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What color is the flesh of a silver carp after it dies?

In fact, no matter what kind of fish it is, the fish meat is basically white with a little bit of red blood in it. If you want to know whether this fish is alive or dead, you should mainly look at the fish's skin. If the fish's skin is black or purple, it means that the fish has been dead for a long time.

After the silver carp dies, its flesh remains white. This will not change. If it changes color, it means it is bad.

After the silver carp died, Wu Lao took care of the time of death. The fish meat gradually turned pale and became loose, and it was not suitable for consumption at this time.

When fish first die, they are all white. Over time, the flesh will gradually turn red.

After the silver carp dies, the fish meat will gradually turn from white to light red.

What is the difference between the silver carp and bighead carp that are commonly eaten in rural areas?

What is the difference between the silver carp and bighead carp commonly eaten in rural areas? In rural areas, a fish is eaten every year during the Spring Festival, especially on New Year's Eve. Eating a fish symbolizes surplus every year, meaning that the family has surplus food every year, and also means looking forward to good weather, peace and prosperity in the coming year.

In the past, people in rural areas were relatively poor, and the only fish they could eat were the cheapest silver carp or bighead carp. At this point, some friends may not know much about silver carp and bighead carp, so let me tell you about the difference between silver carp and bighead carp.

First of all, silver carp and bighead carp are both among the four major carps. The four major carps are all light-water fish, including black carp, grass carp, silver carp and bighead carp. Silver carp is called bighead carp among the four major carps, and it mainly feeds on plankton and small organisms in the pond. Bighead carp is also called bighead carp, because its color is darker than silver carp, and its body color is black and white, so it is called bighead carp. The reason why silver carp and bighead carp are cheap is that their scales are particularly small and dense, and the fish bones on their bodies are particularly small and fragile, which are not very good to cook or eat.

The silver carp eats its head and the bighead carp eats its meat. A very popular Sichuan dish is chopped pepper fish head, in which the fish head is what we call silver carp today. The silver carp has a relatively large head. However, silver carp is mostly made into dried fish. After being processed into fishing rods, it becomes fragile repeatedly, which reduces the risk of being stuck by fish bones when eaten. Moreover, the silver carp grows very fast under the right water temperature and sufficient feed. It can grow to more than 3 kilograms in a year, which means that silver carp and bighead carp can be fully put on the market in one year.

In fact, both silver carp and bighead carp are not very popular in rural areas now. A few days ago, Lao Zhang went to the market and saw that the price of silver carp and bighead carp this year was only more than five yuan, while grass carp was eight yuan per catty. You can imagine that now that living conditions are better, rural people don’t like to eat silver carp and bighead carp anymore, and most of the time they would rather choose carp.

What is the difference between the silver carp and bighead carp that are commonly eaten in rural areas?

As one of the domesticated freshwater fish, silver carp has always been widely farmed in Huayaomei’s hometown, especially in freshwater lakes, where it occupies a large proportion. Therefore, she is more familiar with bighead carp and silver carp, and can tell them apart at a glance. They can be distinguished from the following aspects.

First, the silver carp is different in appearance. First of all, the so-called "flowered silver carp" is also called "flowered face". At first glance, the head and face of the fish are flowery, that is, the silver carp is covered with light black spots from head to tail, while the silver carp has no black spots, and its scales are all white.

Secondly, silver carp looks chubby from head to tail, especially its head is relatively large, the ratio of which to the body is almost 1:1 or 1:2, while bighead carp looks flat from head to tail, its head is relatively small, the ratio of which to the body is 1:3.

In addition, looking at the abdomen, the silver carp has an obvious crease on its abdomen, while the bighead carp has a smooth abdomen with no creases, so it is easy to distinguish them from the appearance!

Second, the price is different. Silver carp likes to live in the upper layer of the water, eating phytoplankton such as green algae. Its meat is relatively loose and has a strong fishy smell.

