For a while, there was a wave of "global live broadcast challenge herring canning" on the Internet, and the serious visual impact probably caused psychological shadows for many viewers, but do you know herring? In fact, it is originally fragrant...
Outdoor challenge to try canned herring (the ending is heavy, please make up your own brain)
High energy ahead please note
Smell the fresh cans
The Swedish canned herring that is sought after today has two theories about its origins. One is to say that early Swedes salted herring in small amounts to prevent rotting; the other is that the first swarm of Swedish sailors sold the rotting fish to the Finns by tricking them. A year later, when the sailors returned to their homeland, the Finns asked if there were any rotten fish to sell and how much. Driven by curiosity, Swedish sailors also tasted the fish and found it to taste good. As a result, the Swedes began to make pickled fish, and after continuous exploration and improvement, it became today's canned herring.
If you want to try dry canned herring, please note a few points;
Please choose to try it in an open outdoor space and notify people around you to pay attention to precautions in case of alarms. (In May 2014, a warehouse in Hudikswar suddenly caught fire, and thousands of canned herring that were fermenting in the warehouse exploded violently and flew out of the warehouse, and the smell was really comparable to a "nuclear explosion in the food world.") Nearby residents said in an interview afterwards: Unforgettable and unforgettable. ）
Before opening the tank, place it in the refrigerator for a period of time to reduce the air pressure in the tank. Otherwise, opening the tank at room temperature may spray older liquids with serious consequences. (In 1981, a German landlord went to court after the tenant spilled the juice of the canned herring in the room and immediately expelled the tenant.) The judge acquitted the landlord after smelling the evidence on the spot, the canned salted herring. ）
The Swedish government strictly prohibits the introduction of herring cans on planes, because air pressure problems can easily cause cans to rupture and threaten aviation safety.
After consumption, please pack the remaining tightly and dispose of it cleanly to avoid affecting the air quality and urban environment.
Cherish food (also cherish life).
Turn decay into magic
People all over the world are complaining about the lethality of canned herring, which reminds me of the hard look on the face of Edward Michael Grylls at the top of the food chain (Edward Michael Grylls), who dared to eat any food in "Survival in the Wilderness", and when he tried our Chinese fur eggs and houttuynia cordata. Presumably, it feels the same as when we eat canned herring, but we don't have the right way to eat the food itself. Canned herring also has its proper way of eating, much more gentlely and elegantly than those of the challengers.
Herring paired with Nordic sour cream, tomato, chopped chives and dill, and light beer is a summer party companion.
Prepare some crepes, spread them evenly over them, beat the herring into a puree, spread out the herring puree (it's salty, so spread out), and then put the chopped potatoes, shallots, and other ingredients in it, so that the pancake rolls are rich in ingredients and take you to find the delicious herring.
Canned herring (Surstromming) is a traditional Swedish specialty. After the herring is processed and processed, it is boiled in light salt water, put into cans, and allowed to ferment naturally until the fermentation gas expands the cans to a bulge, indicating that the herring has been pickled and emits a pungent sour odor when opened. It is said that this craft has a history of more than 300 years. Canned herring is world-famous for this feature.
Please notify neighbors before opening to avoid alarms
Don't look at a small can of canned food, its impact is not small, near can destroy neighborhood relations, far can affect government regulations, planes do not dare to carry the "time bomb", want to share this food with friends? Watch out for the boats of friendship that turn over! What kind of food is this, it has such a great destructive power!
The protagonist of the internet celebrity can
Herring (Latin scientific name: Clupeapallasi), genus osteichthyes, herring (Clupeiformes), herring family (Clupeidae). Most of the fish of the herring family are spindle-shaped in size. The body color is bluish blue on the back and silvery on the belly, which is typical of ocean fish. In addition, herring has round scales that are easy to fall off, very fragile scales, and even if a foreign body accidentally touches it, the scales will fall off. No sidelines. Herring is one of the richest fish species in the world, found in rivers and lakes in all parts of the world's waters and in tropical and subtropical regions. The herring here does not refer to only one kind of fish, but rather refers to the herring family, there are 56 genera and 181 species in the world, of which 50 species are pure freshwater fish, and the sardines we commonly use usually belong to one of the herring. Canned Herring in Switzerland is made from Atlantic herring marinated.
Atlantic herring
Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus), streamlined body, flattened laterally, silvery-white, blue-metallic on the back. The body is rounded and scaled, easily shedding, and has no lateral lines. The eyes have lipid eyelids, the mouth is small and oblique, and the anterior upper position. The upper jaws and palate bones are toothless, and the lower jaws, plough bones and tongue have fine teeth with gill rakers filtering water. It feeds mainly on copepods, heteropods and other plankton. It is also a food for natural predators such as seals, whales, cod and other large carnivorous fish, and Atlantic herring plays a vital role in regulating the ecology of the marine food chain.
