Rushing to the sea: I can see the prompts

Chapter 245 Fried shoe soles are also delicious

The tourists were crazy about it. How had they ever seen so many fish?

Although these fish are not big, they are numerous and cover the beach, which is simply unheard of.

"Is it okay to eat these fish?" someone couldn't help but ask.

After all, is it really okay to crowd ashore on such a large scale?

"No problem! But you can eat so much? This is from anchovies." The villagers told them.

Villagers are also fishing.

This kind of fish is cheap and not easy to sell, but who can resist fishing for it? No matter how small the mosquito legs are, they are still meat! Even if it costs just a few cents per catty, or if you make a few thousand catties, it still costs hundreds of dollars.

Zhang Yaohua got the news and came too.

However, he didn't fish for it, but came to watch the fun.

"Island Master, isn't this phenomenon not quite right?" Someone came over and said.

He also held a bucket full of anchovies in his hand, all of which were a little bigger than a thumb. His hometown is inland, and he used to catch so many fish, which would probably keep him happy for a month or two.

He said something was wrong, but it didn't stop him from continuing to catch fish.

It doesn't matter how much it's worth, what's important is to experience the thrill of catching fish.

"Anchovies are normal! There have been fewer in recent years. Ten years ago, there were more of these fish, covering the entire sea surface. You have never seen such a spectacular sight.

Especially the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea, and the South China Sea is relatively small.

Today, my country's annual anchovy catch exceeds hundreds of thousands of tons. " Zhang Yaohua explained.

Anchovy is a small fish that lives in the middle and upper layers of temperate oceans. It is widely distributed in the Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea and East China Sea in my country. Its unexploited resources range from 300 million tons to 400 million tons. It is a single species of fish in the Yellow Sea and East China Sea. The fish species with the largest resource biomass is also a key species in the Huangdonghai food web.

In our country, before the mid-1980s, it was not fully utilized due to its low economic value. However, with the decline of the main economic fish resources, the value of anchovies has gradually been recognized by people.

With the fishing in the past 20 to 30 years, it is now difficult to see anchovies in fishing season in our country, and they have been replaced by smaller jade fish.

"My cat would go crazy if he were here."

The people on the side wanted to laugh.

Don't say cats are crazy, people are crazy, just look at everyone's reactions and actions.

Zhang Yaohua smiled and said: "You can dry it and take it back! Not only cats can eat it, but people can eat it too. In our area, some people use it to make dry powder and anchovy sauce."

Dried anchovy powder is made from fresh fish that has been steamed, dried and crushed.

Anchovy sauce is a bit more troublesome. The newly caught anchovies must be salted immediately with a large amount of salt, then the internal organs and heads are removed, and then placed layer by layer in a large bucket, adding a layer of salt to each layer. , after stacking, ventilate the large stones and pressurize them.

Pickle for three months. After pickling, it will be very soft and easy to break. Rinse off the salt, stir lightly with a spoon, and mix other ingredients to make anchovy sauces with different flavors.

The tourist's eyes suddenly lit up and he quickly asked: "Is there a drying machine in the village?"

Zhang Yaohua looked in the direction of the cannery and nodded: "Yes! You can take it to the cannery. There is a machine that is still idle. Just pay a processing fee, and you can even package it.

Of course, if you want to make it better, you have to spend some time to remove the internal organs.

If you find it troublesome, you can pay some money to let the villagers do it! "

For villagers who often kill fish, removing the guts is an easy task.

After receiving Zhang Yaohua's advice, the tourists scooped up the food more unscrupulously. When the bucket was not enough, they asked the villagers for snakeskin bags to fill it.

Then ask the villagers to help remove the internal organs, and finally send them to the processing factory for drying and packaging.

After all, the total cost of a hundred pounds of anchovies is about sixty yuan, which is a few cents per pound on average. But after doing it this way, you can take it home and eat it with confidence, and it can be stored for a long time.

This is a great deal for tourists.

"You do so much, how long will it take to eat?"

Ling Yunzhi laughed and said: "It's okay! I have many relatives and friends, and I won't be able to get a share of them."

Especially in my hometown, a few hundred kilograms is nothing, a few thousand kilograms can be divided up. Isn’t this kind of dried fish better than farmed ones? He had asked his friend just now.

His friend asked him to do more and even offered him two yuan per catty.

It doesn't matter if it's money or not, they will just pay the express fee when the time comes.

"If you do this, you might as well just collect some from others and make it yourself, which will make you exhausted."

Ling Yunzhi thought about it and secretly thought that it was right.

He took a few more photos, including scenes on the beach, and sent them to his classmates. He organized two sentences to explain the situation and asked everyone if they wanted them. If they wanted them, he asked as soon as possible.

