Hongze lake catfish

In the Northern Song Dynasty, Su Dongpo tasted the delicious fish in Hongze Lake, pretending that the poem "A Unique Skill in Playing Fish" was handed down from generation to generation: "The pink stone head is still boneless, the white puffer fish doesn't cure people, and the message is not public with Hebo, so why not beg for water sprite?" He compared the Hongze Lake catfish to an elf in the water, a boneless "puffer fish" that can be enjoyed without desperate efforts. The poem tells the special features of Hongze Lake Catfish: the meat is white and tender, the skin is fat and beautiful, and it has both the delicacy of puffer fish and crucian carp, but not the poison of puffer fish and the thorns of crucian carp. In spring and winter, Hongze Lake catfish is plump and tender, which is the best season to taste. The scientific name of Hongze Lake Carp is "Long Kiss Carp". Because of its homonym with "Hui", it is commonly known as "Hui Fish" among the people, commonly known as Jiangtuan, Bai Ji, Fatty Head Fish and Silver Carp. It is a rare freshwater fish in China, and there is a saying that "I don't know the taste of fish if I don't eat Jiangtuan". It is a carnivorous fish at the bottom of Hongze Lake. It usually moves in slow water, overwinters in deep water or underwater rocks in winter, and likes to hunt at night. The young fish mainly eat aquatic insects and plant food. Adult fish eat a wide range of food, except small fish, shrimp, crabs and other crustaceans, snails, aquatic insects and water worms. Hongze Lake Carp is a scaleless fish. Most scaleless fish have high cholesterol content, while Carp is extremely low, which is comparable to beef. The Hongze Lake Catfish is delicious in meat, full in color, flavor and high in nutritional value. It is a good choice for dinner. It has low fever, low salt, low cholesterol, high protein, rich in vitamins and trace elements necessary for human body, rich in nutrition, and has the effects of tonifying the middle energizer, invigorating qi, stimulating appetite and promoting diuresis. Protein, a river catfish in Hongze Lake, has many kinds of amino acids with proper proportions. It has all eight kinds of amino acids that the human body can't synthesize, so it belongs to high-quality protein, with short muscle fibers and loose tissue structure, and the absorption rate of the human body can reach 98%. Hongze Lake Catfish contains various vitamins and fats, most of which are unsaturated fatty acids, which are easily absorbed by the human body and have the effect of delaying aging. There are many ways to fish in Hongze Lake, including white sauce fish, braised fish, steamed fish in powder, steamed fish in clear water, steamed fish in clear water, stewed fish slices and so on. Braised catfish with white sauce, a famous dish in Hongze Lake area, is a common one. It is made from about 1000 grams of spring catfish and bamboo shoots. After cooking, the dishes are simple and elegant, white and refreshing, the squid is soft, waxy and fat, the bamboo shoots are tender like bean curd, the soup is thick and sticky, and the taste is fragrant and delicious, which can be called a famous dish. Braised catfish in Hongze Lake is famous for its bright red color, oily but not greasy, fat and crisp fish and delicious taste.
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