Schematic map of the distribution area of Atlantic herring
Atlantic herring is mainly distributed along the east-west coast of the Atlantic. It has long been an important part of the economy of the coastal provinces of New England and Canada. Atlantic herring often inhabit surfaces to ocean depths of 200 m, sometimes entering brackish water regions or brackish lakes in the inner bay.
Pacific herring (scientific name: Clupea pallasii) is also common in the herring family, also known as bluefish. It is basically similar to the herring family, and is much smaller than the Atlantic herring. It is widely distributed in shallow seas and subarctic waters, such as the United States, Canada, the eastern coast of Russia, the Sea of Japan, and the Yellow Sea of China. Cold-water fish. It generally inhabits waters below 12 degrees Celsius and does not migrate at long distances. There are several endemic populations. The Yellow Sea's Pacific herring staples Pacific krill, Chinese water fleas, arrow worms and so on.
Unity is strength
Schools of herring encounter predators
Herring likes to move en masse, and the scene is spectacular, formed by millions of individuals. These schools of fish cross the ocean. A herring school is generally arranged with great precision to enable the school to maintain a relatively stable cruising speed. The reason why herring swims so densely in pairs is also the biological habit developed under natural ecological conditions, which is conducive to the breeding of herring groups, the protection of juvenile fish, and the collective action of fish can not only forage in large areas, but also effectively defend against predators. Fast and flexible change of fish form, giving the attacker effective confusion! Of course, clusters also have this drawback, the collective consumption of oxygen, and the long-term accumulation of excrement between groups.
Herring spawn from December to midsummer, and different populations spawn at different times, depending on latitude and temperature. Each female can lay 40,000 sticky eggs, attached to seagrass (commonly found in macrophylla) or rocks, and the males are sperm-drained and begin to give birth to new life; the eggs hatch in about 2 weeks. Herring swim to the nearshore to spawn, and after spawning the fish disperse. The annual catch of large herring farms varies greatly, as the survival rate of juvenile populations often varies, and predators are preyed upon during hatching, losing a lot of small life. The juveniles who are fortunate enough to survive mature after about 4 years and live up to 20 years.
Fishing for herring
2-3 days before the herring begins their swarm migration, a small number of large individuals with bright colors lead the way, followed by dense schools of fish on the shore. Experienced fishermen can accurately tell the arrival of large fish based on the color of the water on the shore, the movement of the sea and the special splashes of the moving fish, as well as the circling and whining of large flocks of seabirds in the sky. At this time, it is necessary to immediately settle the net gear for fishing.
The capital of the rise of empires
The Dutch and Scots fought three wars over fishing grounds.
The little herring once made an empire - the Netherlands. In the 14th century, the Dutch population was less than 1 million, of which about one-fifth of the population depended on fishing for herring to survive, herring resources are abundant, there was no cold storage at that time, there was no way to preserve, until a clever fisherman invented the "Ho's preservation" method with a knife, cut open the belly of herring, remove the internal organs, remove the head of the fish, and marinate the herring with salt, which can be preserved for a year. As a result, the Dutch economy developed rapidly, especially the construction of ports and cities. The Dutch exported large quantities of herring, traded frequently, and became more and more powerful.
The historical importance of herring has made it a cultural symbol of the Netherlands. The Netherlands has designated the last Saturday of May as the "Herring Festival", which has been followed for hundreds of years. The Dutch way of eating herring is authentic and frightening, using the "raw swallowing" method, first of all, the marinated raw herring is cut in half, the fish bones are removed, the onions are freshly cut into small cubes, the tail of the fish is picked up with the hand, the neck is lifted and the fish is directly brought to the mouth, and then the whole fish is swallowed while eating. If you're visiting Holland, don't miss this special dish!
Each 100 grams of herring contains 17 grams of protein and 14 grams of fat, providing 825 kJ of calories. Herring has a high protein and fat content, and is also rich in a variety of vitamins and trace elements, which is a fish with high nutritional value and has the effect of tonifying weakness and diuresis.
Herring roe is a delicacy that is popular on the Japanese table, and it tastes better with other foods than sashimi with herring roe alone, especially with things that are soft and not heavy. Herring roe contains nutrients needed by the human body, such as oval albumin, globulin, egg mucin and flying fish roe scale protein, and is delicious.