh
The shrew often lives in brackish alluvial plains, brackish swamp forests along the coast. It comes out to feed during the day, has red claws, digs very deep burrows and has many nooks and crannies to escape when attacked. When he was arrested, his two claws were still motionless, looking like a stone.
In the past, few people paid attention to this species, only people caught it to process dishes. In the past few years, the pagoda has become famous, naturally present on many banquet tables in restaurants and hotels, at that time many people competed to hunt, making it increasingly rare and expensive. higher.
In recent years, this species has appeared in restaurants and is loved by tourists
As a person who specializes in “hunting” shrews, Mr. Hieu (in Tra Vinh) said that in the wet season in October and November of the lunar calendar, the uncle washes the eggs, so the gathering is like three aspects. At this time, the bricks are very delicious. As for the February and March seasons, the pods are peeled, so most of the meat is uncertain.
“There are many ways of hunting mounds such as: hooking a burrow, lighting a lamp to catch at night…, but the simplest way is to use a lead trap to remove bait by leaves or clumps and place it in front of the mouth of the cave so that they can get in. To catch it. This animal, it takes an experienced and really skillful person to find its burrow.There are mounds that dig burrows up to more than a meter deep, so wanting to catch these individuals is imperative. we have to dig up a layer of soil to catch it.Usually, in the rainy season, the water is flooded, the soil is soft, so it is easier to catch the mound.
It is not easy to catch, it takes an experienced and really skillful person to find its cave.
Although slow but very aggressive, if put together, they will break the claws, so it is difficult to preserve. Most traders buy raw pods for immediate processing or freeze them to keep them whole,” said Mr. Hieu.
According to the survey, the mussels are sold for from 70,000 VND/kg when in season. At the beginning of the season or when it’s scarce, the price can go up to 90,000-100,000 VND/kg, but many customers still order. It is processed into many delicious dishes such as: Roasted garlic and tamarind sauce, cooked sour soup, steamed beer, boiled with coconut water, if there is a lot of it, make fish sauce like bakhi, add a little chili, garlic, lemon, sugar, it is very good for rice. . “The deliciousness of chu pu is the crunchy claws, firm and sweet meat. When enjoying chu pu, chew slowly to feel all the sour, fatty, sweet and crispy taste of the gift from the sea.”
Many people think that chu pu meat is better than crab
For tourists coming to Tra Vinh, if once enjoying the delicious dishes from the shrew, they will surely never forget its rich flavor.
In addition to Tra Vinh province, we can still find pagodas in other coastal provinces with mangroves such as Ca Mau, Bac Lieu, etc., but not many.
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