Silver carp likes to live in the middle and upper layers of the water, eating plankton such as water fleas. Its meat is more delicate and thicker, so the price is different. Silver carp is cheaper than bighead carp. In our local area, the price of silver carp is 2-3 yuan per catty, while that of bighead carp is about 4-5 yuan per catty!

The third is the different ways of eating. Because the meat of silver carp is not as delicate and sweet as that of bighead carp, and it has more small and spicy bones, we locals prefer to eat bighead carp, especially the head of silver carp. Whether making clear soup or chopped pepper fish head, we like to use silver carp.

Silver carp is mostly used for pickling, or cut into pieces to make pickled fish or salted fish, which can then be steamed or fried. It is a good dish to go with rice.

Fourth, from the perspective of fishing enthusiasts, the fishing methods are different. Because there are many silver carp in our local fish ponds and lakes, there are also many anglers, but the fishing methods are different for the same silver carp.

To fish for silver carp, you need to use sour bait and float it at a depth of 40 cm. To fish for bighead carp, you need to use smelly bait and float it at a depth of about 60 cm. I personally like fishing very much, so I have some experience in fishing for silver carp!

What is the difference between silver carp and bighead carp commonly eaten in rural areas?

Silver carp and bighead carp are very common fish species in Qingshuitang, and perhaps in other freshwater areas or fish farming areas. After all, they are one of the "four major carps", the other two being black carp and grass carp.

What is the difference between silver carp and bighead carp? Qingshuitang shares his views.

From the perspective of morphology, there are several points that can be used as the basis for distinction:

First, the body color is different. This is the most direct difference between silver carp and bighead carp. The overall body color of silver carp is relatively white, especially the sides and abdomen, which are very white. But bighead carp is different. The sides of bighead carp are covered with black and white scales. Qingshuitang thought that this should also be the meaning of their names. Silver carp is all white, while bighead carp has black and white scales like flowers.

Second, the body size is different. Silver carp has another name called bighead fish because its head is really big. In comparison, the head of silver carp is obviously smaller than that of bighead carp. In general, the head of silver carp is smaller, and the body occupies most of the body, while the head of silver carp is very large, and the head almost occupies about 30%-40% of the entire body. This is also a good way to distinguish silver carp from bighead carp.

Third, the abdomen is different. Silver carp has some obvious folds on its belly fins, but bighead carp does not. In comparison, bighead carp's belly fins are very smooth. In addition, the lateral lines on both sides of silver carp are also very obvious, while bighead carp is not easy to find.

The above are some simple ways to distinguish silver carp from bighead carp. So what is the situation in the market?

I don't know about other places, but in Qingshuitang, not many people eat silver carp. If you want to eat fish, between silver carp and bighead carp, it is almost certain that people prefer bighead carp. Why? In terms of taste, the meat of bighead carp feels more delicate, and has fewer bones than silver carp. As mentioned earlier, the head of silver carp occupies almost half of the body. People eat silver carp for this fish head. I believe everyone has eaten "chopped pepper fish head", right? It must be made with silver carp head to be tasty.

What are silver carp used for in Qingshui Pond? It's not that no one eats silver carp, but very few people eat it. In many cases, silver carp is raised by farmers themselves, and then caught by themselves to feed eels and crayfish.

The above are some of Qingshuitang’s views. Everyone is welcome to share their opinions.

What is the difference between the silver carp and bighead carp that are commonly eaten in rural areas?

First of all, silver carp and bighead carp are both freshwater fish raised by farmers in rural ponds and reservoirs. Both fish look fat and large, but when they are eaten, they have many thin bones that are difficult to remove, and the meat is not very tender. Compared with the two fish, bighead carp may be better than silver carp. Bighead carp has a big head. Rural people know that silver carp head and Spanish mackerel tail taste more delicious than meat.

At a small farmer's market not far from our home, there is a man who comes to sell silver carp every evening. There are silver carp and bighead carp. When we get off work every day, there are many people around. Business is booming. I found that many people only buy the head of the bighead carp, but not the body. At first I was very surprised and thought those people who bought fish were stupid, but later I realized that I was stupid. People buy silver carp heads and stew them into soup after returning home. The soup stewed with silver carp heads is not only delicious, but also rich in nutrition.

