Sandworm in Zhanjiang is a specialty of Suixi County, Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province. Sandworm is a famous seafood in Zhanjiang, which has the effects of nourishing yin and tonifying kidney, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. People like to use it to make soup and porridge. It tastes sweet. In the coastal villages of Zhanjiang, it is not uncommon to see groups of women digging sand worms on the beach after low tide every day.
Caotan Town, Suixi County, 88 kilometers away from Zhanjiang City, is known as the "first town of sand worms". The coastline of Caotan Town is 23.5km, and the intertidal beach is 23,000 mu. The intertidal beach that can be used for aquaculture is nearly 6.5438+0.5 million mu, and the vast shallow sea and deep sea beaches are not fully developed, with a total area of 6.5438+0.2 million mu. Therefore, the development of marine aquaculture has a superior natural environment. At present, there are 12 aquatic seed farms for insects, shellfish and shrimps. Among them, earthworm is the key breeding base, and the breeding area has reached 20 thousand mu. Of the 300 households, 30 are buyers of worms.
Sandworm: also known as "sea intestine", the zoological name is "nudus", which is generally 5-8 mm thick and 5- 10 cm long. Especially delicious, you can eat it fresh or dry. After drying, you can fry, fry, stew, stew and cook. The boiled soup is as white as milk, delicious and high in concentration, and is known as "natural monosodium glutamate". Deep-fried crisp is crispy and is a good drink.
Insects have the dietotherapy effect of invigorating spleen and nourishing yin. They can only grow in a pollution-free environment. This edible worm is limited to females because it tastes fresh and crisp. And 1 1 until February, it is the fattest time for worms, and eating at this time is the most delicious. Insects must be cleaned up before cooking. First, remove the sediment from the worm's stomach and rinse it repeatedly to ensure that there is no residue on the worm. In principle, bugs are just different in size. The bigger the strips, the thicker the meat and the better the taste.
Worms can also be cooked with oysters, and two equally delicious things can be cooked in the same pot. Worms are easy to cook and suffer from fire for a short time. Therefore, it is necessary to cook the oysters first and put some lean meat in the middle, so that the smell of oysters and insects can be completely hung out.
Worm snail is a famous local seafood in Zhanjiang, which has the effects of nourishing yin and tonifying kidney, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. The local people like to make soup and porridge with earthworms and snails very much. Like Chaozhou porridge, the rice grains at the bottom of the porridge are clearly separated by the Shuichu River and the Han River, instead of turning people off. The porridge made is naturally sweet.