CATDOLL : CATDOLL: After soaking the turtle in boiling water, do we need to peel off the skin on its back?

1. Do I need to peel off the skin on the turtle's back after soaking it in boiling water?

There are 4 steps to prepare soft-shelled turtles.

1. Slaughter

First, turn the turtle on its back, and when the head comes out, hold the head and neck tightly with your left hand. Step on it with your foot, and pull the head out with your left hand. Then use a knife to cut the blood vessels, trachea, and cervical vertebrae at the root of the head, leaving a little skin connected. Put the turtle upside down in the basin to drain all the blood.

2. Soak and peel

Put the slaughtered turtle into 70℃-90℃ hot water until the skin becomes wrinkled, scrape it clean with a knife, then take it out and put it into cold water to clean the skin.

3. Open the shell and remove the internal organs

Cut the bone seams on both sides of the turtle's skirt, lift the shell and take out the internal organs, then break the turtle's gallbladder, rub it all over the body and wash it clean with clean water.

4. Cooking (Blanching)

Put the turtle into a pot of boiling water and cook it. After the water boils, remove the blood, take it out, wash it and set aside.

Operation instructions:

1. When slaughtering the turtle, be sure to cut at the base of the turtle's neck and cut off the neck bones, leaving a little neck skin to prevent the fish head from retracting into the body and affecting blanching.

2. When blanching, the water temperature and blanching time should be controlled according to the tenderness of the turtle and seasonal changes. Generally, the skin should be wrinkled and can be torn off. If the soaking time is too short or too long, it will not be conducive to the removal of the skin. If the skin is not removed cleanly, it will affect the taste of the dish, and the turtle meat will have a fishy smell and a rough taste.

3. When opening the shell, remove the turtle's internal organs and sort them out, break the turtle's gallbladder, and rub the bile all over the turtle's body to remove the fishy smell.

4. The cooking time should not be too long, otherwise it will affect the loss of nutrients and the cooking process.

The soft-shelled turtle has delicate meat, is plump and delicious, and is not only easy to digest and absorb, but also produces high heat, which can promote blood circulation, inhibit the growth of tumor cells, and improve immune function. However, soft-shelled turtle is greasy, so it is not suitable to eat too much. People with indigestion, pregnant women, postpartum diarrhea, and insomnia should not eat it. After the turtle dies, the histidine in the body is very easy to decompose and produce histamine. Histamine is a toxic substance and can easily cause food poisoning after eating.

2. How to peel the turtle? Is it more difficult to peel after scalding with hot water?

No need to peel the skin, just scrape off the black membrane with a knife and remove the internal organs.

3. Do I also need to scrape off the skin on the turtle's belly?

Try to scrape it off as much as possible. It’s still edible without scraping it, but it will taste a little fishy.

4. The small turtle's hands and feet are peeling. There are some white spots on the back, but not too far. There are also some on the abdomen.

This is white shift disease, the skin starts to rot when it peels off~~~

You can go to some large goldfish or turtle stalls, they know what medicine to use, buy a bottle, you can't cure it yourself.

Prevention: Water quality problem, don't put your tap water directly into the water, at least every three days, prepare more water

5. Does a turtle shedding its skin mean it is sick?

Peeling is normal, it's nothing to worry about.