Here, many mothers who are in confinement after childbirth will buy silver carp heads home and stew them over a slow fire. The stewed soup is snow-white and not only increases the nutrition for the mother's body, but after drinking it, it will also promote the smooth flow of milk and is more beneficial to the baby's physical development. It can be said that it is rich in nutrition for both adults and children.

When it comes to the difference between silver carp and bighead carp, in addition to the silver carp head, there is a clear difference in the scales. The silver carp scales are clearly black and white, while the silver carp scales are all white. In addition, the silver carp does not have a head as big as the silver carp, and the meat is not as tender, so the selling price is cheaper than the silver carp. In addition, the silver carp is larger than the silver carp. But to be honest, although it is said that the silver carp head stew is particularly nutritious, I don’t like to drink silver carp soup, nor do I like to eat silver carp meat. I always feel that freshwater fish is not as delicious as seawater fish.

Ten years ago, whenever there was a wedding or funeral in the village, you could still see silver carp everywhere. But if you have the opportunity to attend a buffet now, you will find that few people still eat these two kinds of fish!

This is silver carp

This is silver carp

Let's get back to the topic. As a foodie who grew up in a fish pond, I have eaten a lot of silver carp. Every year when the fish pond is full of fish, silver carp is like free. However, those foodies who really know the business know that silver carp weighing more than 4 kilograms is considered to be useless. There was a time when silver carp and carp were must-haves for festive occasions in the villagers' homes. Now, who takes these two kinds of fish seriously? The status of carp has even fallen to the ground!

Silver carp became popular later. When it first appeared on the market, no one in the village recognized it and it was basically priced the same as silver carp. Just think about it, who would spend the same amount of money to buy such a big fish head? Wouldn’t that be crazy?! So for a long time, silver carp was not so popular. Although its meat is more tender and has less earthy smell, it is short. It is not cost-effective to eat it yourself, and it is embarrassing to use it for weddings and funerals!

Later, when chicken feet were called phoenix feet, the status of silver carp in the village also soared, because it was said that people in the city loved to eat silver carp heads, and the price suddenly exceeded that of bighead carp. The fish ponds in the village quickly replenished the fish that year, but silver carp was indeed not as productive as bighead carp. Fortunately, people only ate it a few times during festivals. Later, although silver carp always surpassed bighead carp, fewer and fewer people ate it, and even carp began to lose popularity, not to mention crucian carp.

The wheat ears and river shrimps that were once thrown on the roadside and no one bought have become everyone's favorite. Every time when I go home during the Qingming Festival, I can always see people fishing them out of the river. They sell them for 50 yuan for two pounds without bargaining. I go home and cook them with mixed fish and pancakes, and the whole family loves them.

Things are different nowadays. Fish such as Wuchang, river perch, and Duobao have begun to enter the homes of ordinary people. Silver carp, bighead carp, and carp can no longer maintain their original status. If you go to visit relatives in the village now, no one will take these fish seriously!

Ok, I'm getting off topic now. Let's talk about these two fish. It's actually very simple to tell them apart:

Silver carp is snow-white all over, with a slightly small head, a slightly loose texture, small and dense spines, and basically lives in the middle and upper water layers. This is the most obvious feeling when fishing.

Silver carp is also called fathead fish. Its body is covered with black spots and its head is so big that it basically takes up half of its body. It basically lives in the middle water layer. It tastes much better than bighead carp, and is tender and juicy. The meat is also much firmer and it has fewer bones than bighead carp. But who buys silver carp to eat the body of the fish? It’s all for the big head!

Finally, here is my own specialty, fish head pancake recipe.

