Softshell Turtle

SOFTSH
ELL
TURTLE
existence.
SOFTSH
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TURTLE
Softshell turtles belong to the
suborder Testudinata under the
order Testudinata. They
originated in Asia in the late
Jurassic period about 150
million years ago and spread to
North America and Africa in the
SOFTSH middle Paleocene 60 million
ELL years ago. They mostly live in
freshwater habitats such as
TURTLE rivers, ponds, and rice fields.
There are 2 subfamilies, 13
genera, and about 30 species in
existence, some of which are the
largest freshwater turtles in
existence.
The soft-shell turtle has a
dark green body; the snout is
prominent and pig-like, and the
length and thickness vary
depending on the species; each
foot has only three claws, and
the toes are often webbed,
which can help it swim quickly.
Feature Compared with the species
called "turtles" in the order
Testudinata, the body of the
softshell turtle is relatively
flat, and the carapace is
composed of leathery soft skin
supported by visible ribs,
rather than hard and textured
horny shields, and its outer
edge is flexible and boneless,
called the "skirt".
Ancient Chinese medicine records that eating soft-
shell turtles cannot be eaten with eggs, rabbits,
pork, chicken, duck meat, and amaranth, otherwise
it will be useless. It should also be noted that
according to modern medical research, soft-shelled
turtles must be freshly slaughtered and cannot be
eaten after they have been dead for a while,
because soft-shelled turtles contain more
histidine, which is very easy to spoil after death.
Histidine can decompose to produce toxic histamine
Food substances, which can cause poisoning after eating.
taboos
Hepatitis patients should not eat soft-shell turtles
because of gastric mucosal edema, bile secretion
disorders and other factors, which greatly weaken their
digestion and absorption functions. Soft-shelled turtles
are rich in protein, which is not only difficult for
patients to absorb, but will also increase the burden on
the liver. In severe cases, a large number of liver cells
will die, serum bilirubin will increase sharply, and
plasma concentration will increase, inducing hepatic
coma.
Food
taboos
People with weak gastrointestinal function and

indigestion should eat with caution. Especially patients
with digestive system diseases such as gastroenteritis,
gastric ulcers, cholecystitis, etc. should not eat soft-
shelled turtles.
People with insomnia, pregnant women and postpartum
Softshell turtle
skirt meat is the Skirt meat and its extracts
soft meat on the edge can effectively prevent and
of the carapace. inhibit liver cancer, gastric
Among the turtle cancer, acute lymphoblastic
skirts sold on the leukemia, and can be used to
market, most are from prevent and treat weakness,
East Asian waters. anemia, leukopenia and other
Since wild turtles symptoms caused by
SOFTSH are protected, the
price of this product
radiotherapy and
chemotherapy.Turtle skirt also
ELL is relatively high, has a good blood-purifying
effect. Regular consumption
but it is still
TURTLE’ popular among can reduce blood cholesterol,
consumers because of so it is beneficial for
S its rich nutritional patients with hypertension and
coronary heart disease.
SKIRT value. Dishes cooked
with it include:
braised skirt,
abalone skirt, garlic
skirt, white sauce
skirt, fried skirt,
etc.
SOFTSH
ELL
TURTLE’ braised skirt
S
SKIRT
sauce skirt
The history of eating soft-shelled
turtles can be traced back to the
Zhou Dynasty (about 11th century
BC - 256 BC). At that time, the
Zhou people, who originated from
Qishan, had already used soft-
shelled turtles as a palace meal.
During the Warring States Period
(476-221 BC), Duke Ling of Zheng
deliberately did not give turtle
meat to his minister Zi Song, who
ANCIENT was furious and raised an army to
kill Duke Ling of Zheng. This
STORY story of the destruction of a
country due to soft-shelled
turtles is even more talked about.
In the folk, people call soft-
shelled turtles "delicious five-
flavor meat", which means that
soft-shelled turtle meat has the
characteristics of chicken,
mutton, beef, pork and venison,
and is delicious and fat but not
greasy.
The ancients believed that soft-
shelled turtles were a harmonious
entity of yin and yang, with the
part exposed to the sun being yang
and the part not exposed to the
sun being yin. Therefore, people
ANCIENT believed that the deliciousness of
STORY soft-shelled turtles was the
result of the harmony of yin and
yang.
The most common way to cook
whole soft-shelled turtle in
China is to make soup, and the
main cooking method is stewing.
Soft-shelled turtle is rich in
protein and contains methionine,
which is rare in general food.
The soup is nutritious and is a
good food supplement.
Production steps
1. Slaughter the turtle in hot
Soft water, cut it open, remove the
intestines, guts and wash;
Shell 2. Peel the yam, wash and cut
into pieces;
Turtle
3. Add appropriate amount
Soup of water, ginger, green
onions, cooking wine, and
salt to the casserole,
and add Drynariae,
wolfberry, yam, and soft-
shelled turtle and simmer
until cooked.
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