Teach you how to choose and cook raw oysters to eat healthily!

Oysters are a very good aquatic shellfish that can enhance male sexual function and replenish essence. They are very popular among people. So if you want to have a rich sea and sky feast, you must start by selecting them. So how should you select oysters? How can you cook oysters to make them delicious?

Oyster Township

China is the world's largest oyster producer. As autumn winds gradually rise, "oyster lovers" can find many "oyster towns" producing high-quality oysters in China. Fuliushan in the New Territories of Hong Kong is a good place to eat traditional oysters. The delicious oysters in the seaside barbecue stalls and the beautiful mountain scenery are mouth-watering. On Hengqin Island in Zhuhai, there are endless oyster fields and the Hengqin Oyster Ecological Garden Restaurant built with oyster shells. In addition, Chengcun and Taishan areas in Yangjiang, Guangdong, and Qingdao, Shandong are all worth exploring.

Select

Freshness determines the quality of oysters. Choose oysters that are slightly open and tap their shells gently. If they are alive, they will quickly close their shells at the slightest disturbance. If they remain indifferent no matter how you tap them, don't be complacent and think that they are sleepy or lazy oysters. They are probably dead. If fresh oysters are heated for cooking, their tightly closed shells will open as the heat is applied. Oysters that remain tightly closed from beginning to end are dead oysters and should never be eaten.

Open the lid

First, prepare a thick towel or cloth and an oyster knife (or a shorter knife with a pointed tip). Place the oyster on the cloth with the flat side facing up. Insert the knife into the gap at the sharp end of the oyster, with the blade and the oyster at about 45 degrees. The blade and the knife body are flat against the inside of the flat shell, along the flat surface, and extend into the middle of the flat shell to cut off another muscle. Gently lift the upper shell about five or six centimeters, use the knife to scrape the oyster skirt stuck to the upper shell onto the oyster meat below, and finally remove the upper shell.

How to eat

The most classic way to eat oysters is to eat them raw, as the French do. Eating them raw preserves the oysters' sweetness. Add a few drops of lemon juice, red wine vinegar, mint, ginger juice or cocktails to the oysters for seasoning. Everything depends on personal preference. Cantonese people use pearl oyster meat to cook white porridge, and add salt, pepper and sesame oil to season it. Oysters can also be transformed into a popular snack. The Taiwanese commonly known as oyster omelette is made by frying oysters mixed with potato starch, eggs, vegetables and sauce.