Spring Festival is the most important festival of the year for mainland people, Spring Festival is also a variety of daily necessities and food demand season, so many supplies and food prices will rise during the Spring Festival, pomfret is a member of the price increase, according to media reports, around New Year's Day a pound of about a pound of pomfret sold for 150-200 yuan / jin, a week ago rose to 500-600 yuan / jin, recently has risen to 800-1000 yuan / jin, two weeks, the price of pomfret rose 5 times, so "crazy" The price increase is rare in other foods. #谁在消费每斤售价高达千元大鲳鱼 #
The logic behind the crazy price increase of pomfrets
Big pomfret is the "hard currency" of the Spring Festival New Year market every year, just like Chinese tobacco and Moutai wine, big pomfret can stand out among many seafood and become a hard currency, thanks to its two characteristics:
First, the name is appropriate, "pomfret" is the same as "Chang", which has the beautiful meaning of prosperity, which is in line with most people's good wishes for life in the new year.
Second, the pomfret is fatty and nutritious, rich in protein and more than a dozen amino acids, which is an ideal food for providing high-quality protein for the human body and belongs to the precious edible economic fish. Each 100 grams of fish contains 15.6 grams of protein, 6.6 grams of fat, 19 mg of calcium, 240 mg of phosphorus, 0.3 mg of iron, it is rich in unsaturated fatty acids, can reduce the occurrence of cholesterol; trace elements selenium and magnesium, can prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, inhibit the occurrence of cancer, delay the aging of the body.
The "Compendium of Materia Medica" recorded: "Chang, Meiya, named after taste. Or clouds: fish swim in the water, and groups of fish follow, eating their saliva, similar to prostitution, hence the name. "Traditional Chinese medicine believes that pomfret is sweet and flat, has the effect of tonifying blood and qi, flexible muscles and bones, and can assist indigestion, spleen deficiency and diarrhea in the city.
According to Master Le, who has been in the seafood market for more than 10 years, although the price of large yellow croaker and red paste crab has also increased significantly, the price increase of large pomfret is higher than that of other seafood, an increase of more than 60% over the same period last year.
The logic of the "skyrocketing price" of pomfret is not simply the relationship between supply and demand
It is understood that in recent years, the average weight and age composition of pomfret caught in the wild have decreased significantly, the resource situation of pomfret is deteriorating day by day, this year's fishing volume at sea is reduced, the catch of wild pomfret weighing about a pound is less, and on the other hand, it is now in the peak season of consumer demand during the Spring Festival, so that the market pomfret often appears "short supply" state, every time the large pomfret is out of stock will promote its price rise, some stores said that sometimes the price of pomfret rises several times a day.
In addition, the rise in prices and the rebound in market demand are also one of the reasons for the rise in the price of pomfrets.
Of course, the price of pomfret can get to the current "crazy" market, it is obviously difficult to rely on the relationship between supply and demand alone, which is mixed with other logic:
Citizen: "Those who buy do not eat, and those who eat do not buy." According to citizens who buy seafood, high-end seafood, including pomfrets, are often different buyers and consumers, because most people buy pomfret not to eat it themselves, but to thank customers, give gifts and meet the "special" needs of the New Year. "Knowledgeable guests can weigh the importance of the gift as soon as they receive the goods." After the big pomfret is pushed as the "hard currency" for gift-giving, the higher its price is, the more face the gift.
In addition, the rise in the price of pomfret is inseparable from the market speculation factor, according to the analysis of a chain enterprise leader, in order to inflate the price of each commodity and make it the focus of the market, some traders will "let the wind" through "circle of friends" and other ways, skyrocketing, crazy and other words come into view, to create a feeling of "tight" market for consumers, and then raise the price of sales to obtain higher benefits.
How do you pick fresh pomfrets?
Pomfret is so expensive, so how to pick fresh pomfret? The old fisherman said three main points:
1. Look at the body surface of the pomfrets, if the scale powder is close to the body of the fish, and shiny, the fish flesh is elastic to the touch, that is fresh pomfret, and if the scale powder falls off a lot, it is not fresh.
2. Look at the eyeballs of pomfrets, the eyeballs are full and translucent.
3. Look at the gills of pomfrets, the gills of fresh pomfret are purple-red, the color is clear and bright, if it is dark purple or gray-red, it is not fresh pomfret.