Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs, also known as golden claw crabs, are produced in Yangcheng Lake, Suzhou. The crab body is not stained with mud, commonly known as the clear water hairy crab. It is big and fat, with a green shell and a white belly, yellow fur and golden claws, and greasy meat. The female crab and the male crab 10 in September of the lunar calendar have the best gonad development. Cooked and concentrated, the female turns golden yellow, and the male is like white jade, which tastes delicious.
Related legend:
This crab is flat and blue-gray, with a cow footprint on its back. It is said that this cow footprint was trampled by an old cow a long time ago.
People on the bank of Yangcheng Lake say that when the world was created, buffalo, crab and toad all lived in the sky and were very friendly to each other. One day, a crab was playing in the Milky Way and met an oncoming toad. Toad told it it was time to get rich. Because the Milky Way burst, there was a big flood on the earth, and people fled one after another, leaving a lot of gold and silver treasures, instead of rushing down to the world to make a fortune.
The crab moved its heart. It thought it was now or never, so it took toad on a rampage to the world and made a fortune everywhere. The old cows who are repairing the Milky Way in the sky have no idea what they have done.
On this day, the old cow accidentally found crabs and toads while plowing the field. Rich and cocky, they all made a fortune in the world.
Old Newton flew into a rage, caught up with him, put his foot on the crab's back and shouted, "Do you still have a conscience?" I can't believe I robbed the fire! Toad got goose bumps and ran away. The crab couldn't leave, so he had to beg. He told the story of how the toad came up with a bad idea to win him down and make a fortune.
The old cow realized the toad's conscience and spared the crab. But I didn't expect the old cow to step too hard, which not only made the crab limp and unable to stand upright, but also left deep cow footprints on the crab shell.
Although toad was not punished by the old cow, the goose bumps that scared him all over would never fade.