"Look at our knifefish, it's more than a meter long!" Today is Tuesday, at four o'clock in the afternoon on weekdays, I came to a seafood underground shopping mall in Qingdao's West Coast New Area, and at the entrance, a hostess enthusiastically introduced me to the large knife fish in the crisper box. The price is not cheap 150 ~ 160 yuan a pound. It is understood that the actual name of "knife fish" is: strip fish, the striped fish caught along the coast of Liaoning, belongs to the Yellow and Bohai Sea communities, also known as the northern knife fish.
Knife fish on the market is not a "rare" seafood, according to the size of the head is divided into: small knives, large knives, special knives three, of which "small knife" fish is the cheapest, the autumn dock on the whole basket to take the price of goods only 6 to 7 yuan a pound; and the "special knife" in the picture of the head of the picture It is more expensive, one hundred and ten dollars a pound, mainly the quality of this fish is good, the outside of the fish scales is not damaged. The hostess suggested that boiling or steaming at home is a good choice for consumption.
Tuesday weekdays, in the afternoon underground market many merchants closed early to rest, only a few in the stick, although there are not many customers in the corridor, but come to consume are some young people, they are generally preparing for dinner, of which young people are the majority, local seafood although frequent, but not as good as outsiders to buy seafood "generous", they are optimistic about the quality of seafood varieties, the price is secondary.
Pictured: A customer goes to a shrimp with the size of a palm, which immediately attracts curiosity: "There are really prawns longer than chopsticks." First stabilize the mood, take out the mobile phone and send a circle of friends first, come to Qingdao standard "seafood coffee", you must dry it. According to the boss, this is a wild zebra shrimp, and a slightly smaller shrimp, the price ranges from 100 to 130 yuan, really want, the price can be negotiated.
"What comes here to buy is that the quality is good, and the price is acceptable." At the scene, I saw an imposing middle-aged big brother who selected two pounds of seafood in the basket and selected them one by one, and the quality was assured. Go home in the evening and process a little, entertain guests or eat your own, healthy and affordable.
This seafood market is more famous in the local area, it can be said that with the city "grow together" the columbarium level farmers wholesale market, many people have a deep memory of it, with the new district to grow together, many traders from all over the world, here to earn "the first bucket of gold in life". Many fishermen "change careers" and come here to find business opportunities.
In the picture, this is a conch, which looks very "idyllic" in a basin. The outer shell surface is rugged, densely ribbed, and protruding outward to form a shoulder bone, the shell mouth is orange-red, and the tender flesh hides in the protection of the shell and skull. One of Qingdao's famous dishes, "oil burst snails". A number of large conchs are needed, only the gastropod parts, washed and cut into thin slices, plus added vegetables, magnolia slices, green onion slices, garlic slices and other accessories, as well as a variety of spices are stir-fried. The most down-to-earth way to eat it is steaming, which is convenient and fast, and can maintain the original taste of seafood. Wash, boil and steam for 15-20 minutes, when eating, use a toothpick to plunge into the conch meat, turn in the direction of the snail shell, and the whole snail body will be "dragged out".
Eight-banded catfish is a local saying in Qingdao, that is, Qingdao silver is called, in fact, its scientific name is octopus, octopus. There are two kinds of local eight belts in Qingdao, one is called "sitting cockroach" and the other is called "horse cockroach", which has short legs and long horse cockroach legs. In the professional aquatic hall, its price is more expensive, generally 35 yuan a pound.
Knifefish eyes are translucent and fresh! According to the stall owner, the biggest feature of local knifefish is that the eyes are "black", and the southern knifefish eyes are yellowish green, the price of the south is cheaper, and the north is expensive, which is mainly the difference in meat texture, the northern sea water temperature is low, the fish is slow; and the southern sea water temperature is high, all kinds of seafood grow fast, so the same size knife fish is expensive in the north and cheap in the south.
Pictured: Abalone for sale in the seafood market, the lowest price is two yuan a piece, the most expensive adult abalone more than 30 yuan a piece.