Mandarin fish, also known as osmanthus fish, seasonal flower fish, flower crucian carp, aohua, etc., in the northeast region, especially in Heilongjiang Province, often said three flowers in the three flowers and five luo, the first is the aohua, that is, mandarin fish. And in the south, there are poetry clouds: xisai mountain before the egret flying, peach blossom flowing water mandarin fish fat, but this xisai mountain has always been very controversial, Hubei people say that it is from Huangshi, Zhejiang people say it is from Huzhou, people from other provinces and cities, forehead, peace of mind to eat melon, anyway, there is no accurate statement for the time being, in short, the south is right.
Our common mandarin fish are mainly warp-billed mandarin fish, big-eyed mandarin fish, spotted mandarin fish, most of the country is distributed, but when it comes to the four famous fish, the mandarin fish inside is specifically referred to as the Songhua River mandarin, that is, the warp-billed mandarin. Although the mandarin fish is also widely distributed in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, in terms of taste, the Songhua river mandarin is the best quality. The reason may be that the water temperature in the south is high, the mandarin fish grows fast, while the water temperature in the northeast region is low, the mandarin fish grow slowly, the same size, songhua river mandarin fish is longer than 1 or 2 years, so the taste is sweeter and smoother.
However, there is also a folk saying that mandarin fish in the middle and upper reaches of Heilongjiang taste better than the Songhua River, because the Songhua River has been heavily polluted in recent years, resulting in a decline in the taste of mandarin fish, and the water quality in the middle and upper reaches of the Heilongjiang River is very good, so some people think that the mandarin fish in the middle and upper reaches of the Heilongjiang River is the best taste.
Pine flower river mandarin
Among the four famous fish, the Songhua river mandarin fish in Heilongjiang Province is currently in a relatively awkward position. Wild mandarin fish because it is mostly hidden in aquatic grasses, stone crevices, it is difficult to catch large quantities, there are fishing friends in the northeast in the early years in the Mudanjiang fished a mandarin fish of about 16 pounds, was bought at a price of 8500 yuan, which is not an acceptable price for ordinary people, so the current mandarin fish on the market is mostly aquaculture.
Mandarin fish caught
However, from the fishery statistics table in 2019, it can be seen that in the ranking of mandarin fish farming production, Heilongjiang Province can only rank last, less than 10,000 tons. The output of Guangdong and Hubei provinces together exceeded 50% of the national output, about 55.12%. Among them, the output of Guangdong Province accounted for 31.48%; secondly, Hubei Province accounted for 23.64%, which may be related to the breeding environment, the southern water temperature is high, the speed of mandarin fish out of the pond is fast, and the Heilongjiang farmed mandarin fish affected by the weather Production is naturally low, but whether there is a difference in taste, because there is no professional data statistics, it is unknown.
The climatic conditions in the northern region are not suitable for the cultivation of mandarin fish, suitable for the growth of mandarin fish, in the north is only about 3-4 months, and the south can be extended to 5-6 months, the speed gap between the adult fish is very large, so the southern region has gradually become the main mandarin fish breeding base in China. At the same time, there are also difficulties in breeding bait, mandarin fish itself is a carnivorous fish species, mostly fish and shrimp as food, if the bait fish is released for breeding, the cost is very high. Switching to farmed feed, mandarin fish farming has domestication problems, it is necessary to let mandarin fish accept pellet feed, but the current feed on the market can not completely adapt to mandarin fish, there is a pattern degradation, taste decline problems.
Therefore, the current situation of mandarin fish production is mainly in the south, and the main reasons can be summarized as: climate and difficulty of breeding.
From the perspective of the prepared dish, there is a stinky mandarin fish from Anhui that is the most famous, but when tasting the stinky mandarin fish for the first time, many people dare not take a bite, the rich smell is prohibitive, but this is definitely not the stink produced by the rotting of mandarin fish, but fermented, can be eaten with confidence, that unique taste is evocative.
Coincidentally, there is also a similar name in the northeast, also known as "stinky mandarin fish", there is a custom in the northeast, open the river to pick up stinky fish, now relatively rare, before the river surface after the ice, in the ice surface to run the ice row to kill the fish, or because of the lack of oxygen caused by fish death, after a winter the fish has become smelly, ice after rushing to the shore, just pick up home to eat, the old man has a saying called stinky fish rotten shrimp under the rice of the wrongdoer.
Pan-fried stinky mandarin fish
However, this does not specifically refer to mandarin fish, other fish species can also be, so strictly speaking, it should be "stinky fish", I only heard the old man say it when I was a child, but think about the taste of this stinky fish is definitely not as good as the stinky mandarin fish in Anhui, it may be the last resort to have less food before.
In short, the current production of mandarin fish in the south is better than the north, but in terms of taste, I have eaten mandarin fish once in Jilin, the taste is better than the taste in Anhui, Hubei Province, may be thanks to the northeast black land this fertile land, you think, why the four famous fish Songhua River mandarin fish production is not as good as the south, stinky mandarin fish can not accept it?