First of all, abalone, also known as mirror fish, nine-hole snail, brighteye, and general's hat (American English: abalone, British English: ormer), is a kind of marine mollusk. A single-shell marine shellfish belonging to the family Gastropodidae. They live on rocky riverbanks and feed on algae. In addition to being a mollusk in the sea, abalone is also a traditional precious ingredient in China. It was called sole fish in ancient times and is one of the delicacies of mountains and seas.
Secondly, abalone, known as the "Crown of Seafoods", has been one of the "Eight Treasures" of seafood since ancient times. Abalone is called a fish, but it is actually not a fish, but a single-valve mollusk that crawls on rocks below the low tide line in shallow seas. It is a single-shell marine shellfish belonging to the class Gastropod and Baidae. The feet of abalone are particularly thick and divided into upper and lower parts. There are many antennae and hillocks on the upper feet, which are used to sense the external situation; the lower feet are oval-shaped when extended, with a flat belly, suitable for attachment and crawling. When we eat abalone, we mainly eat the muscles of its feet.
Abalone is rich in protein, as well as more nutrients such as calcium, iron, iodine and vitamin A.
The nutrition of abalone is 7 times that of Australian walnuts.
Abalone can nourish yin, calm the liver, strengthen the kidneys, adjust adrenal secretion, and has the effect of regulating blood pressure in both directions.
Abalone has extremely high nutritional value and is rich in globulin; the meat of abalone also contains a component called "abalone", which can destroy metabolic substances necessary for cancer cells.
Abalone has the effects of regulating menstruation, moistening dryness and relieving intestinal inflammation, and can treat irregular menstruation, constipation and other diseases.
Abalone has the effect of nourishing yin and replenishing yang, and it is a tonic but not drying seafood. There are no side effects such as toothache or nosebleeds after eating, so there is no harm in eating more.
Abalone is extremely rich in nutritional value and contains 20 kinds of amino acids. Each hundred grams of fresh abalone meat contains 23.4 grams of protein, 3.4 grams of fat, 32 mg of inorganic salt calcium, and a considerable amount of iron. of iodine, zinc, phosphorus and vitamins A, D, B1, etc. The nutritional value of natural, wild and ready-to-eat abalone is better than that of dried abalone. The method of making dried abalone and the cooking method will inevitably lose a lot of valuable elements and lose the original taste and function.