The same group of classmates who usually live in the morgue were buzzing all of a sudden.

"Get me some and I'll pay."

"how much is it?"

Everyone is not stupid. This kind is better than the farmed one, and it tastes more safe to eat. Especially if they encounter this kind of fish, it must not be expensive. After all, the video they saw is all over the beach.

Who doesn’t like good bargains?

Ling Yunzhifa said: "No need for the money! Anyway, I made it myself. Whoever wants it can just pay for the courier fee."

After hearing this, who can still sit still? They all expressed their desire.

And I asked Ling Yunzhi to do more.

Even though Ling Yunzhi said there was no need for money, everyone still wanted to save face and send some red envelopes as a token of appreciation. Especially if you have cats at home, isn’t this kind of dried fish better than those cat foods?

Cat food is not cheap these days!

The classmates also told Ling Yunzhi not to keep it all by himself, but to buy some from others, and they would pay the price. After all, what everyone wants is not a small amount, it can easily be several dozen kilograms.

Ling Yunzhi thought for a moment and said, "Okay then! I'll charge a little, it's not expensive, plus the processing fee, it's probably about one or two yuan per pound."

"So cheap? Then give me more, please, Lao Ling!"

Then, he transferred another amount of money to Ling Yunzhi.

You know, rice is cheap enough now. This is cheaper than rice. Why don't you take the opportunity to buy more?

Originally, some people were worried that there was something wrong with the fish, so they swam to the beach en masse. But they checked and found that anchovies basically appear in groups, forming huge schools.

The reason why they concentrated on swimming to the beach was probably because they were being driven away by large fish.

This small fish belongs to the bottom of the food chain in the ocean. It is almost the ration of large fish, and its status is somewhat similar to krill.

"Okay! Then I'll do my best!"

So Ling Yunzhi began to buy anchovies caught by others in Shalang Village for one yuan a pound.

The villagers are very happy to sell it to him. After all, this kind of fish is now sold at a cabbage price, 80 cents per pound in the town, and the fishmongers don’t necessarily want it.

Some time ago, the price of anchovies was a little higher, more than one piece, but it has dropped a lot recently.

It may be that many coastal anchovies have been harvested recently. There are too many, which has impacted the market. In addition, the anchovies that fishmongers want are always large, and almost everyone will reject them if they are too small.

When he collected it, he specifically asked Zhang Yaohua: "Island owner, is this fish not delicious?"

It's so cheap after all.

"It's hard to say whether it tastes good or not. After all, everyone's taste is different. I don't think it tastes good, but others may think it tastes good.

Anchovy is cheap mainly because of its high yield. It feeds primarily on plankton and is probably the most productive fish species in the world from a single fishery. "Zhang Yaohua told him.

Ling Yunzhi was surprised: "Is there more than sardines?"

In his impression, sardines are the most abundant fish in the ocean!

If you include shrimps and crabs, probably krill at most.

"Sardines are about ten times more expensive than anchovies. Do you think there are more sardines than anchovies? Don't underestimate sardines. They are an important economic fish in the world and have higher use value than anchovies.

You have to know that anchovies are often bought as bait for other fish. "

Sardines also have extremely high yields. Their juveniles have obvious phototaxis, but adults do not like light and are typically plankton-eating fish.

Sardines are rich in nutrients such as protein, vitamins, and trace elements. They are high-fat fish and have lower water content than ordinary seawater fish.

Although the yields are both high, the anchovies are more numerous.

To be honest, this anchovy is caught at the beach. If it is a little further away, the fishermen will throw it back into the sea. If you take a boat of this thing back, you won't be able to make back the gas cost.

Another reason for its low price is that it is very susceptible to spoilage due to its rich endogenous enzymes. And because anchovies are rich in unsaturated fatty acids and are prone to oxidation and rancidity, it is very difficult to sell fresh products.

Therefore, the titles of "Li Shui Lan" and "Bad Boatman" also came from this. In the early years, fishermen jokingly said, "It would be better to drag a boatload of anchovies than a single pomfret." Even if the anchovies were caught, they would be dumped into the sea again.

"That just doesn't taste good!"

Zhang Yaohua smiled and said: "It can't be so absolute, especially this kind of young fish, also called clove fish, is often processed into dried products. We call it seafly.

It is rich in nutrients and tastes good, and is deeply loved by people in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asian countries. In Fujian, Zhejiang and other places, cloves are one of the important fishery resources for export to earn foreign exchange. "

"So, you have to choose the small one?"

Zhang Yaohua: "It depends on what you like! The small ones are more difficult to make. In fact, the taste is almost the same. If it is fresh fish, the texture may be different, but if it is dried fish, what is the taste?"

