The course was held to exchange and demonstrate the processing techniques and cooking techniques of farmed puffer fish. Photo by Guo Baoqiang
Hebei News Network News (Correspondent Wu Jinna) The third phase of the 2021 Breeding Puffer Fish Chef Training Course, co-sponsored by the Puffer Fish Food culture branch of the China Aquatic Products Circulation and Processing Association, the Blowfish Catering Culture Professional Committee of the China Fisheries Association, and the Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau of Caofeidian District of Tangshan City, opened on September 26 at Caofeidian Doma Park.
Wang Aixin, General Manager of Tangshan Haizhidu Restaurant Management Co., Ltd., gave a lecture on puffer fish culture and culinary knowledge, including the knowledge and origin of puffer fish and its name, the food culture of puffer fish, the symptoms and rescue measures of puffer fish poisoning, the procurement of raw materials for puffer fish, and the display and interpretation of dishes. More than 100 people from key catering enterprises, star-rated hotels, rural hotel managers and chefs in Tangshan city participated in the training activities.
Caofeidian is the famous "hometown of Chinese puffer fish", is the earliest place in China to cultivate redfin oriental pufferfish, and is also the world's largest redfin oriental pufferfish breeding base, with a breeding area of 19,000 mu, an annual output of 1150 tons of puffer fish, more than 80% of which are exported to Japan and South Korea. At present, 3 enterprises in Caofeidian District have obtained the filing qualification of the fish source base for breeding puffer fish, and 2 breeding puffer fish processing enterprises have passed the audit.
In recent years, caofeidian artificial breeding of oriental redfin dolphins by controlling the feeding species of puffer fish, so that puffer fish to reach the non-toxic level, can be safe and assured to eat. Puffer fish has become Caofeidian's "food business card". Relying on his extensive experience, chefs have produced a variety of puffer fish dishes such as puffer fish hot pot, puffer fish sashimi, puffer fish meat dumplings, and braised puffer fish. Caofeidian's puffer fish cuisine not only attracts more and more tourists from Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei to taste, but also exports to Japan and South Korea and other countries.
This training course, the exchange and demonstration of the processing technology and cooking techniques of breeding puffer fish, made a strong preparation for the holding of the Caofeidian Puffer Fish Cultural Festival in 2021, laid a good foundation for promoting international puffer fish culture and cooperation, promoting the development of Caofeidian trade and tourism, building the brand of puffer fish town, deeply combining gastronomic culture with Caofeidian tourism, and comprehensively enhancing the popularity and reputation of Caofeidian.
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