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The difference between farmed yellow croaker and wild yellow croaker

1. Differences in appearance:

The body color of wild yellow croaker is more yellow, the mouth is more red, the body is more slender and the belly is smaller. Because of its living environment, the mouth and eye circles of wild yellow croaker appear larger, the scales are coarse, and the meat is relatively densely arranged, making it chewy and delicious.

Artificially farmed yellow croaker has a relatively leisurely life in cages and lacks exercise, so it has a fatter body, a bloated belly, a dark yellow or grayish skin color, and light-colored lips.

2. Difference in meat texture:

The fins of wild yellow croaker are generally clean and complete, with long fins. When they are caught from the sea, they die due to the bursting of their swim bladder caused by the decrease in air pressure, and there is little painful struggle.

The taste is better, and the scales and fins will not leave any signs of congestion.

Those fins look a little red, a little broken, and have a shorter fin shape;

Artificially farmed large yellow croaker is usually kept in cages, where it is easy to get hurt when swimming in a small space.

At present, some deep-sea farmed yellow croakers are somewhat similar in appearance to wild yellow croakers, but the meat is a bit soft and the taste is not as pure as that of wild ones.

3. Yellow croaker is divided into large yellow croaker and small yellow croaker, which are one of the four major marine species in my country.

Big yellow croaker is also called Daxian, golden dragon, cucumber fish, red melon, golden dragon, osmanthus yellow croaker, big king fish, big yellow croaker; small yellow croaker is also called plum, plum fish, small king fish, Xiaoxian, small spring fish, small cucumber fish, thick scales, and flower fish.

They all belong to the class of fish, family of Sciaenidae.

Additional information:

1. Wild large yellow croaker is distributed in the southern Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and the South China Sea, while small yellow croaker is distributed in the Yellow Sea, Bohai Sea, East China Sea and the west coast of North Korea.

Large yellow croaker usually lives in deep sea areas. From April to June, they migrate to the coastal areas to spawn. After spawning, they scatter along the coast to feed. In autumn and winter, they migrate to deep sea areas.

Small yellow croaker migrates to the coast in spring, spawns between March and June, and then disperses in the near sea to feed. They return to the deep sea in late autumn and hibernate in the deep sea in winter.

Before the end of the month, yellow croaker is put on the market in large quantities. Sometimes it is very cheap. Even peddlers and poor people will weigh two pounds to try it. It can be found everywhere, either smoked or fried.

At the sound of thunder, the fish sank to the bottom of the sea, becoming difficult to retrieve with a net, and the price of fish increased accordingly.

There are two types of yellow croaker: large yellow croaker and small yellow croaker. The large yellow croaker has thick meat but is a bit rough and tough, while the small yellow croaker has tender and delicious meat but has more bones.

2. Yellow croaker farming: Strengthen daily protection of the cage area environment

After two years of continuous breeding in cages in each breeding area, the flow-blocking devices and cages should be uniformly removed and allowed to rest for 3 to 6 months.

Depending on the depth of the cage location, after 4 to 5 years of farming, the fish can be raised in the reserved vacant sea area.

Move the cage location.

The bottom sediment of the original cage site is also cleaned to facilitate the restoration of the bottom sediment ecological environment.

Environmental sanitation in the cage area: Domestic sewage such as human feces and urine, waste, leftover bait, garbage, dead fish, oil pollution, etc. on the fish cages should be collected ashore for harmless treatment.

The replaced net cages should be disinfected and rinsed in the striped cloth box, and the wastewater from rinsing the net cages should be collected and treated.

There should be anti-oil pollution facilities around the "fish raft".

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Yellow Croaker

How to make yellow croaker fish maw?

The method of making yellow croaker fish maw is as follows:

1. Materials

50g yellow croaker isinglass, 7 red dates, half a white fungus (for 1 person)

2. Practice

1. Soak the fish maw for about 2 hours until it softens and cut it into strips with scissors. Wash the red dates and white fungus.

2. Put the fish glue, red dates and white fungus into the stew pot, add appropriate amount of water, and stew for about 2 hours.

3. After stewing, add a little white sugar or rock sugar for seasoning.

The main components of fish maw are high-grade collagen, multiple vitamins, and multiple trace elements such as calcium, zinc, iron, and selenium. Its protein content is as high as 84.2%, and its fat content is only 0.2%, making it an ideal high-protein, low-fat food. It is a raw material for the human body to supplement and synthesize protein, and is easy to absorb and utilize.

A functional fish protein. In appearance, new fish maw is white and transparent, while old fish maw is dark yellow, wrinkled, and full of cracks. In terms of taste, new fish maw has a sticky texture, while old fish maw has no stickiness at all. When boiled, it becomes very thick, even more than one centimeter, like eating sponge cake, and is white powder.

Fish maw is usually derived from totoaba. There is no scientific consensus on the nutritional value of fish maw. It is known that the demand for fish maw has caused many species such as yellow croaker and totoaba to be on the verge of extinction.

The method of making yellow croaker fish maw is as follows:

Material

50g yellow croaker isinglass, 7 red dates, half a white fungus (for 1 person)

practice

1 Soak the fish maw until soft (about 2 hours) and cut it into strips with scissors. Wash the red dates and white fungus.

2Put the fish glue, red dates and white fungus into a stew pot, add appropriate amount of water, and stew for about 2 hours.

3 After stewing, add a little white sugar or rock sugar for seasoning.

Ingredients: 30 grams of isinglass (cut the isinglass into shreds first), some red dates, and a little rock sugar.

Stewing method: Wash all ingredients with warm water, put them into a pot, add two bowls of boiling water, boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat until dissolved into one bowl.

Efficacy: This recipe has the effects of regulating menstruation, promoting blood circulation, replenishing blood, and relieving cough. It is especially suitable for women before and after childbirth, after surgery, chronic cough, physical weakness, and anemia. If you take it regularly, the nutrition is balanced and it is guaranteed to make you look many years younger. Recommended recipe 2:

Ingredients: 100g isinglass, 5g Panax notoginseng.

Stewing method: Soak the isinglass in clean water overnight to expand and soften, then cut into pieces. Wash and break the Panax notoginseng with clean water, put it into a stewing pot together with the isinglass, add appropriate amount of cold boiled water, cover the stewing pot with a lid, put it into the pot, and stew it over low heat for about four hours. Season with a little fine salt and it is ready to drink as a side dish.

Effects: Since Panax notoginseng can remove blood stasis, stop bleeding, reduce swelling and relieve pain, combined with fish glue which has the effect of nourishing yin, it becomes a stew soup with the effects of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, nourishing yin and benefiting essence, and nourishing the skin. Recommended recipe three: (fish glue tonic soup)

Ingredients: 100g fish glue, 20g psoralea corylifolia (a traditional Chinese medicine), appropriate amount of salt and MSG. Stewing method: Put fish glue and psoralea corylifolia into a pot, add appropriate amount of water, add salt and cook for 1 hour, then add MSG.

Do you mean to eat the dried fish maw of yellow croaker, or to make the fish bladder of yellow croaker into dried fish maw?

The fish maw of yellow croaker can be prepared in any way, but it is recommended to stew it in clear water (stew it in water) with some rock sugar and ginger slices.

If you want to make fish maw into isinglass, it is even simpler. After taking out the fish maw, cut open the head and take out the inner membrane, clean the blood and blood clots, then wash and dry it.