The reward brought by Dai Zongxi surprised Ao Muyang: "Anchovy!"

"Isn't the anchovy extinct, at least functionally extinct?" Ao Muyang subconsciously asked.

Anchovy is the first of the three fresh foods of the Yangtze River, wild Yangtze River anchovy is generally listed at the same time as the Yangtze River saury, because the meat is delicious as early as the Ming Dynasty was listed as a royal tribute, is an important dish in the Manchu and Han Dynasty banquets.

This fish is a migratory fish that swims back to the river on time in April and May every year to spawn, and its migratory route is very fixed. Their genetic memory is the Yangtze River, but since a large number of power stations and dams have been built on the Yangtze River, the migration channel of the anchovy has been blocked.

In addition, there has been no breakthrough in overfishing, ecological environment changes, and artificial reproduction, because of a series of reasons, this kind of fish that has enjoyed a good reputation since ancient times is becoming less and less, and now it has become functionally extinct.

In 1988, the Fisheries Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China listed Sanli as a national first-class wild protected fish. At the same time, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) will also list the Chinese anchovy as an endangered species in the "Red Book of China's Endangered Animal Protection", and the anchovy ranks ninth after the Chinese sturgeon.

Of course, there are still some anchovies on the market, but it is not the traditional Yangtze anchovy, but the imported American anchovy, strictly speaking it is a kind of herring, but because of its living habits, appearance and taste are somewhat similar to the Yangtze anchovy, it is now regarded as a substitute product for anchovy, also called anchovy.

Dai Zongxi said: "What I got you is this American variety, the scientific name is American sprat, do you know?"

The corners of Ao Muyang's mouth twitched, and he said, "Of course I know, foreign devils are anchovy." ”

When he heard that it was American anchovy, he wasn't so interested.

The American sprat is also a very precious fish in China, but it is completely different from the Yangtze River anchovy, if Dai Zongxi brings him the Yangtze River anchovy species, plus the effect of gold drops, he is confident that this species will be saved from the endangered situation.

Tu Yi's shovel of fourgill perch in the double-layer lake in Wumanzhuang is now very chic, he will occasionally release a few golden drops for them to eat, plus he planted the algae that the fourgill perch likes in the lake, and now their population is very stable, and when the breeding season comes, the number will definitely skyrocket.

Seeing his regretful face, Dai Zong was annoyed: "What kind of expression do you have? Young man, you're very greedy." I have Yangtze anchovies, give you what you can feed? Haven't you given me all the food?"

Speaking of this, he smashed his mouth again: "Spring bream, autumn carp, summer three horses, speaking of which, this is also a good season to eat Yangtze River anchovy, but unfortunately I can't eat it." ”

The three shads are the name of the Yangtze River anchovy, and the summer fishing and cooking of the anchovy is a very tasteful thing among the ancient literati and scholars.

Ao Muyang's eyes lit up: "Dai Ju, do you have Yangtze River anchovies in your hands? You give it to me, I can feed them, I definitely won't eat them, I definitely feed them." ”

Dai Zongxi stretched out his hand and drew a circle, and said: "You feed, how do you feed? The Yangtze River anchovy is a migratory fish, and there must be a river channel for them to spawn in fresh water and grow up in the seawater, how do you get it?"

Ao Muyang pointed to the ambergris lake and said, "Then why don't I dig a river to the sea?"

Dai Zongxi laughed and said, "It's interesting, humorous, and good to chat with you young man." ”

If Ao Muyang had Yangtze River anchovy in his hand, he still planned to send it to the double-decker lake for farming. The Yangtze River shads have high environmental requirements, and they do not spawn in unfamiliar environments, but if he adds gold drops to help, he feels that he will definitely be able to revitalize this fish species.

He chased after Dai Zongxi to ask for fish fry, Dai Zongxi was annoyed, and said: "You better find a way to deal with these piranhas first, just the urine nature of the anchovy fry, let your lake be eaten by piranhas cleanly, okay, catch piranhas first, and then I will send you American anchovies, good, do a good job." ”

Ao Muyang: "......"

Pork with pig blood, as well as chickens and ducks thrown into the lake with blood, which really attracted a lot of piranhas.

The people in the village stayed on the boat and waited for the rabbit, and when they saw the piranha coming up, they immediately stuffed the discharge gun into the water, as long as the diesel generator was started, it would be clattering for dozens of seconds, and the surrounding piranha would not be left to turn over the belly.

This trick is quite effective, the piranha is too sensitive to flesh, and the other fish are not sensitive to be attracted to it, so it is very effective to do so.

In half a morning and an afternoon, more than 200 piranhas of different sizes were caught, but unfortunately they were directly electrocuted, otherwise they could be sold to the ornamental fish market to make a profit.

But this way piranhas will not be wasted, they are carnivorous fish, the meat tastes good, the texture is similar to pomfret, and the body is thicker than the white pomfret, and the meat is more.

In the evening, the piranhas caught were divided into two groups, most of them were stored in the freezer, and some of the fat ones were sent to Ao Muyang's house, and tonight he invited the people in the village to eat piranhas.

The piranhas to be eaten are relatively large, at least fifteen or sixteen centimeters, and a few are even twenty-five or six centimeters, and such fish can be sold for thousands of yuan in the market.

With no experience, Ao Muyang tried it first, he made a steamed piranha, after simply marinating it with salt, mixed with chopped green onions, garlic and ginger slices, and steamed it together, and he tasted it after steaming.

The taste is not bad, although the taste is not as delicate as sea bream and grouper, but it is more chewy, this fish is a serious wild fish, and the umami is quite strong.

In addition, he found that piranhas have thick gelatinous skin, which is suitable for making pickled pepper skin.

Zheng'er Bajing makes pickled pepper fish skin, which has to use grass carp or herring skin, Mr. peel and then cut into small slices, and then add ginger, garlic, salt, cooking wine, pickled pepper and a series of seasonings for pickling, and soak in kimchi water for ten days.

Ao Muyang chose a quick method, he put the fish skin into the pickled pepper sauce and kneaded it repeatedly, then put it in a pot and slowly steam it over low heat.

After a simple warming, it stopped, and after a long time, the fish skin rotted and there was no chew, and the dish lost its taste.

Traditionally, grass carp and carp skin are thick but not heat-resistant, while piranha skin is much tougher and can be heated to taste.

When the heat dissipated, he immediately put the ice cubes in to make a chill, and then he carried a piece of fish skin in his mouth.

It is crunchy and strong, but the marinating time is too short after all, and it is not very flavorful.

After pondering for a while, he changed to a mixed pickled pepper to eat together, and now the taste is right, the gray-green fish skin mixed with the yellow-green pickled pepper together is brightly colored, and it is fresh and spicy in the mouth, and the saliva flows vigorously, making people eat one piece and want to the next one, the combination is great.

He also found that the belly meat of this piranha is the most delicate, so he chose some raw cuts to make a raw fish, in order to avoid the harm of parasites, he froze all the belly meat, and the low temperature can effectively kill the parasite eggs on the freshwater fish.

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