Luannan cuttlefish

Luannan cuttlefish is a specialty of Luannan County, Tangshan City, Hebei Province. The cuttlefish produced in Nanpu and Liuzan, the coastal areas of Luannan County, is superior, because its sea area is mud bottom, and there is no sand in its belly. The cuttlefish meat is white and tender, which is delicious in the sea and rich in nutrition. Cuttlefish (pronounced mi in local dialect), also known as cuttlefish, is another name for cuttlefish. Tangshan area of Luannan, Laoting, Fengnan and other counties (regions) are produced along the coast. However, in terms of quality, the cuttlefish produced in Nanpu and Liuzan, the coastal areas of Luannan County, is superior, because its sea area is mud bottom, and the cuttlefish produced has no sand in its belly, and it will not bite when eaten. It is one of the specialties in Luannan County's sea area and a kind of seafood that people like to eat. When foreigners visit Luannan, the hospitable Luannan people will make cuttlefish into dishes for them to taste, and when they leave, the host will also send a few kilograms of cuttlefish as a unique gift for their hometown. The meat of cuttlefish is white and tender, delicious in the sea and rich in nutrition. Every 100g of cuttlefish contains 13g of protein, 0.7g of fat, 1.4g of sugar, inorganic salts such as calcium, phosphorus and iron, and various vitamins. Cuttlefish is full of treasures and has high medicinal value. According to ancient literature, cuttlefish has the functions of nourishing blood and nourishing yin, tonifying kidney and ventilating, removing blood stasis and relieving pain. The cuttlefish bone is a traditional hemostatic drug. In the Compendium of Materia Medica by Li Shizhen in the Ming Dynasty, it was stated: "cuttlefish bone, Jue Yin blood can be divided into drugs-all blood diseases can be treated". There were 25 prescriptions for cuttlebone in ancient times, and now they have been used in medicine, such as using cuttlefish bone powder to directly treat gastric bleeding and traumatic bleeding. In 2012, some traditional Chinese medicines such as Weitong Powder, Weikuining Powder and Wubei Powder were mainly composed of cuttlefish bone. "Cuttlefish juice" is used as a hemostatic agent, such as gastrointestinal bleeding, pulmonary tuberculosis hemoptysis and functional uterine bleeding. Nowadays, there are many ways to eat cuttlefish, such as "stir-fried cuttlefish flowers" and stir-fried cuttlefish, which are all delicious dishes for moxibustion population. "Braised pork with cuttlefish" is an out-and-out hometown dish, which is widely loved by people. Its characteristic is that "fish has meat flavor and meat has fish flavor".
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