Question: Which of the following two pieces of fish is salmon and which is rainbow trout? ☟
(Oops...) Silly is not clear! ）
Answer: Salmon ← left; rainbow trout → right. (The specific analysis is as follows ☟)
Eight fresh sisters to break the dumplings to say the filling: first of all, we are familiar with salmon (see the most complete introduction), the current Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), is the world's earliest farmed, the largest production, the highest market awareness of salmon. Norway is the founding country of Atlantic salmon farming, but also the world's largest aquaculture products, Norwegian salmon is actually farmed Atlantic salmon. The salmon currently on the market is mainly Atlantic salmon. As the imported Atlantic salmon has become better and better in the Chinese market in recent years, the domestic salmon and rainbow trout have also begun to introduce Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout, and large-size salmon (about 4 kg of adult fish, fleshy pink) is used to replace imported farmed Atlantic salmon.
Rainbow trout
Rainbow trout belongs to the genus Salmon, while true salmon belongs to salmon. Rainbow trout is a freshwater fish, and the taste, nutrition and price differences are great compared to marine salmon. Due to the similarity of fish, rainbow trout is often sold in the market as "salmon". If consumers do not carefully distinguish, it is easy to buy "Li Ghost"! In particular, friends who love salmon sashimi need to pay more attention, rainbow trout is not suitable for raw food, freshwater sashimi is best not to eat!
Tips for distinguishing salmon from rainbow trout
Complete fish body to see the characteristics
size:
Atlantic salmon are usually over 10 pounds and are 1 meter long.
Rainbow trout is generally about 3-4 pounds, the maximum is about 8 pounds, and only about one pound a year.
appearance:
Atlantic salmon have silvery grey surfaces with some black spots.
Rainbow trout have a pink line on the side of the body, and this difference is obvious. ☟
Split the fish chunks to see the details:
Fishskin:
The scales and descales of Atlantic salmon take on a diamond-shaped pattern; the scales of rainbow trout are thin and dense, with a circular pattern. ☟
Colors and textures:
Atlantic salmon meat, bright color, orange-red flesh, clear fat lines, tight and firm flesh, no blood or bruises.
Rainbow trout have a reddish flesh color and scattered lines. Because the whole rainbow trout is smaller than salmon, the pattern is relatively denser, and the spacing between the lines is narrower, compared with the looser freshwater fish meat. ☟ (The fish on the right at the beginning of the article clearly satisfies these characteristics!) ）
Cooked fish to see the color and taste
The cooked salmon meat is pale pink in color, tender and delicious, sweet in the mouth, and the meat is firm and complete.
Cooked rainbow trout is relatively darker in color, has some wood in the mouth, and the meat is loose and easy to break. ☟
See the price? Or not!
Norwegian salmon is relatively expensive. However, judging by the price seems to be unreliable! After all, fish is immutable, the price is variable, I hope that when you buy salmon, you can combine the above characteristics and details to distinguish, you need "salmon".
The name of aquatic products is deep, and it is necessary to distinguish the depth of kung fu
Salmon as a product name, with the expansion of the salmon consumption market, the definition of "salmon" is increasingly controversial. For example, rainbow trout, some people call it "freshwater salmon", not to mention whether it is reasonable. Manufacturers do not indicate the scientific name of the aquatic product itself, but all use the name "salmon", different aquatic feeding methods, nutritional value and consumption methods are different. Is this unfair to consumers who are not familiar with the characteristics of aquatic products?
Friends decide whether to buy salmon or other fish according to their own and their family's physical condition, as well as how to cook it, and recommend that rainbow trout be cooked and eaten. Now many merchants sell "salmon", is rainbow trout! ☟
This picture is a screenshot of an e-commerce platform, the picture is rainbow trout, and the merchant writes salmon.
In addition to salmon, there are many aquatic products facing such problems, such as what we introduced for everyone before the eight fresh sea crossings: basha fish pretending to be dragon fish (click here to see what it is)! Now I don't have a discernment skill, and I don't dare to go out and buy fish! Don't be afraid, there are intimate eight fresh sisters, hug me tightly...
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