1. Chop the fish head with a knife, do not cut it off, and marinate it with scallion, ginger, cooking wine, soy sauce, and a small amount of salt for half an hour

2. Heat the pan with cold oil (to prevent the fish skin from falling off), use kitchen paper to absorb the surface moisture of the fish head, fry the skin side first, put it in and do not move it for 2 minutes, then fry the other side

3. Mix a bowl of sauce, bean paste, sweet noodle sauce in a ratio of 2:1, according to personal taste, then add pepper, aniseed, scallion, ginger, garlic, dried chili, soy sauce, cooking wine, a small amount of sugar, appropriate amount of salt, add 100, stir evenly and set aside

4. When the fish is almost fried, pour the seasoning all at once, cover and simmer for 30 seconds, then pour in boiling water until it covers the fish head.

5. Cook over high heat for about 20 minutes, and use a spoon to continuously pour the fish soup on the fish head until the soup is almost dried up!

The difference is: silver carp is 4 yuan per catty, bighead carp is 8 yuan per catty. The second difference: cooking silver carp requires a skilled cook, but cooking bighead carp is anyone's thing!

Silver carp and bighead carp are both what we often call the "four major carp" species. The four major carps are divided into silver carp (silver carp), bighead carp (bighead carp), grass carp and black carp according to the depth of the water they live in. Silver carp lives in the top layer of the water and eats phytoplankton such as green algae; bighead carp (bighead carp/fathead carp) lives in the middle and upper layers of the water and eats protozoa, water fleas and other zooplankton.

Silver carp and bighead carp look very similar. The most obvious difference between the two is that the head of silver carp is bigger, commonly known as fathead fish/bighead fish. Silver carp is also much bigger than silver carp. Silver carp has patterns similar to black spots on its body, while silver carp has no patterns on its body.

The most popular dish we usually eat, fish head with chopped pepper, is made of silver carp, which has a large head and fine meat, rich in collagen, and is definitely the best choice for fish head with chopped pepper. Silver carp has relatively loose meat and many small bones, so silver carp is the first choice when cooking fish at home.

Moreover, silver carp is relatively cheap in price. Bighead carp is generally nearly twice as expensive as silver carp. For example, if the market price of silver carp is 2.5 yuan per catty, bighead carp can probably be sold at 4-5 yuan per catty.

Judging from the abdomen, the belly ridge of silver carp is longer than that of bighead carp, and the pectoral of silver carp is not as big as that of bighead carp. Back to the most crucial point, the taste of bighead carp is much better than that of silver carp.

Every year, we can see in the news that fishermen in a certain place or country have caught large silver carp, but there are rarely large bighead carp, which also shows that silver carp is too common. I often hear people say that silver carp is good for IQ, memory, and delays aging. For me who often eats bighead carp, I deeply agree with this.

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What is the difference between silver carp and flower chain fish, which are commonly eaten in rural areas? If you are not someone who often deals with fish, it is really difficult to tell them apart. Let me explain.

Silver Carp

Silver carp

First, the difference in appearance is that the silver carp is white, while the bighead carp has spots on its body. This is the most intuitive difference. Although the bodies of these two fish are very similar, there is a clear difference in the color of their bodies.

Second, the difference is in the head. Silver carp has a smaller head, while bighead carp has a larger head, which is also known as big-head fish. This is another significant feature of the two fish. When you go to the market to buy fish, silver carp is sold as a whole fish, while bighead carp is sold with its head and body separated.

3. In terms of price, the market price of silver carp is relatively cheap, generally 4 to 5 yuan per catty, while the price of bighead carp is more expensive, especially the fish head, which is generally around 11 to 12 yuan.

4. The difference when cooking: when eating silver carp, there is less meat on the part under the gills on the head, so it is usually steamed or boiled. However, there is more meat on the head of bighead carp, which is especially suitable for making fish head tofu soup, chopped pepper fish head, etc.

Silver carp cooking pictures

Silver carp cooking pictures

In short, silver carp and bighead carp not only differ greatly in appearance, but also in processing, and their market popularity is also different. Compared with today's higher living conditions, silver carp is more popular in the market.

