Speaking of yellow eels and loach, many people should not be unfamiliar, but when it comes to "earth dragons", many people may not have heard of them, and today I will share with you the legendary anecdotes of these three kinds of snake-like fish.
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The scientific name of "earth dragon" is called omnivorous eel, which mainly inhabits the intertidal zone or estuary with sandy mud substrate, is a benthic nocturnal fish, has the habit of digging holes and building burrows, and is usually hidden in the caves it excavates. It is carnivorous, feeding on fish and crustaceans.
There are many legends in the history of China, according to the wild history: after the Sui Emperor learned that the earth dragon was a male sacred product, he ordered the Taiyi to soak it in chinese medicine, and also developed the earth dragon into a medicinal powder, as the best sacred product for nourishing the yin and tonifying the kidneys in the palace. Most of the legends of the earth dragon emphasize its effect of strengthening the body and aphrodisiac, which is very exaggerated and untrue, but also because of these false rumors, the earth dragon has become a well-known tonic in the southern folk, but the local wild earth dragon production is very small, almost to the point where "one dragon" is difficult to find.
The way of catching the earth dragon can only rely on experienced fishermen, at low tide in the intertidal zone freehand catching, after the low tide of the earth dragon are hiding under the sediment, must rely on the accumulated experience to determine the hiding place of the earth dragon, so the catch is very small, the price is relatively expensive, and the import of the earth dragon from other countries and regions, the price is much cheaper, because the folk have always believed that the imported earth dragon efficacy is much worse than the local production.
Many fishermen of the older generation have the first impression of the earth dragon is the three words of "very supplementary", so the earth dragon on the market uses the way of medicinal stew, and there are also many folk recipes to make the earth dragon into "earth dragon medicinal wine", which is very popular with some men.
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Loach is found in freshwater waters in many areas, often inhabiting paddy fields, ditches or ponds with a silty substrate, while there are more still waters with silt or slow flowing waters, and there is a habit of diving into the mud bottom. In addition to using gills to breathe, loaches can also use the intestines and skin to breathe, so it is often seen in ponds that loach quickly inhales on the surface of the water and then quickly dives, so it can hide in the mud that is only slightly wet. Loach is omnivorous and eats a wide variety of foods, such as plankton, freshwater shrimp, insect larvae, algae or organic matter in the soil, and the loach breeding season is from April to August.
Loach is a very common freshwater fish, many people should have caught it, and there are many proverbs in the folk:
"Dead loach in March, wind beats rice in June": If the heat is too hot in March, some loach in the water will be heated to death, symbolizing that the typhoon will come prematurely, and the rice will be destroyed by it in June.
"Both do loach, not afraid to dig the eyes": the loach's living habit is to dig holes in the mud, that is, to educate people, once engaged in a certain industry, do not be afraid of hard work, work hard.
Loach from the early days to the present is mostly cooked in the way of medicinal stew, mostly used to supplement the body, especially the elders will often stew loach for developing children to eat, loach can also be used to cook soup or make three cups of loach.
Loach cultured
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Also known as eels, the larger yellow eels mostly inhabit rivers or ponds, while smaller ones inhabit paddy fields or ditches. Yellow eels prefer to inhabit environments with dirty water and silty substrates, and have the habit of digging holes as a nest, and the caves dug usually have more than two exits, and one of the outlets must be higher than the water surface to breathe or avoid predators.
Yellow eel is carnivorous, mostly hiding in the nests dug during the day rarely appears, mostly using nocturnal activities and foraging, belongs to the nocturnal fish, its food sources are mostly small fish, shrimp and insects, as long as it is a small animal can be eaten.
Yellow eels have the characteristics of sexual transformation, more than 46 cm are males, 28 cm or less are females, and between 28 and 46 cm are hermaphrodites, and between May and September every year, a large spawning chamber is built in the channel they have dug, and the eggs are laid in this chamber, and the males will protect these fertilized eggs in the pores.
Yellow eel for Chinese, mostly used to "supplement the body", according to folk sayings, eels are sweet and warm, have the effect of activating blood and replenishing blood, and have a slight effect on rheumatic pain.
The flesh of the yellow eel is tender and boneless, so in addition to medicinal stew, other cooking methods include grilled eel, fried eel or eel noodles, of which eel noodles are a very famous snack in the south.
Famous snack Eel noodles