The larger the Size of the Yellow River carp, the more expensive it is, but now more than 10 pounds of Yellow River carp, it is difficult to see.
Most of the Yellow River carp sold in the market weighs two to 5 kilograms, and the asking price is 50 yuan a catty.
So the question is, why is the Yellow River carp sold so expensive? Carp in the Yangtze River is very cheap, why is this? Don't southerners like to eat carp?
To understand these problems, let's first understand the difference between the Yellow River carp and the Yangtze River carp.
The Yellow River carp is one of the "four famous fish" in China and has been highly respected since ancient times.
At our northern feast, carp is a must-have dish, and the market price is also very expensive.
However, the real wild Yellow River carp is rare, and most of the Yellow River carp sold in the market is artificially farmed, and it has a fishy smell when eaten.
The reason for the scarcity of wild Yellow River carp is due to the overfishing of fishermen after the reform and opening up.
According to some data, in recent years, compared with the 50s of the last century, the production of carp in the Yellow River in Inner Mongolia and Shaanxi has dropped by 40% to 50%, and the Henan section has also dropped by about 20%.
In Shandong, wild Yellow River carp are largely extinct – a direct link to the construction of water dams, water pollution and long-term overfishing.
The releasers caused the Yellow River carp, and many of them were bath fish.
In recent years, people's living conditions have improved, and more people like to do good deeds.
During the holidays, carp is often released in the Yellow River Basin.
But once a freer releases carp, the local fishermen will rob and kill them downstream, and then claim that this is the Yellow River carp for sale (in fact, this is the bath fish), all farmed, not delicious at all, please polish your eyes.
The real Yellow River carp, why sell expensive.
Because the water of the Yellow River is very turbid, the sediment contains a large number of trace elements such as calcium and phosphorus that carp need.
The excellent ecological environment of the Yellow River leads to the tender meat of the Yellow River carp, which is very delicious.
Another point is that the weather in the north is cold, the Yellow River carp grows slowly, so that the Yellow River carp has no earthy smell at all (to put it bluntly, the Yellow River carp is very delicious), which is the real reason why northern foodies like to eat Yellow River carp.
Coupled with the overfishing of fishermen, the number of yellow river carp is scarce, and the rarity is expensive, which is why the yellow river carp is more expensive.
According to a southern friend of mine, the carp they sell in the southern market only sells for two or three dollars a pound, and few people buy it.
At that time, I was also very curious, so I asked my southern friends, don't southerners like to eat carp?
He said that carp belong to the hair in the south, and the climate in the south is mainly hot and humid, and some people with physical injuries or skin sores, especially mothers, wounds are not easy to heal after eating carp, which is a saying.
There is another way to say that due to the huge difference between the climate of the south and the north, the carp in the north grows in cold water, so the meat of the carp in the north is relatively tight, and the meat is elastic and the taste is also very delicious.
However, the meat of the carp in the south is relatively loose and inelastic, and the dishes made with the southern carp have a poor taste.
The most important point is that the carp in the south has a great fishy smell, so the southern people feel that the carp is not delicious, and there are fewer people who slowly eat the carp.
In fact, I think that the reason why southerners do not like to eat carp is caused by the difference in diet between the south and the north.
Like our hometown, it is usually braised carp or sauce stewed carp, and we northerners have a heavy taste, and when my southern friends come to my house, they also prefer to eat the braised carp we make.
And my southern friend, who praised my wife's braised carp, said that southerners are generally steamed carp or stewed carp, never eaten braised carp, did not expect braised carp to be so delicious.
I once asked this southern friend of mine, and I said, "Since you southerners don't like to eat carp, what kind of fish do you all eat?"
He said: Southerners rarely eat carp, which also has a lot to do with the rich local fishery resources.
In addition to carp in the south, such as sea bass, tilapia, yellow bone fish, etc., are also very delicious, and he feels that southerners prefer to eat marine fish.
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In fact, I prefer to eat carp, because I prefer fishing, so my family and I are still more picky about eating carp.
We don't eat the carp I caught in the black pit because the carp in the black pit is a farmed fish, and the earthy smell is very big and not delicious.
Generally wild flowing carp is the most delicious, last year I caught a wild big carp of more than 30 pounds, I wanted to send it to the circle of friends to show off, but I did not expect to be bought by an angler at a price of 1,000 yuan.
He said that such a large wild carp is not easy to meet, and since it has encountered it, it must be tasted.
This is the attitude of Northeastern foodies towards wild carp!
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