preface
Introduction: The fish that southern anglers hate can also survive in large quantities in sewage, but now they have become common edible fish
Since the summer season, the temperature during this time has also dropped significantly. Even parts of the south can feel the coolness in the morning and evening.
Before the autumn came, the folk have always had the custom of "sticking autumn fat", so that those who eat white and fat can have a strong body in the winter, so as to resist the cold.
When it comes to sticking to autumn fat, it is natural to eat all kinds of meat, pork, beef and mutton, and fish. In particular, fish is more suitable for all ages, eat more and do not gain weight, which is good for the body.
Now the fish on the market is also very rich, and many of them have become common today, and most families can afford it.
One species of fish is invasive, survives in sewage, and multiplies in large numbers. In the south, it is a fish that many anglers hate, but it has become a common edible fish in the market, do you like to eat it?
It's tilapia!
In the southern provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Hainan and other provinces, although it is a major province for tilapia farming, many people here do not like to eat tilapia, and it was once regarded as a "garbage fish".
At one point in some places, there was a flooding situation. Many anglers are even more gritting their teeth at tilapia, why is this?
Tilapia is an invasive species, a tropical freshwater fish introduced from Africa in China, with more than 100 species. Because it looks very similar to China's crucian carp, it is also called African crucian carp.
As an invasive species, tilapia has a very tenacious vitality, which is not inferior to crayfish.
As a representative of invasive species, crayfish have strong vitality and reproductive ability. It can reproduce in rice fields, ditches, swamps, and even polluted stinky ditches can also reproduce in large quantities.
Tilapia also has this advantage, not losing crayfish at all. In some rivers, ponds and lakes in Guangzhou and Guangxi, there are a large number of wild tilapia. They all escape from farmed ponds and are then bred in large quantities in the wild.
Even if the environment is very harsh, such as the stinky ditch where many organisms cannot survive, tilapia can eat raw and reproduce in large quantities. Therefore, it is often seen in some rivers and lakes to see patches of tilapia.
However, this fish is not very popular, and because of its super vitality, it can survive in stinky ditches, so it is named "garbage fish", and some people even compare it with Egyptian pond mackerel.
Especially friends who like to fish, they are deeply disgusted with tilapia. Only because there are many small tilapia in many rivers, and they are also active in groups, they are very gluttonous, and they often come to hook when fishing, and the tangent line is also very strong.
But when you encounter this kind of fish, you don't want to catch other big fish.
In addition, some people think that they are garbage fish, think that tilapia is very dirty, this fish eat garbage to grow up, can not eat at all, so they dare not eat. In fact, in the Guangzhou area, although there are many tilapia farming, there are not many people who buy it to eat, and it is generally bought by outsiders.
However, in many other places, tilapia is a very common edible fish, but also because of its high rate of appearance, even higher than carp, silver carp, crucian carp, the price is also slightly more expensive, so some people have now mistakenly regarded it as "four big fish".
In fact, tilapia is an invasive species, how can it be four big fish, the real four big fish are "green, grass, silver carp, bighead carp", even carp does not have a share, how can it be the turn of tilapia.
It is worth mentioning that in the country a large number of farmed tilapia, in addition to its strong disease resistance, fast growth, easy to breed, its meat is also very delicious, and the nutrition is also very rich, the taste is very good.
In Japan, tilapia is also known as "white meat salmon" and "fish of the 21st century". Most of the domestically farmed tilapia is processed and exported.
As for the nickname "garbage fish" for tilapia, this is a complete misconception. Just because tilapia can grow in sewage environments doesn't mean they like to live in such environments.
They are also forced to be helpless, and many artificially farmed tilapia are in ponds and reservoirs, so the water quality is still very clean, and such tilapia is also delicious to eat.
Especially in foreign countries, tilapia is also a "high-grade fish" with a good reputation, known as a substitute for deep-sea salmon, and the fried fish fillets made with it are very popular.
Because the meat quality of tilapia is very delicious, the taste is similar to that of marine fish, the nutritional value and protein content are almost the same as salmon, plus there are very few fish bones, especially not many fine thorns. These advantages have made tilapia win the favor of many consumers.
Especially in recent years, the market share of tilapia in the market is getting higher and higher, its size is not too large, the spines are small, the meat is beautiful, the price is not expensive, etc., so that it has captured the hearts of a large number of fans. In some northern cities, tilapia can be much more expensive than crucian carp, but it is still very popular in the market.
However, here is still to remind everyone, some tilapia in the wild, especially the water quality is polluted by the environment, catch and try not to eat, they do eat a little fishy taste, and such an environment grows up tilapia parasites are also more.
If you want to eat, you still go to the market to buy, so it is more assured. It is also eaten in a variety of ways, whether it is steamed, braised or stewed, it is very delicious in any way.
Friends, do you like to eat tilapia? How much is a pound in your local area? Welcome to leave a message to discuss!