Friends who often eat sea cucumbers know that the nutritional value of wild sea cucumbers and farmed sea cucumbers is very different, and consumers want to eat real wild sea cucumbers, but when it comes to how to distinguish between wild sea cucumbers and farmed sea cucumbers? I am afraid that many friends are not very clear, or can only simply know some fur, and some merchants who sell sea cucumbers are also using the blind spot of consumer knowledge, using cheap farmed sea cucumbers to impersonate wild sea cucumbers, and then inflate prices, sell at high prices, and consumers who do not know how to do it are often fooled, and it is easy to be recruited! So, how to distinguish between wild and farmed sea cucumbers? Today, we will systematically talk to our friends through comparison!
1, look at the bottom foot
Wild sea cucumber: Generally grows in the depths of the seabed about 20 meters from the sea, because in the current environment, the sea cucumber crawls through the bottom foot to find food, so the bottom foot grows thick and adhesion;
Farmed sea cucumbers: Due to the long-term consumption of artificially released bait does not need to be moved, living in shallow water captive ponds or artificial ponds, the environment is relatively stable, so it is not affected. Therefore, the mobility of the bottom foot is reduced, the adhesion is poor, and it is small.
2, look at the sand mouth
Wild sea cucumber: Living in the deep sea, the food source is the sediment on the seabed, of which sea sand accounts for a large proportion, because of the long-term consumption of sea sand makes the sand mouth large and hard.
Farmed sea cucumbers: The food source is artificially invested bait, no need to actively forage, so the sand mouth is much smaller than the wild sea cucumber.
3, look at the quality of the meat
Wild sea cucumber: Because its growth environment is a deep water seabed, so the time to shine on the sun is very small, so the growth is slow, but it needs to resist the influence of the living environment such as currents, so its flesh is thick and elastic, the tendons are wide and full, and the deposited nutrients are very rich.
Farmed sea cucumbers: the feed is large, the hormones are ripe, the growth is very fast, and the meat is soft and not tight.
4, look at the form
Wild sea cucumber: Spun cone -- or somewhat oval-shaped), but thin at both ends and somewhat thick in the middle. Typically short and thick, it looks very strong, and the older the sea cucumber, the more pronounced this feature is.
Farmed sea cucumbers: slender and slender, lack of tenacity, especially in the southern hanging cage cultured sea cucumbers, almost up and down the general thickness, the same as human fingers.
Comparison of wild, shallow and cage cultured sea cucumbers
5, look at the thorns
Wild sea cucumber: The living environment is very harsh, to resist the harsh environment, water erosion, etc., so the back of the sea cucumber and the spines on both sides are very thick.
Farmed sea cucumber: The living environment is very stable, so the ginseng thorns are slender and have no strength.
6, look at the growth age
Wild sea ginseng: Generally grown for more than 3 to 4 years to meet the standard of fishing, the longer the growth time, the more nutrient deposits, the greater the value of nourishment.
Farmed sea cucumbers: In order to achieve the purpose of rapid sales, farmers will feed sea cucumbers hormone feed and other methods of rapid fertilization, generally in a year's time can be fished and sold, its nutritional value is self-evident.
7, look at the taste
Wild sea cucumber: the taste is very chewy, the taste is very delicious, there is no astringency, the incision is delicate, neat, and it is resistant to cooking and foaming. When the sea cucumber is served, it is usually cooked for about 2 hours.
Farmed sea cucumber: there will be a very heavy muddy smell, this is because of the growth environment and sea cucumber food determined, in addition to the farmed sea cucumber due to the shorter growth cycle, soft meat, not tight, not tendon, foaming, the general business will require about 30-40 minutes, time to cook over time!
The above points are several aspects of the cultivation of sea cucumbers different from wild sea cucumbers, however, it should be noted that the identification of a sea cucumber is a farmed sea cucumber or a wild sea cucumber should be a comprehensive judgment, comprehensive consideration, must not metaphysically only talk about a little, just draw conclusions, so that it is easy to misjudge. For example: wild sea cucumbers occasionally have slender ginseng bodies, and farmed sea cucumbers will occasionally have thick and fat, so judging the merits of a sea cucumber can not be based on a sea cucumber alone, but should look at several more or the whole pile of boxes are mostly what the situation is, and then draw conclusions, do not just look at one, a leaf blind, which is not conducive to drawing the right conclusion.
Well, today's sea cucumber identification knowledge will be shared here, if there is imperfection, welcome friends to add corrections, we discuss together, learn together, and make progress together.