Chapter 30 Fish Fragrant Hairtail Fat

At present, the hairtail production season in the coastal waters of Taiwan has entered the season. The fishermen braved the strong wind and waves, and sailed into the sea to fish. Because the fish swarmed, every family returned with a full load. Everyone smiled and sent the fish into baskets. Go to the fish market.From the scene broadcast on TV, I can't help but think of the grand occasion of catching hairtail along the coast of Shandong.All kinds of fish products in the Yellow Sea are concentrated in the coastal area of ​​Xiaogang, Qingdao. When the fish season comes, some rare and strange fish will be found. Therefore, the aquariums in various provinces will send experts to spy on the fish season, and spare no expense. If it is a rare fish that cannot be stored for a long time, it should be prepared as a specimen in Qingdao immediately, and then brought back for research.

Hairtail is the most abundant in Qingdao fish season.One year, the author was sent to the coastal area of ​​Qingdao on business and lived in the old admiral's building. The president of the local fisherman's association came to tell me that the fish season in Qingdao was a spectacle.Since it happened that we had to watch it, we went to the fishing port wharf together. Although the harbor was surrounded by strong winds, the sea breeze hit your clothes, and you felt thin. In an instant, the silver scales on the surface of the sea were fertile with snow, the blue sea turned bright, and hairtails came one by one, mouth to tail connected, and filed in.The largest school of fish can be connected into a fish belt more than ten miles long. The so-called "light shakes the silver sea and dazzles the light" in Su Dongpo's poem is enough to show how magnificent the fish belt in the sea is.Fishermen who are lucky enough to come across 20,000 to 30,000 catties of large fish scallops can make a small fortune with one net. Hairtails are in their peak production period. Qingdao hairtails are so cheap that they can be sold for money. The transportation on the wharf was originally carried out by fire. Hard noodles like Gangzitou are the main food, so that they are energetic and able to withstand heavy loads, but when the hairtail is in season, they don’t eat noodles, and eat hairtail as a meal instead!People from other provinces feel that it is too extravagant to eat fish as a meal, but they don’t know that eating octopus is cheaper than eating whole grains, and it can increase endurance!

Hairtails are in peak season, no matter the market or temple fair in Qingdao, there are people holding big cages everywhere, shuttling through the crowds and selling steamed hairtails. When the lid of the cage is lifted, the smell is ten miles away, plump and plump, and the entire cage is full of four inches. What a long piece of hairtail, steaming hot, smooth and tender.The method of steaming octopus is very simple to say. Wash the octopus gently with water, so as not to hurt the silver scales, coat it with pepper, salt, ginger juice, and cooking wine, and steam it in a pot before chewing.Back then, Ke Shaomin Taishi loved this kind of steamed octopus the most. It is said that the method looks simple, but the techniques are different, such as the amount of ingredients used, the steaming time, and the firepower.There are hundreds of people selling steamed octopus in Qingdao, and one of them in Rizhao is called "Cao Dabeard", and Yun Yun calls him a master.Mr. Ke told people that when he was young, he ate fish instead of food, and once had the highest record of eating four catties of steamed hairtail.Later, he came to work in Beijing, and the villagers knew his special taste, and they would bring steamed hairtail from Shandong every time, and invite him to taste the flavor of his hometown. .Lin Changmin said: "Ke Lao is an old man who would give up the bear's paw to fish. He also specially asked Mrs. Chen Baochen to write a banner with the words "Yu Le Ju" for him." It can be seen how intoxicating steamed octopus is to Ke Lao. up.

In the early years, Songshan Tobacco Factory Yizhuang Jinzuo loved to eat hairtail, and he did a lot of research on hairtail.He said: "When I was studying in Japan, I ate octopus meat that was barren, and I didn't think it was delicious. After returning to China, I found out that the temperature of the water flow in the Taiwan Strait is suitable for the growth of octopus, and the meat turns fat and tender. At the same time, octopus loves its body most. Once the silver catfish is damaged, the taste of the fish will lose its freshness. However, the knots of the fishing nets made in Taiwan are relatively thick and hard, and it is impossible to catch the hairtail without injury. Therefore, eating hairtail in Taiwan is more Fishing at sea is fat and fresh, and it is a treasure." He went fishing in Hualien during his vacations, and once he caught a lot of fish, he prepared meals and entertained guests in his apartment, and personally cooked them, although not all of them were octopus. The gui list, the nine-hole shrimp and crab are all delicacies from sea fishing (seafood at that time was not as popular as it is now).Fresh fish and shrimp are tender, with a clear and delicious taste, all of which are wonderful delicacies.The hot and sour Xishi tongue is unforgettable after eating.

The day before yesterday I saw a few scenes of fish catches on the TV news, and I realized that hairtail fish is in season again. Although there are many restaurants that eat seafood, I went to Lukang, Guandu, and Danshui to eat seafood a few times around the Lantern Festival. Except that hairtail fish is still fresh and tender. Except for Matsumi, the rest of the seafood are very ordinary.Although eating seafood is very popular nowadays, it seems that it is not very easy to really want to eat a delicate and exotic food.