Chapter 66: Species Abundance
Of course, in recent years, China has become the top priority of the catering industry, and Europeans and Americans have also begun to catch sea cucumbers and send them to China after they are frozen, which is a very popular food in China.
However, it is obvious that the sea cucumbers that Jiang Hai caught are not ready to be sold, because Edward is just to check the marine resources, so he does not freeze the sea cucumbers, but soak them in the seawater, which can prevent the sea cucumbers from dissolving.
The autolysis phenomenon of sea cucumber is mainly because after the sea cucumber leaves the seawater, the body will produce something called autolytic enzyme, and in 6-7 hours, the sea cucumber melts itself into a liquid and becomes watery, shadowless and shapeless, which is also a legend.
Sea urchin and sea cucumber, Europeans and Americans don't eat it, but Jiang Hai eats it, these things are destined to become his dinner.
In addition to sea urchins and sea cucumbers, there are also a lot of delicious leftovers in this tank.
Crab, Jiang Hai used to be the favorite thing to eat in China, there is no one, but the price of this thing in China has always been quite expensive, after coming to the United States, he has not come to eat it, I don't think that I can open meat today.
There are almost a dozen crabs here, and the largest one is about a pound smaller.
This kind of crab, Jiang Hai also knows, pike crab, the most common kind of crab among sea crabs, buying sea crabs in China, basically refers to pike crabs, because other crabs, either can't be eaten, or not very easy to catch.
"Crabs, there are five kinds of crabs, walking crabs, swimming crabs, burrowing crabs, hidden crabs and symbiotic crabs, large crabs, like the famous killer crabs, that is, walking crabs, but this kind of crab is too big, strong and strong, and only walks under the sea, so it is not too easy to catch. Swimming crab refers to this kind of pike crab, which is also the only kind of swimming crab, it is the only one in the crab family that can swim. There are also a lot of cave crabs, but we can also see them on the shore at ordinary times, this kind of crab is basically terrestrial, or semi-terrestrial, it is difficult to see in the deep sea, look, this is a frog crab, this is Joanna crab, they are all burrowing crabs, this is a hidden crab, pretending to be a reef or something, this is a petal crab, it is a hidden crab, but the taste is not too good...... Symbiotic crabs are not easy to catch, except for some hermit crabs, there must be in these shells. Seeing that Jiang Hai seemed to be a little interested in crabs, Filipon here also explained with a smile.
Although Philemon is a cowboy by profession, he also knows something about marine life, after all, he is a man who has run through boats.
Seeing that the boss was interested in these things, he introduced them to Jiang Hai.
After introducing the crabs, he began to introduce the shrimp, after all, the shrimp and crabs are not separated.
There are also many kinds of shrimp here, there are six kinds of shrimp at a rough look, the most common of which is a red shrimp, this shrimp is about ten centimeters long, Jiang Hai is very familiar with this kind of shrimp, Arctic ice shrimp, that is, Arctic sweet shrimp, the taste is very good.
In addition to this shrimp, there are also cyan shrimps, which are larger than the Arctic sweet shrimp, this shrimp is a shrimp, Jiang Hai has also eaten it before.
In addition, what Jiang Hai also knows is shrimp crawlers, that is, shrimp crickets, this kind of shrimp that does not look like shrimp, there are many in Bingcheng, and you can eat it live all year round, and the taste is also good, so Jiang Hai also likes it.
In addition to these three kinds of shrimp, there is only one kind of shrimp Jiang Hai knows, lobster, yes the legendary Maine lobster, well, in fact, it is better to call Boston lobster, but this shrimp is obviously still a shrimp boy, from beginning to end, it is only about ten centimeters, not much bigger than crayfish, it is estimated that there is no meat, speaking of lobsters, Jiang Hai remembers the last time he went to the sea, but he saw a lot, it seems that when he has time, he has to go to the sea, you said that you came to Boston to buy a farm, and it turned out that the biggest specialty here, Boston lobster has not been eaten yet, and Jiang Hai feels a little ashamed when he says it.
Aside from these shrimps he knew, there were three kinds that he didn't know, Jiang Hai couldn't help but look at Philimon.
"The number of shrimp here is really a lot, even if you raise some fish now, it will not cause ecological imbalance, these three kinds of shrimp, let me introduce it to the boss, this very long shrimp, called monodon shrimp, also known as island shrimp, is a kind of shrimp, distributed all over the world, and it is also the largest shrimp long, this one is almost twenty-four or five centimeters long, it has been considered to be grown, and the largest has to be more than 30 centimeters long, but the meat quality is average, not as delicious as Arctic sweet shrimp." Filipon really didn't disappoint Jiang Hai, in Jiang Hai's gaze, he first picked up a prawn that seemed to have tiger stripes, section by section, and said to Jiang Hai.
For this shrimp, Jiang Hai has seen it in the aquatic market before, but the price is really too expensive, in the aquatic market of Bingcheng, a pound of live green shrimp, but the New Year's Festival, it is only sold for more than 20 yuan, but a pound of this shrimp, the dead have to be sold for more than 40, more than 50 pounds, it is really a bit expensive outrageous, but in this fishing ground, there are also a lot of this kind of shrimp.
