"You know the Arctic grayling, so you know how to eat this fish the most delicious, right?" The owner of the boat asked with interest, a pile of frozen Arctic grayling was placed in the snow, and the owner's wife had already sorted it by size.

Arctic grayling is a freshwater fish, but it can also enter the ocean, for example, when migratory spawning, it will enter the open sea. People in Europe and North America are known to dislike freshwater fish, but Arctic grayling is an exception.

The biggest advantage of this fish is that it is extra-large, the meat is spiny and less, it is delicious, the nutritional value is high, and the fish contains less cholesterol and is easy to digest. Translated, they can be eaten with a knife and fork with confidence, and they will not gain weight if they eat too much, and they will not cause cerebrovascular diseases.

For Caucasians, these characteristics are combined to be a good fish when put into a fish.

Why don't they eat Asian carp? Because Asian carp has many bones, a strong earthy smell, and high fat and cholesterol content, it tastes poor when processed by traditional methods, and it is simply two extremes of the arctic grayling.

Arctic grayling is a cold-water fish, from the nutritional point of view, cold-water fish is a high-protein, high-fat fish, its cholesterol content is almost zero, rich in amino acids, unsaturated fatty acids, minerals and vitamins, DHA, EPA content is several times higher than other fish.

In addition, cold-water fish are mostly carnivorous species, with tender meat and delicious taste, and large edible parts.

Qin Shiou only had a general understanding of the Arctic grayling, anyway, there was no such fish in the entire Newfoundland area, and it was useless for him to know more. However, he has an excellent memory, so he remembers everything he knows, including how to eat this fish.

Chinese love to eat hot pot. White people in Canada and the United States don't like this very much, but Arctic grayling is suitable for cutting fish shabu-shabu.

Qin Shiou said the answer. The owner smiled happily: "Yes, it is suitable for shabu shabu." But that's just one of the ways to eat, come on, let's clean up and get ready to cut the meat. Before I do, though, I'll have to show you a little trick. ”

Forty or fifty Arctic graylings were carved out of that entire ice floe, and the mining volume was considerable, because Arctic graylings are social trout and like to live together. So when a body of water freezes into ice, they freeze together.

The body color of this fish is extremely bright and beautiful, the back of the adult fish is dark purple, the side of the body is pale yellow, and there are some spots on the side of the body, while the belly of the juvenile fish is white, and there are several dark horizontal spots on both sides of the body, which is not as bright as the big fish, and the flesh of the large fish is plump and full.

Even fish of the same size. The color of the body surface is also different, and the owner of the boat has collected some of the fish that are bright outside the body table and hung them under the eaves, apparently not intended to eat.

Qin Shiou glanced at it and didn't speak. The owner of the ship, fearing that he would misunderstand, explained: "You should know that the more colorful the Arctic grayling. It means that the worse the taste, this kind of fish is only suitable for drying fish. ”

"Oh. Man, I see. It's okay. Qin Shiou nodded, color is a weapon for the Arctic grayling, it is used to warn the enemy not to prey on it, in this case, the fish in the body, the nutrition in the body is used to develop the appearance of color, and the meat quality is not good.

The owner raised the stove outside, put a pot, and picked a few fat Arctic graylings to put in.

After a while, the ice on the surface of the fish dissolved, and slowly, the tail of one of the fish shook, then its tail shook again, and the fins began to move, and finally swam in the water.

One by one, the fish in the pot came back to life and swam restlessly in the warm water.

Seeing this, Qin Shiou said in surprise: "Wow, this is really a good trick, aren't these fish dead?" How so? I've seen it with my own eyes, they're already hard, and they've been frozen in ice for at least half a year, right? Can you still live like this? Dead? ”

The owner of the ship laughed when he saw his surprised expression, revealing two rows of snow-white teeth: "Of course it is not to come back from the dead, if it dies, then it will enter the arms of God and never return to the world, in fact, these Arctic graylings are not dead, they are just quick-frozen!" ”

"Arctic graylings can survive at low temperatures, as long as the water does not freeze, they can live very well, and their cells contain a kind of sugar muscle, which is similar to the antifreeze of a car, and the ability to protect against cold is amazing."

"In this way, they are frozen in the ice, and there is only one possibility, and that is that the cold wind comes overnight, and the water is suddenly frozen, and the temperature is very low, otherwise they can escape if they don't freeze fast enough."

"Because the Arctic grayling contains sugar muscle, the quick freezing prevents the water inside and outside the fish cells from forming regular sharp crystals, so that the cells will not be punctured, so the cells can survive, but at the same time, because of the temperature, the metabolism of the fish is also stopped. And just like that, they fall into 'hibernation'. ”

Qin Shiou didn't understand much, but he felt that the shipowner might not also understand the reason, so he pretended to understand, and nodded admiringly-he found that the shipowner liked to show his erudition, from the iceberg to Xiong Er and melon to now, he has been using the method of "Approaching Science" to analyze problems.

After the fish came back to life, the owner fished them out and chopped off their heads with an axe, and then explained: "What I just explained is incomplete, in fact it is a very complicated process, but one of the points I forgot to mention is that although these fish are not dead, their organs have long been exhausted, after all, natural rapid cooling is not technological freezing, and they will not live long after being resurrected." So, it's better for me to kill them and give them a good time, don't I? ”

Qin Shiou smiled: "Yes, you let them throw themselves into God's arms faster." ”

While flattering, he looked at the bloody head and body of the fish, and thought to himself that these fish would fall into God's arms like this, and he wondered if they would stain God's white robes.

The owner of the ship is a person who likes to listen to praise, Qin Shiou likes him, and he has always been very excited.

The fish meat is sliced and diced, the fish roe is taken out, and the fish bones are removed, and the fat fish is quickly cleaned up.

The owner washed the roe several times, mixed it with some flour and chopped leaves, kneaded it into a cake, and said: "This is the most delicious caviar cake we have here, and believe me, it tastes great!" ”

Qin Shiou cleaned the fish and said with a smile: "Then I can't wait to taste it, you may not know, since I came here, what I have been eating is ordinary fried fish and fried fish, which is really boring." ”

The owner said, "You should have tasted whale meat and seal meat, haven't you eaten it?" ”

Qin Shiou shrugged and said, "No, no, I don't like to eat those things, I only like to eat ordinary fish, such as today's Arctic grayling, I haven't eaten it, but I know it's delicious." ”

The owner agreed: "There is nothing more true than your statement, this is absolutely delicious, come on, we can start the meal." (To be continued......)