Wild sea cucumber

Wild sea cucumbers and sea cucumber pond distinction very clear:
Bottom Foot : wild sea cucumber generally grown at a depth of about 20 meters of the sea , through the end of foot action to find food, so the bottom full grow short and stout ; while in captivity because of long-term use of sea cucumber aquaculture personnel put bait without moving , and live in shallow water areas , the declining role of the bottom full of action , absorption is poor, become slim .
Spit : wild sea cucumbers spit big and hard.
Meat: wild cucumber growing waters as deep ( 15-20 m ) , the water temperature is low, less sunshine , slow growth , fleshy thick elastic, tendons generous and full, rich deposits of nutrients ; while captive sea cucumber growing fast, soft flesh without compaction ( much like the three-month slaughter pigs ) .
Form: wild sea cucumber is spindle-shaped , two tip intermediate thick, stubby fat , looks very strong ; while captive sea cucumber looks slender, lack of tenacity . Warts Foot : wild cucumber growing environment more severe storms , food is not sufficient, more activities , back and sides of the spines are very thick, and varying thickness ; while small waves captive sea cucumber environment , rich food and fewer activities , thorn long thin long and pointed .
Growth years : wild sea cucumber General Growth 4-5 years to reach harvesting standards, the longer the more nutritious deposition , nourishing the greater the value ; while captive sea cucumber temperature suitable for rich food , fast growing , generally achieve product specifications 5-8 head can be sold relatively poor health tonic .
In addition, the wild sea cucumber taste chewy , no astringency , cut fine, neat and uniform.
As more expensive tonic to share , we still advocate attention to the selection of wild sea cucumber as a tonic and gift of choice , rather than blindly choose Express captive sea cucumber .

Selection techniques:

First, look at the appearance of sea cucumber , sea cucumber cortex generally good clarity , natural colors , different colors according to growth environment , mainly divided into black, brown, gray , etc., that is by no means the whole body black , of course, is not the whole body are white powder , in addition to burns and abdominal tube feet are generally more complete ; secondly , to see the effect of the foaming sea cucumber , sea cucumber meat chewy Some good , tastes and elastic.
First, be sure to dried sea cucumber , sea cucumber quit perishable , but because it contains a lot of water prices actually a lot higher ;
Second, be sure to purchase dried sea cucumber selected shriveled , unscrupulous traders in the processing of sea cucumber , sea cucumber in order to increase the weight of adding a lot of sugar, gum and even alum, although such processing out of the sea cucumber products do not meet quality standards, but because of abnormal body full participation , the color black in appearance, the consumer has a great beguiling ; also need to pay attention to is that some sea cucumber is stained , the color is very dark outside view , the opening is black sea cucumber , which exposed tendons are black sea cucumber , visible blinded by the manufacturer , the extent of unscrupulous .
Third, buy dried sea cucumber , do not blindly pursue cheap , in conjunction with the incidence of water dried sea cucumber for a comprehensive comparison . A pound of dried sea cucumber can send a good system out 15 pounds of water, sea cucumber , and a pound of dried ginseng poor quality water, after no more than 5 pounds, and even tattered simply can not eat.