Putting down the shrimp, Philippon picked up another thing, but this thing, said to be a shrimp, looked more like a bug.
"This is called cicada shrimp (Haizhi), which is a type of lobster, but it is very small, and it is not delicious, and there is no meat." Fiddling with the shrimp in front of him, Philippon said with a smile.
"This is carved shrimp, according to legend, there was this kind of shrimp in the Jurassic era, so there is a genus called Jurassic shrimp, but it is a shrimp from Australia, we have it here, we only have this kind of shrimp, it is very small, and there is no meat." After putting down the guy who looked like there were more insects than shrimp, Philippon picked up the last kind of shrimp that Jiang Hai didn't know and said to Jiang Hai.
"There are also this kind of shrimp, in fact, most of these shrimp are used as food, and only this shrimp is the most important." After laying down the shrimp, Philimon set his sights on the shrimp cricket.
"I know, it's shrimp crickets, we have them there, and they taste good." Hearing Filipmon's words, Jiang Hai immediately said.
"Uh, the Chinese eat it? Well, there seems to be nothing that the Chinese people don't eat, this is a kind of clean shrimp, which we basically don't eat, this shrimp swims very fast, and will eat dead fish, shrimp, crabs, and is the hero of keeping the bottom clean. Teasing the shrimp cricket in his hand, Philemon here also laughed and said.
Obviously, it may be because of the relationship between the golden finger, Jiang Hai is obviously more concerned about the ocean than the pasture, and he knows more about aquatic animals, including cleaning shrimp, he also knows that other shrimp are to be eaten by fish, but this kind of shrimp is a fish to protect, this kind of shrimp is a doctor in the ocean, specializing in treating sick fish, and it is very famous in the ocean.
But whether it is Peteryan pine shrimp, hedgehog shrimp, Huangbei hedgehog shrimp or Galia whip carp shrimp, etc., these shrimp are temperate and tropical shrimp, and they are not found in the cold zone, at least not on the Jiang Hai side.
Jiang Hai doesn't quite understand this, in fact, this is a good explanation, because it is located here, and the water temperature is very cold.
Therefore, aquatic organisms are not as easy to get sick as temperate and tropical, and even if they are sick, the survival of the fittest will die if they die, after all, they are only a very few, and shrimp crickets will solve their corpses and complete the ecological cycle.
And what Jiang Hai thinks is sea intestines, in fact, it is not sea intestines, but hagfish, hagfish itself is not delicious, but its close relative, the seven-cheek eel is a good ingredient, although both look the same disgusting.
There's also something called a nudibranch, also known as a sea slug, and to be honest, it's disgusting......
After introducing shrimp and crabs, Philippon began to introduce the main thing, fish!
But after all, this is not a farm now, so the fish, many of the fish caught are not edible, because most of them, are some fish caught in the coral area, the so-called damselfish fish, may not be well understood, but in other words, clownfish, everyone understands, clownfish is also a kind of damselfish, basically all coral fish, or anemone fish, are a kind of damselfish, this kind of fish is not only in the temperate zone, the tropics, in the cold zone, but not very out in winter.
In addition to this kind of fish that can only be seen but not eaten, there are many things to eat here, the main ones are cod, herring and some sardines, which Jiang Hai knows, and there is a relatively ugly fish, Filimon told Jiang Hai that this is a grouper.
However, because this fish mainly lives in temperate and tropical zones, there are not many fish in the fishing grounds here.
So the one I grabbed is not big, probably only bigger than the palm of my hand, Jiang Hai grabbed it, almost more than a catty, less than two catties, for the grouper, such a figure, is still at the kindergarten level.
In addition to these fish, there are many other fish, bonito, mullet, barracuda, red fish, red snapper, and many more......
There are dozens of them here, and when Philippon first said it, Jiang Hai listened to it, but soon he was distracted.
Just as he was distracted, he suddenly saw a large spider jumping out of the sink and starting to crawl rapidly.
Seeing this, Jiang Hai subconsciously wanted to stretch his hand to catch the spider, but Philemon held his hand at a faster speed, seeing Philimon's movements, Jiang Hai was also a little stunned, knowing that Philemon could not catch himself without a reason, so after taking a look at Philemon, he withdrew his hand first.
After making sure that Jiang Hai had left the spider-like creature, Philippon breathed a sigh of relief.
"Boss, it looks like your underwater world is indeed very good, there are even sea spiders." Picking up a wooden plank, Philippon first got the spider-like thing out of the sink, stepped on it directly, and then threw it back into the sea, and then said to Jiang Hai, hearing his words, Jiang Hai's brows furrowed, sea spider? Do spiders also survive in the sea?
In fact, although the sea spider is called a spider, it is actually a crab family, but don't think it's a crab, it's easy to bully, this creature, known as the king of poison on the seabed, is not in vain.
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