Does Taihu Lake white shrimp belong to seafood? What are the methods of dried white shrimp in Taihu Lake? Unclear friends, let's take a look at it together!
Many people may have heard of Taihu Sanbai, and even said that white shrimp eat the most, after all, its flesh is thick, and after peeling the shell, it can also make shrimp or shrimp balls and shrimp rolls. So does Taihu Lake white shrimp belong to seafood? Let's take a look at the dried white shrimp in Taihu Lake.
First, does Taihu Lake white shrimp belong to seafood?
Seafood usually refers to dishes made from seafood and other foods, of course, there are also sea shrimp, but Taihu Lake white shrimp belong to freshwater shrimp, not sea shrimp.
Because Taihu Lake is one of the five major freshwater lakes in China.
Second, the practice of dried white shrimp in Taihu Lake
Edible: Fresh food can be made of brine, fried shrimp slices, shrimp, shrimp balls, shrimp rolls, etc., and shrimp can also be made into "shrimp scrambled eggs", "shrimp soup", "pomegranate shrimp" and other famous dishes. Use fresh white shrimp to make "choking shrimp", eat it in the mouth, strangely tender and abnormal.
Taihu Lake wild white shrimp preparation method: the method of making dried shrimp is very simple, boiling water ginger brine cooking wine out of the pot, sun drying can be!
General dried shrimp eating, stir-fry, such as green peppers, leeks, bitter melon, roast soup, such as winter melon soup, flat tip soup, you can also make tofu flowers. Suitable for all ages, calcium supplement is preferred, because it is cooked and dried, so it can also be eaten as a snack, just as delicious.
Storage method: Frozen, can be stored for 12 months!
Third, the origin of the three whites of Taihu Lake
Taihu Lake is white
Taihu lake silverfish, more than two inches long, body length slightly round, shaped like a jade hairpin, like boneless and no intestines, delicate and transparent, color like silver, so called silver fish. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Taihu Lake was rich in silver fish, and the Song Dynasty poet "Silver Fish FrostEd Perch After Spring" famously listed silver fish and sea bass as treasures in the fish. During the Kangxi Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty, silver fish was listed as a "tribute". Silver fish was originally a marine fish, and later settled in Taihu Lake to breed, is a valuable specialty of Taihu Lake. Silver fish meat is tender, rich in nutrition, no scales, no thorns, no fishy taste, can cook a variety of dishes, deeply loved by consumers at home and abroad. Silver fish is also a traditional foreign trade product of Jiangsu, and Taihu brand frozen silver fish has long been famous in the world. Japanese people often combine silver fish with herring roe and sea urchin sauce and condiments to make a precious dish. The silver fish is dried, and the color, aroma, taste and shape remain unchanged for a long time. Before cooking, soak it in water, soft as a bone, and make a variety of seasonal dishes, no less than fresh silver fish. In the 1980s, the Taihu Lake silverfish moved south to Dianchi Lake and West Lake, becoming a famous local specialty.
Taihu Lake two white
Taihu Lake white fish: also known as "carp" "head and tail upwards" and named, narrow and long side flattened, fine bones and fine scales, silver flashing, is one of the carnivorous economic fish. It is currently not farmed and relies mainly on natural fishing. White fish has tender flesh and fat under the scales, resembling anchovies, and is a valuable fish in Taihu Lake. The "Chronicle of Wu County" says: "The white fish out of taihu lake wins, the people have to collect it, and the Sui Dynasty enters Luoyang", when the white fish has been used as a tribute to the imperial court. White fish mostly grow in the open waters of Taihu Lake, feeding on small fish and shrimp, and are self-growing sleeping fish in Taihu Lake, which can be caught all year round, in six. Harvesting is highest during the reproductive spawning period in July. The "Chronicle of Wu County" has "The Wu people call it moldy on the day of the mango seed, and the fifteen days after the plum are called into the mold." Whitefish are in full bloom. It is said that the time is white". After liberation, the white fish resources were protected, and the harvest was prohibited during the breeding period, so that it would flourish forever.
More than 1300 years ago, the white fish in Taihu Lake was praised by the people as the first fish in Wuxi. Taihu White Fish is also known as Taihu Silver Knife, and there is a moving legend about the origin of this name. Legend has it that in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, the Qing soldiers invaded Taihu Lake, and Zhang San, a fisherman of Suzhou Taihu Lake, led a group of people to fight fiercely with the Qing soldiers from the south in the Taihu Lake area, and once also attacked the city of Suzhou. Once, when Zhang San was fighting qing soldiers on the lake, he was hit by an arrow in his arm and a large knife in his hand fell into the lake. He suppressed the severe pain, bent down to pick up a silver knife from the lake, and killed the Qing soldiers, who were calmed by his divine courage and fled. Zhang San looked at his hand again, it turned out to be a silver flashing white fish, so the name of the silver knife was called open. “
Taihu Lake three white
Taihu White Shrimp: Qing "Taihu Lake Preparation" has a record of "Taihu Lake white shrimp in the world, the color is still white when ripe". White shrimp shell thin, tender meat, delicious taste, is the people's favorite aquatic products. The "drunken shrimp" made of white shrimp is placed on the table, and the shrimp is still jumping and eating in the mouth, which is strangely tender and abnormal, and it is delicious. White shrimp peeled shrimp out of the meat rate is high, can also be processed into dried shrimp, peeled is "lake open". Shrimp can also be used in medicine. Internal administration has the function of tori detoxification, drink a bowl of shrimp soup after drinking, and feel comfortable and delicious.