It's a good time to have no seafood!
Radar mesh with fish tender and fresh,
Nicknamed by foodies as small-eyed fish with small eyes.
It is often not available on the market, which is a pity.
After the full opening of fishing on September 16,
With the return of fishing boats to port,
They have successively appeared in the Ningbo vegetable market.
Radar net belt fish, also known as Zhoushan small eye belt fish, also known as "oil belt". The fish's eyes are dark and small, the whites of the eyes are many, the mouth is pointed (like the mouth of an eagle), and the flesh is thick. Fish scales are mostly grayish white, and the scales are easy to fall off.
See also radar nets with fish
On the morning of September 22, when the reporter visited the vegetable market, most of the fish stalls had fish for sale, with small heads, pointed mouths, small eyeballs, thick flesh, fish scales falling off, and their small eyes with fish and came back.
The row of striped fish in the lower left of the picture above, the scales are polished, the flesh is thinner, and the sales are far better than the ones on the right. The stall owner told reporters that the upper right ones are authentic small eyes with fish, and the price is much more expensive. Seeing it for yourself, the difference is very clear. (The light in the vegetable market is dim, and the reporter uses his mobile phone to capture the photo, and the effect is greatly reduced.) ）
This pile of "small" striped fish, the scales of the fish fell off, estimated to be three fingers wide, the stall owner said that this is the authentic small eye with fish, the flesh is thick, the weight is very heavy, each one weighs half a pound.
When visiting the wet market, the price of small-eyed fish (in units of 500 grams) ranges from 10 yuan to 100 yuan. Generally, the palm width and the price of small eye fish weighing 700 to 800 grams (in units of 500 grams) are 50 or 60 yuan.
Bars weighing more than 500 grams are more expensive. The stall owner told reporters that the colder the weather, the fewer the small eyes with fish, and the more expensive the price.
Mr. Rong, who has been engaged in the wholesale business of aquatic products for many years, told reporters that there are not many small eye fish that have been traded every day in the aquatic products wholesale market recently, and the wholesale price is basically the same as that of the same period last year. With the arrival of winter, the catch of small-eyed striped fish in the East China Sea will increase, the taste will become fatter and fatter, and the price will be estimated to double.
Mr. Rong told reporters that as the main economic fish in the East China Sea, in the wholesale market, the trading volume of fish with fish ranks first every year, and it is a sea fish that Ningbo people love to eat.
What is a radar mesh fish?
Radar net strip fish and radar do not have a half-cent relationship, but are a fishing method used by fishermen to catch bottom fish in the sea.
Before starting fishing last year, the reporter went to Qushan Island in Zhoushan to play and saw the mysterious radar network. The waters around Qushan Island are famous for their abundance of Qudai giant yellow croaker.
The day before the fishing, the roadside was full of brand-new blue fishing nets, spread over the ground for thousands of kilometers.
Fishermen who are weaving nets told reporters that there are several kinds of fishing nets, and the trawl mainly catches shrimp and crabs. And this radar net, a fishing net weighs thousands of pounds, sprinkled into the sea hundreds of meters deep, the bottom has a large iron anchor fixed to the bottom of the sea, according to the current, the fishing net slowly opens, it looks like the radar is rotating, fishermen nicknamed "radar net" along the tide. Most of the fishing is the fat striped fish, pomfret, small yellow croaker, etc. at the bottom of the ocean, especially the striped fish is the most famous.
The nets are not tight, giving the little fish a chance to escape.
The radar net fishing boat is 70 meters long and 7 meters wide, and the big guys are very powerful. Before each voyage to sea, radar nets, cables, etc. are piled high on the deck, and more than 100 tons of ice must be stockpiled.
Before starting to fish, the fisherman's sister-in-law grasped the weaving of nets.
After the opening of fishing on September 16 every year, just in the autumn flood, the fish catch will be very rich, the first few "water" (the first few times to go to sea to catch, a water refers to the tide flood a cycle, generally half a month), so the radar net boat only returns twice a month, respectively, the seventh, eighth and twenty-second and twenty-third days of the lunar calendar.
The boat boss on Qushan Island, Lao Pan, began to go to sea to fish in his teens, and has decades of experience in fighting wind and waves, he told reporters that after going to sea, everyone performed their duties, and even sleep time could not be guaranteed when busy. In winter, the bitter sea breeze blows pain on the face.
Where does the striped fish taste good?
Jixianhui boss Pan Hao's home is in Shizimen Village, Qushan Island, Boss Pan told reporters that the fishing boats on Qushan Island work in the fishing grounds north of Zhoushan, such as Zhoushan Fishery, Zhouwai Fishery, Dasha Fishery, etc. This sea is close to the mouth of the Yangtze River, multiple ocean currents blend, plankton are abundant, and relatively north, fish and shrimp are particularly fat.
Radar mesh belt fish, the colder the weather, the thicker the meat, the taste of oil and oil is very delicious.
How can I grill fish with it?
Friends in Zhoushan solemnly recommend the wind belt fish, which is a home-cooked meal. Freshly washed fish is soaked in salt water, then dried in the wind and refrigerated. When you want to eat, cut into a plate and steam.
Compared with fresh goods, the fish is fresh and not fishy, and the meat is compact, which is a good dish for cooking.
Wind belt fish
Ningbo people eat a variety of striped fish, such as home-cooked braised, sweet and sour, vinegar slip cabbage with fish soup, radish ribbon fish, roasted snow pickles, etc., especially like steaming and frying.
Steamed striped fish
Wash and cut the fish with the fish, if the fish is wider, you can cut a few knives, put in the appropriate amount of salt, cooking wine and ginger slices, boil the water and steam in the pot for 5 minutes, then add soy sauce and green onion, and simmer for a while, you can get out of the pot.
Home-cooked braised striped fish, generally sold, the taste is very good.
Fried striped fish
Wash and cut the fish, marinate the cooking wine, ginger slices, green onions and salt for half an hour, and let it dry. Pour in the right amount of oil in a hot pan, the oil is 70% hot, and one side is fried to brown and turned over on the other side. When eating, you can dip it into The Sea Glutinous Rice Vinegar.
Friends in the chef's circle have a broad mind, drawing on the cooking methods of other cuisines and dishes, you can charcoal grilled, eggplant juice, tempeh, dry grilled fish, garlic baked, you can also dried plum vegetables with fish, with fish roasted tofu, radish ribbon fish oil, with fish pot rice... Write it down, the reporter drooled while writing...
Reporter Xie Zhaoyan Intern Ren Shiyu