Abstract: Hidden in the mud, the blood is poisonous, but it is a fish that can be eaten without internal organs, but it is difficult to find in the wild
Spring is coming, and the farmers are about to start busy with spring plowing again.
In the spring, when everything recovered, not only did the flowers and trees change, but many animals began to become active.
In rice paddies, fish ponds and rivers, several animals become more common.
Like this time, some places are about to start ploughing the farmland again, and if you are lucky, you can see loach, yellow eel and other fish in the mud.
And today XiaoMao wants to talk to everyone about nothing else, that is, the yellow eel hidden in the mud. So how much do you know about the strange-looking fish of the yellow eel?
Love hides in the mud, and the blood is poisonous
The yellow eel is a creature that is really a little strange, it does not look like a fish, but it looks a bit like a snake, but it is called "eel".
And unlike most fish, yellow eels prefer to hide in the mud. Especially in some of the more fertile and deep silt, the yellow eel is the largest.
Like the countryside before, there were some masters who could dig yellow eels, so they specially went to some riverside silt and rice paddies to dig yellow eels, and lucky eels could dig up some large yellow eels weighing a few pounds.
In fact, don't look at the slender eel, and even a little cute. However, it is a carnivorous animal, mainly based on benthic animal food, such as earthworms in the water, tadpoles, small fish and shrimp and snail mussels, etc., of course, sometimes eat some scraps and algae, melon vegetables and so on.
And one thing that is particularly different is that the breeding method of the yellow eel is very special. It has a characteristic phenomenon of "sexual reversal".
Each yellow eel is female when it first comes out, and when it matures and reproduces once, it will all become male.
That is to say, each yellow eel is first a mother, and then a father, is it not very magical? This is also the reason why some of the larger yellow eels are generally males.
In addition, although the yellow eel is delicious, it needs to be noted that the blood of the yellow eel is poisonous. In particular, the larger the yellow eel, the more toxic it is in its serum.
If eaten directly, it will stimulate our mouth, digestive tract mucosa, and serious damage to our nervous system, making people numb, respiratory and circulatory failure and death.
Therefore, when most people cook yellow eel, they first bleed it, that is, do not eat its blood.
However, the toxins in the serum of yellow eels also have disadvantages, that is, they are not heat tolerant. As long as it is cooked, even after eating it, it is no big problem, because the heat destroys its toxins and will be digested by the gastric juice.
There are few fish that can be eaten without even having to go to the offal
The history of the consumption of eel on the mainland is very long, which has been recorded in many ancient writings, and it is not only edible, but also has medicinal value.
This is recorded in ancient medical productions such as "Materia Medica Collection", "Materia Medica Derivation", "Materia Medica Seeking Origin" and "Compendium of Materia Medica".
And it is worth mentioning that most fish need to be removed before cooking, so as not to affect the consumption.
However, although the yellow eel loves to move in the mud and the blood is also slightly poisonous, it is one of the few fish that can be directly cooked and eaten without even handling the internal organs.
Like Xiao Mao's hometown of Hengyang, there is a famous dish - Panlong Yellow Eel, that is, after the yellow eel is cleaned, then it is directly heated under the oil, poured into the yellow eel, and then added chili, soy sauce, salt and other condiments according to the taste.
The yellow eel made by such a simple and rough method is a very delicious appetizer.
Prices are rising year by year, but wild is hard to find!
During the Spring Festival, he went to the market to see someone selling yellow eels, which cost more than 70 yuan a catty, and he said that he dug it in the paddy field.
But my friend told me that these are artificially farmed wild yellow eels, and if they are real wild yellow eels, they don't need to be taken to the market, they are all directly purchased at home.
I remember when I was a child, when I went to the rice field to catch yellow eels in the summer, I could catch up to ten pounds a night. At that time, a pound of yellow eels was six or seven yuan, but now it has risen tenfold, and it is difficult to find a fish.
Indeed, the yellow eels seen on the market now are basically farmed, but their prices are not cheap, and the price in most areas is forty or fifty yuan a catty.
If it's wild, then the price is even more expensive.
It's just a pity that now the wild yellow eels are about to become extinct, and many places can no longer be seen.
Dear netizens, are there more wild yellow eels in your hometown? Do you like to eat panlong yellow eel? Welcome to leave a message in the comment area below to discuss!