There are three kinds of abalone, red abalone, golden abalone and black abalone. Guess which is the most expensive?

Seafood has always been delicious on everyone's table. Friends living in coastal areas are no strangers to all kinds of seafood and shellfish, because you can often pick all kinds of shellfish in coastal areas or markets, such as melon seeds, clams, clams and abalone, which are only the size of your palm. Since ancient times, abalone has been one of the favorite ingredients of princes and nobles, but in today's society, the price of abalone has been reduced again and again. The small abalone you see now can be bought for only two or three yuan.

But there are differences in abalone, such as three kinds of abalone, one is red abalone, the other is golden abalone and the other is black abalone. If you look at the appearance of these three kinds of abalone, which one do you think is the most expensive?

1, red abalone

The origin of red abalone is California. Although there are many kinds of abalone in California, red abalone is undoubtedly the most impressive one among many abalone, because it is too big and the largest abalone species in the world. Once, California natives competed for the market by salvaging red abalone, and whoever caught the big red abalone won. In some fishermen's homes, very large red abalone shells are still preserved.

How big is red abalone? It is said that the largest red abalone found locally today will be 30 cm long and weigh more than 6 kg. Red abalone shell is thin and abalone meat is round. However, due to many local people salvaging red abalone, the total number of red abalone has dropped rapidly at this stage, and it is already crumbling. Only in California waters north of San Francisco can you dive freely to catch abalone at this stage. It is completely difficult to buy red abalone in the market, so it is expensive.

2. Golden abalone

The real name of golden abalone is golden abalone. Generally speaking, there are two versions, one is golden abalone in Chile and the other is golden abalone snail in West Africa. Although the appearance is very similar, they are all golden seafood, but they are very different. The golden abalone in Chile is also regarded as abalone, which is very cheap and has a hard taste. It is best to take it piece by piece. Golden abalone is not an abalone, but a substitute for abalone.

3. Black abalone

Black gold abalone, from New Zealand. It is said that this kind of abalone only grows in the deep sea of New Zealand and adheres to volcanic rocks on the seabed. Because volcanic rocks contain more minerals, the black mucosa on the surface of black abalone grows by absorbing minerals. According to scientific research, black abalone contains more nutrients beneficial to human health, so it is called "grey black gold".

In New Zealand, only divers who have obtained the professional qualification certificate of deep diving can go out to sea to salvage black gold abalone, and they cannot bring all-oxygen equipment. Only one person dived. The picked black gold abalone must be accurately measured by special size, and the black gold abalone with a pore size exceeding 12.5 cm can be caught by engineering diving. Therefore, the price of black abalone is equally expensive, but it is more suitable for taking ingredients than red abalone.