麻辣飞蛤

Spicy Fried Flying Clam

烟台人所说的蛤,方言读作gǎ,青岛人叫蛤蜊,读成gǎla,莱州人称其为géla。蓬莱、大连人喊它为蚬子,在海阳、乳山等地被称作蚬子的却完全是另外一种海鲜。称呼和读音有点乱,但不管怎么说,蛤就是蛤,海边的人还有不认识蛤的吗?蛤的品种很多,飞蛤实为蛤中翘楚。一般的蛤,体表粗粝,色彩暗淡,但飞蛤的外壳却光滑如玉,金光闪烁,显得那么富贵、大气。

Just as the saying goes,oysters like cold water while clams like hot water.Mactra Chinensis,locally known as flying clams,are generally the fattest during hot weather.Buy one or two kilograms of larger flying clams and prepare ingredients such as Sichuan pepper,dry red pepper,Pixian thick broad-bean sauce or Lao Gan Ma sauce,green onion,ginger,garlic,and coriander.