Squid seafood, belongs to the mollusk cephalopods, their bodies are almost only composed of head and brachiopods, so called cephalopods, such as squid, octopus, cuttlefish, nautilus and ship slugs are cephalopods. Cephalopods make up the mollusc phylum cephalopods.
Cephalopods include nautilus, squid, squid, octopus, etc. The body is symmetrical left and right. The head is well developed with a pair of well-developed eyes on either side. Part of the foot becomes a mollusk with a wrist, located around the mouth of the head. There are about 700 species in existence. Most of them can be eaten, and nautilus, squid, octopus, etc. can be eaten fresh or made into dried products. There are 5 main types of squid common in Dongshan Island Seafood Market. One of the most outstanding is the golden squid, whose flesh is thick and delicious, the output is very large, one of the four sea products in China, usually caught in trawl operations.
1. Squid
Squid, also known as flower branches, cuttlefish, and eyefish, is the most prominent smoking screen expert among cephalopods. The main feature is a calcareous inner shell (cuttlefish bone), located under the skin on the back of the coat, thick, boat-like.
1, ordinary squid, the representative type is the golden squid, medium-sized squid, can grow to larger, body length (without head) can be more than 20 cm, weight can reach 4 to 5 pounds.
2, tabby squid, Dongshan Island called Warsaw, body size and size similar to the golden squid, with tan stripes on the back.
3, the tip shell boy, this is the name of Dongshan Island, small body size, larger body length (without head) 10 cm, the main feature is that the cuttlefish bone has a slender, thorn-like tip, so it is named, after drying is considered to be the top of calcium supplementation.
4, "stink card blowing", the name is very indecent, but also the name of Dongshan Island, smaller body size, general length (without head) below 10 cm, about 5 cm the most common. The main feature is that the meat is particularly hard and very difficult to chew. It is said that its excretory tract also grows to the front tip of the body, which is very different from other squid, hence the name.
How to eat:
There are three most common ways to eat cuttlefish on Dongshan Island:
1, cuttlefish fried leeks, cuttlefish shredded, leeks cut into sections, stir-fried, quite famous home cooking!
2, smoked cuttlefish, cuttlefish boiled and smoked, and then cut into platters, this is a very famous cold dish on Dongshan Island, essential for the banquet!
3, dried cuttlefish boiled ribs, sun-dried cuttlefish boiled ribs, special fresh flavor, is a calcium supplement of the best soup.
2. Squid in the back ear
Dongshan Island is called ink bucket boy, the body is very small, the general length (without the head) is not more than 3 cm, the body is round and fat, quite cute, there is no calcareous cuttlefish bone in the body, and the transparent cuttlefish bone is almost degenerated. General trawls and fixed nets can be captured, but in recent years have rarely seen, I hope not to go extinct!
3. Octopus
Commonly known as octopus, Dongshan Island is called "dog water", belongs to the mollusk phylloscopus octacycephalus, because it has eight wrists on its head, so it is called "octopus", there are membranes connected between the wrists, the length is different, the wrist has 2 rows of sessile suction cups, the suction cup is handleless. There are three main species of octopus commonly found on Dongshan Island.
1, short foot stamp, belongs to the real slug, also known as short slug, is the most common octopus in our market.
2, long foot stamp, belongs to the long cockroach, the special fine on the brachiopod is their biggest feature, the meat is relatively rotten, more watery, not delicious, but can be processed into octopus balls.
3, stone residence, relatively large octopus, the skin looks rougher, generally reddish brown. The meat is relatively hard, and generally we process it into smoked octopus, then slice it into a cold dish, or cook garlic in a pressure cooker, which tastes quite good.
4, dried octopus, fresh octopus dried, generally can be used to cook soup, add pork belly, tofu, garlic segments, can cook a delicious Dongshan Island home cooking - four into the soup.
5, octopus foot products, which is a kind of foreign imported large octopus processed.
4. Squid
Squid, belonging to the mollusk order Gunslis, is the largest order of cephalopods. The body is narrow and long, gun-shaped, so it is also called gun squid. There are 10 appendages on the head, including 4 pairs of wrists and 1 pair of tentacles. Most of the wrist suction cups are 2 rows, and the touch wrist spike suction cups are mostly 4 rows. The inner shell horn is transparent and rod-shaped and is an important fishing object. There are three main names for squid on Higashiyama Island.
1, small tube, gun squid in the unique variety, small size, general length (without head) in about 10 cm, usually life cycle of one year, summer to offshore spawning, summer night by the coast near the light trapping operation, the object of fishing is the small tube, usually caught and eaten, not processed into dry products, the main methods are: oil stewing, steaming, boiling, stir-frying, etc., sweet and delicious, not forgetting!
2, large tube, squid, gun squid in the larger species, medium body size, general length (without head) in 20 or 30 cm, or even larger, mainly in the deep sea trawling catch, summer, can also be manually trapped, this is a unique squid catching method in southern Fujian, the output is considerable.
3, autumn strips, in fact, is also squid, in autumn, squid head to larger, body thin strips, weight is also larger, so it is called autumn strips, generally generally body length (excluding the head) in more than 30 cm.
For information on the processing method and how to eat squid, please refer to the content published on this platform on December 11, 2014.
4. Mother squid, generally a seeded female squid caught in Hong Kong in summer, mostly caught by hand, usually processed into dried products, is considered to be a nutritious food, and can usually be boiled porridge or boiled ribs.
5, dried squid, now mostly imported from Indonesia low-cost squid dried, the meat is not sweet, but the taste is almost the same.
6, tea or KTV dried squid, usually purchased from the North Sea or Vietnam dried dried squid, the meat is relatively thick, the taste is also good.
7, squid shredded or squid fillet products, usually by another type of squid imported from South America processed, this squid meat is harder, and the sweetness is poor, can only be processed into squid shreds.
Fifth, soft wire
The body size is between cuttlefish and squid, not wide nor narrow, the inner shell horn (cartilage) is transparent, plume-like, generally produced in summer or autumn, offshore reef edge can be caught, the taste is slightly harder than squid, generally suitable for cutting flowers and stir-frying leeks.
(Source: Dongshan Island Sea Fishing)
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