Hongze lake whitebait

Whitebait in Hongze Lake, also known as silver striped fish, ice fish and glass fish, is a valuable aquatic product, and its meat quality is the most plump in spring and summer. The whitebait in Hongze Lake, shaped like Hosta, with ivory color, scaly cartilage, tender meat and delicious taste, has always been regarded as a whole food (the internal organs, head and wings are not removed, so it can be eaten as a whole), and the whole food is currently recognized as a natural "longevity food" by the International Nutrition Association. Hongze Lake is rich in nutrients, including protein, fat, iron, riboflavin, calcium, phosphorus and other ingredients, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals. It is the first seafood, with high nutritional value. It has the effects of tonifying kidney and yang, nourishing yin and moistening dryness, eliminating deficiency and promoting blood circulation, benefiting spleen and moistening lung, etc. It is a first-class nourishing tonic and has the reputation of "soft platinum in water" and queen of fish. During the Kangxi period of Qing Dynasty, the whitebait in Hongze Lake was listed as a "tribute". The whitebait in Hongze Lake is also commonly known as "yellow melon fish". According to legend, during the Song-Jin dispute, Mu Guiying had troops stationed at Hongze Lake, and Mu Guiying was not only good at civil and military skills, but also good at keeping fit. She wore a red shirt in wartime, usually dressed in plain clothes, and used cucumber juice as tea, tender cucumber as fruit and cucumber slices for beauty for a long time. Because Mu Guiying loves cucumbers, her waitresses and female officials also love cucumbers one by one, so that the whole army loves cucumbers and worships them. Because there are many cucumbers, a large number of pedicels and dander of cucumbers have been removed from the lake around the military camp. The whitebait in the lake rushed to suck the melon juice. Strange to say, after a long time, the whitebait produced here has the taste of cucumber. It's only an imagination that the fish will smell of melon when they suck the juice of melon, but it's true that "cucumber fish" has the taste of cucumber. The whitebait in Hongze Lake mostly lives in the middle and lower layers of Yu Hongze Lake, and often burrows into aquatic plants. They are carnivorous fish and feed on small fish and shrimp. Whitebait in Hongze Lake is produced all year round, boneless, transparent, and white after cooking. If the small one is only as thick as a toothpick, the big one can be comparable to the little finger. Whitebait in Hongze Lake can be divided into fresh whitebait and dried whitebait. There are many ways to make whitebait, such as frying, frying, steaming and making soup. The most representative ones are whitebait scrambled eggs and whitebait soup. The most representative ways to make dried whitebait in Hongze Lake are dry boiled whitebait, steamed eggplant with dried whitebait and fried green pepper with whitebait.
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