Ling Yunzhi nodded: "Yes! That's true."

He asked again: "How to eat?"

He was going to get some and go to the restaurant and ask the boss to make a plate for him to eat.

No matter how much others say, it is better to taste it yourself.

"It doesn't matter, it depends on what you like. The simplest thing is just stir-fry!"

Pour the oil into the pan, turn on medium heat and stir-fry the anchovies until thoroughly cooked. In another pot, lightly stir-fry the walnuts, toast them dry and let cool. Put the sauce and condiments in a pot and bring to a boil, then turn off the heat, add anchovies and walnuts, and stir evenly.

As night falls, the schools of anchovies on the beach gradually disperse. There are still many on the beach, and everyone is still picking them up.

Even if tourists don't pick them up, the village committee will organize people to clean them up, so they can't be left to rot on the beach. At that time, when the sea breeze blows, the whole village smells of rotten fish and shrimp, which is not good.

"I picked out all the big ones." Ling Yunzhi videoed with his classmates to show everyone his results.

Ashin from the restaurant glanced at it and couldn't help correcting it: "Brother, you are mistaken. That is not an anchovy, but a mackerel."

Although they look a bit similar, with a slightly larger size, if you observe carefully, there are still differences.

The body shape of mackerel is similar to a spindle, and the tail fin is deeply forked. The dorsal side of the body is blue-black with dark blue irregular markings, and the abdomen is silvery white with a slight yellowish tint.

The anchovy has a slender body, slightly flat body, a round abdomen and no ribbed scales.

Mackerel has strong phototaxis at night and has the phenomenon of vertical movement during the day and night. It has a wide range of feeding habits, feeding on planktonic crustaceans and juvenile fish. It has strong swimming ability and can migrate long distances. They mostly inhabit the middle and upper layers in spring and summer, and gather in large groups to lay eggs offshore during the reproductive season.

"Mackerel is a little more expensive." Ashin reminded him.

"More expensive? How much more expensive?"

"It costs about five yuan per catty! However, I heard from Brother Hua that mackerel is more expensive in Xiaoli, costing hundreds of yuan per catty!"

When everyone heard it, they felt like they smelled a business opportunity.

"Then we can export until we are small and make a profit! Wouldn't we make a fortune?"

Ling Yunzhi, who is engaged in foreign trade, smiled and said: "You guys think too much, how can it be that easy? There are thresholds such as tariffs, and you don't just want to sell them.

We all know that Bangzi cabbage is expensive, costing dozens of yuan a piece. In our country, a piece of Chinese cabbage costs a few yuan, or even three or two yuan. Didn't anyone see such a big price difference?

Not only Chinese cabbage, but also watermelon. Over at Bangzi, watermelon is a luxury fruit, not something you can eat whenever you want. They have to keep their melon rinds. "

Everyone calmed down.

yes! How can it be that easy?

Everyone has heard that Bangzi watermelons are expensive, and they are famous all over the world.

Some time ago, didn’t Chinese bloggers feed watermelons to pigs? It can attract a bunch of sticks to break the defense.

Is it possible not to break the defense?

The fruits they cannot afford are actually used to feed pigs in China.

There are also hippos to feed.

In short, in their opinion, that kind of behavior is not something done by humans, it is simply a waste of food.

Besides that, isn’t there something else that is also quite famous? The whole world knows.

That is, Bangzi stole watermelon during the Winter Olympics in our country's capital. He reported it when he was still a child, which aroused ridicule from all over the world.

Fucking weird.

There was so much delicious food, but they actually said they had nothing to eat, and then turned around and stole all the watermelon after the meal, leaving me without anything to eat.

Needless to say, watermelon was also very expensive in my childhood. Perhaps this is why they reported it because they couldn't eat it!

At this time, the plate of fried anchovies that Ling Yunzhi asked the restaurant to prepare was ready.

"I'll try it for everyone first."

Ling Yunzhi took a bite and thought it was not delicious! The taste was beyond his expectation.

"It's pretty good! Why don't many people eat this kind of fish?"

Ashin said frankly: "Brother, there are a lot of ingredients in this. Not to mention anchovies, fried soles are also delicious."

Generally speaking, when they cook seafood, they try not to add too many other ingredients, try to keep the original flavor as much as possible, and pay attention to the word "fresh". But that's not the case with anchovies. If it were steamed, I'm afraid not many people would eat it.

As soon as these words came out, Ling Yunzhi's classmates who were watching the video burst into laughter.

Indeed, looking at the color of the dish, you can tell that a lot of ingredients have been put into it, so it’s strange that it’s unpalatable.

(End of this chapter)