What is the difference between the silver carp and bighead carp commonly eaten in rural areas? Although they are both called silver carp, the difference between silver carp and bighead carp is quite large. Not only are their appearance and color different, but their meat is also very different. Bighead carp is also called bighead carp. As a typical upper layer fish, silver carp and bighead carp are the main fish used to purify water quality in many reservoirs and lakes. Silver carp and bighead carp are the most sensitive to water quality. As long as there is a slight problem with the water quality, silver carp and bighead carp will be the first to be unable to adapt, and will show abnormal behavior of jumping out of the water. When the water quality deteriorates, silver carp and bighead carp will also be the first to die.

Silver carp and bighead carp grow rapidly. As upper-level fish, they not only grow to a large size, but also have a large mouth. This large mouth allows the silver carp to better absorb mayflies and some powdery food in the water. The silver carp's meat is far less delicious and its price is not as good as that of bighead carp. In the market, bighead carp is also easier to sell than silver carp and is more popular with consumers. Silver carp and bighead carp both have large heads. The bighead carp's head is larger than that of the silver carp, and the head accounts for a very high proportion, so the bighead carp is also commonly known as fathead fish. In addition to the big difference in the head, the silver carp's spotted body and black skin are also very different from those of the silver carp.

In the past, people did not know how to cook bighead carp. Using bighead carp to entertain guests would be considered unpresentable, so the bighead carp would be given to servants to eat. In ancient times, servants were also called mediocre people, and this unpresentable fish was also called bighead carp. With the improvement of cooking techniques, silver carp and bighead carp have long become a delicacy. Not only can they be served on the table, but they have also become an indispensable fish ingredient in many restaurants, especially the chopped pepper fish head, which is the favorite of foodies. When eating fish heads, bighead carp is naturally the best, as the meat is tender, smooth and delicious, and is a very popular delicacy.

What is the difference between the silver carp and bighead carp that we have been catching for a long time?

Silver carp and bighead carp are two of the four major carps we usually talk about. The four major carps are mainly black carp, grass carp, silver carp and bighead carp. Of course, in some places, black carp is removed and replaced by carp.

Silver carp, also known as silver carp, has a flat body, but not as flat as bream, and its back is slightly larger than its abdomen. It has a slightly smaller head, a dark green back, and a short fin on its back.

The belly is white, with a pair of fins on each side, and there is also a fin from the anus to the tail.

Silver carp has small, even tiny, and dense scales, covering the entire body except for the head. Among the four major carps, silver carp has the most bone fibers. Many people think that silver carp has too many bone fibers, so they don't like to eat it.

Some people think the texture of the meat is delicious, while others think it is not. I think the biggest reason is that people don’t know how to cook it. Whether silver carp is delicious or not has a lot to do with cooking.

Silver carp is actually what we usually call bighead carp. It has many names, such as bighead fish, fathead fish, male fish, and Baotou fish.

Bighead carp and silver carp are actually very similar. Their body shape, size, number of fins, scales, etc. are very similar. However, no matter how similar they are, there are still differences.

First, the difference in the head. The head of bighead carp is much larger than that of silver carp. There is a part of soft tissue like tofu in the head of bighead carp, which is not found in silver carp.

The back of silver carp is dark blue, while the back of bighead carp has black spots. The whole body of silver carp is white, while the color of bighead carp is much darker, and there are pockmarks near the back.

The shark fins are also different, silver carp's fins are thinner, and bighead carp's fins are forked.

After bighead carp is cooked, there are not as many bones as silver carp. As for the taste, everyone has different opinions.

Simply put, to distinguish whether a fish is silver carp or bighead carp, you need to look at the head. If the head is relatively large, it is bighead carp, just like a big-headed doll, which seems to be out of proportion with the body.

Look at the body color. If there are irregular spots on the back, it is a bighead carp. If the body is white, it is a silver carp.

Look at the shark fins. If the fins are forked, it is a bighead carp. If the fins are smaller, it is a silver carp.

Finally, it’s time to eat it. The head of a bighead carp is delicious no matter how it is cooked. When the dish is served, everyone rushes to eat the fish head, which means the fish is most likely a bighead carp. So, don’t be too slow.