Unique way to use bamboo to catch crabs in caves in the 'rice homeland' of Nghe An

(Baonghean.vn) - The rice is in the growing season and at this time, women in Yen Thanh (Nghe An) are taking advantage of their free time to inviteTogether we go catch field crabs. Field crabs not only improve meals but also help increase family income. If in the past people often put their hands into the cave to catch crabs, now with just a short bamboo stick, catching this field specialty is much easier.

Early in the morning, women go out to the fields together to catch crabs.

The tool for catching field crabs is quite simple, including a container and a bamboo stick about 70cm long with one end sharpened.

Ms. Tran Thi Liem, in Hamlet 3, Bac Thanh Commune, said: Using wooden sticks or bamboo sticks has many advantages such as limiting the need to hook into the cave by hand, saving time, and increasing work efficiency. When discovering a cave with a hiding crab, people use a wooden stick to stick into the middle of the cave to prevent the crab from running deep and making it difficult to catch. Normally, at that time, the crabs often run out of the cave, so you just need to use your hands to catch the crabs in the basket.

In addition to the above advantages, the wooden stick is also used to cut grass to find crab holes. According to Ms. Liem, the newly dug crab holes are sure to have crabs.

There are usually more crabs in the dry fields because that is when crabs hide in their burrows. Using bamboo sticks to catch crabs is effective, avoiding snake bites like before when catching crabs in burrows by hand. The time when there are most crabs is from January to the end of June.

Each day a person can catch from 5-7kg.

Field crabs are very nutritious and are now considered a specialty from the countryside.

Crabs are purchased on the spot by traders. At the peak, crabs are sold for 90,000 VND/kg.

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