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Real cancer necks

River crayfish are arthropods that are found infresh water reservoirs of many regions of Russia. Some lovers consider their meat to be a real delicacy and prefer it to the meat of other marine and river dwellers. Theoretically, many parts of the body of cancer are edible, for example, meat of pincers and caviar, but the most fleshy part is the so-called cephalothorax - the part of the body formed by the fused sections of the breast and the head of cancer, which specialists in the study of these arthropods also call the Latin word "cephalothorax". Among ordinary fishermen and ordinary fans of cancer meat, such a term, of course, is used extremely rarely. The more common names for this appetizing part of the body of a river cancer are the terms "tail" or "neck". In this case, if such a word is used outside the context, from which it is possible to unambiguously understand whose tail or neck it is, add to it the adjective "cancerous" - respectively, the "cancer tail" and the "cancer cervix". meat of crayfish should be eaten in cooked form: they are recommended to boil for 10-15 minutes, after which the pan should be removed from the fire and the crayfish should stand in it for another 10 minutes. In the process of preparation, they acquire a bright red color, and it spreads to the entire surface of the body of the cancer, including, of course, the gourmet's beloved cervix. This, by the way, became the basis for the appearance of another common expression - "red as a cancer."

Candies "Cancer necks"

Thus, the reason for the appearance of such an unusualat first glance, the name for caramel on closer inspection is quite simple: it consists in the usual external similarity of these confectionery products with boiled crayfish. At the same time, despite the fact that they received their main fame "Cancer necks" in the Soviet era, they were invented much earlier. The supplier of the imperial court, the famous confectioner Aleksey Ivanovich Abrikosov, proposed the preparation of such sweets in the 19th century. He was the first to notice a funny resemblance of caramel to the boiled neck of crawfish and gave it such a name. By the way, it was he who became the inventor of the recipe and the author of the name of caramel with an equally interesting name - "Goosebumps". At present, the name of the candy "Cancer Cervix" has actually become a household name for the designation of all caramels made according to this or a similar recipe. However, on sale sometimes you can find sweets of a similar kind, which are called "Rachki".