Ca Xiu is a unique specialty in Ha Tien (Kien Giang) that makes people curious as soon as they hear the name. Anyone who sees a scorpion has a feeling of fear, not daring to touch chopsticks. The appearance of Ca Xiu is quite similar to bivalve seafood, but also like insects with long and large antennae. If it wasn’t for the introduction of the locals, surely no diners would have the “liver” to enjoy this strange dish by themselves. Ca Xiu live mainly in river, estuary, brackish water, abundant in Dong Ho lagoon, Ha Tien town. Like clams, ca Xiu live in muddy water, so they have long antennae to plug into the ground, serving the purpose of foraging. Ca Xiu season flourishes from about June to August every year. Although it looks quite strange, once you try it, you will find that the taste of coffee is extremely attractive. When catching Ca Xiu, people bring salt similar to the three-knot salt. Since then, shops have bought salted coffee beans and reprocessed them, creating “unique” dishes for Ha Tien cuisine. In particular, the delicious, nutritious coffee is especially the beard (good for men’s vitality), crunchy crunchy, so it is very popular with men. Fishermen after catching ca Xiu come back, they wash the mud, keep the tail and make fish sauce. For each layer of tomato, sprinkle a layer of salt on it. Depending on preference, people can salt with salt water or salt, add sugar to make the sauce quickly sour. The stage requires workers to have technique, experience and ingenuity. The quality of Ca Xiu sauce is good or not thanks to this salt method. If you add less ingredients, the tomato will spoil. If the salt is too salty, the tomato will turn black. From salted coffee, people have created many delicious and attractive dishes. The most familiar is the Ca Xiu salad with its salty, fresh, and attractive flavor. People will lightly blanch salted tomato in water to reduce the salinity. Shredded mango mixed with vinegar, sugar, fish sauce and then mixed with tomato sauce. Sprinkle roasted peanuts, laksa leaves, fried onions on top of the mixture and you have completed a special appetizer salad. Ca Xiu meat is crispy and has a characteristic fresh sweetness that makes people addicted to it forever. Photo: IT. Invite readers to watch the video “Smoked land – Strange dishes of Vinh Phuc people”. Source: VTV3.