Known as "loach", it is often thought that it is poisonous and cannot be eaten, and it is not known that it is worth 50 yuan a pound. In China, there are many mountains and rivers, rich in freshwater fish resources, as long as there is water in the countryside, there are fish growing, and there are countless types of freshwater fish in mountain streams, lakes or reservoirs.
When it comes to eating fish, many people first think of seafood, and relish saying how to eat each seafood, and for mainlanders, delicious seafood is far less nutritious and affordable than freshwater fish in the river, and some fish are not only delicious but also have good tonic effects, such as crucian carp, yellow jawed fish, loach and so on.
Nowadays, with the improvement of living standards, the attention to health in diet, eating fish is the most common thing for many families, but with the development of breeding technology, farmed carp, catfish are now rarely asked in the morning market in the city, on the contrary, wild crucian carp, yellow jawed carp, flower silver carp, loach and river shrimp, etc. have become the first choice of food for many families, people rush to buy, known as "little ginseng in the water" loach, in the morning market in the city, wild loach sold for 20 yuan a pound, but also a pound is difficult to find.
Loach is more compact than other fish, can be made into braised loach, dry pot loach, stewed loach soup, not only delicious and nutritious, every three to five to buy some for the family to eat. Today in front of a fish stall in the morning market, several "loach" in the water tank caught the author's attention, the fishmonger said: "This is a rare commodity, and it is rare in the rural river. ”
1 kind of fish that has been most "misunderstood", which was not asked for before, is now difficult to find for 50 yuan a pound. What baby loach sells for 50 yuan a pound? The fishmonger picked up a loach with his hand and said, "This is no ordinary loach, this fish is called a loach, and it is rare nowadays." "The appearance of the loach is very similar to the loach, and the biggest difference between the loach is that the mouth is particularly pointed, the fish body is slender like a bayonet, there is a row of triangular sharp spines on the back, I remember when I was a child in the river, the fish was punctured by it than the wasp sting to the pain, because the loach looks ugly, rural children call it "pig mother saw", before they all said that the loach is poisonous and can not be eaten, now why has it become a rare commodity?
Loach is a native freshwater fish, scientific name Chinese loach, also known as knife loach, sand loach, serrated loach. The flattened mouth of the loach is as long as a cone, the tail fin is like a paddle, swimming rapidly in the water, small fish and shrimp are not opponents of loach, encountering loach is equivalent to receiving a one-way ticket with no return. Loach is a fish with a stomach that has less flesh than other fish, and the loach is easy to injure and has not been taken care of before.
But everything has its two sides, loach is a carnivorous fish, compared to pork and beef and mutton and other red meat, loach fat less calorie low, rich in high-quality protein, calcium, zinc and other nutrients needed by the human body, amino acids are complete, for the body weak, the elderly and children have a good tonic effect, can supplement calcium and trace elements, in terms of value does not lose turtle, loach dried can be sold for hundreds of yuan a catty.
Loach is the bottom carnivorous fish prey on small fish for food, not suitable for pond culture, only live in the wild stream pond, slow growth, before no one cares, with more and more eating wild fish, now loach has become a rare commodity 50 yuan a pound is difficult to find. Don't know if you've ever encountered a loach while touching a fish? What else do you know about loach? Comments are welcome.