My Deep-sea Fishery

I feel that most creatures are generally extremely friendly to their own kind, no matter how fierce they are to the outside world.

But hairtail not.

It eats hairtail.

There are small free spines on the abdomen of hairtail fish. When swimming, they cannot use their fins to paddle. They swim by swinging their bodies to prey on hairy shrimp, squid and other small fish. Because of their extremely poor swimming ability, they often cannot catch enough food for themselves. Survival food.

Whenever food is scarce, they will attack the same kind fiercely and devour the corpses of the same kind, which is very similar to some sharks.

However, cannibalism of the same kind is not the normal state of hairtail fish. Most of the time they are relatively friendly to their own kind. When food is more abundant, they usually float quietly on the surface of the sea during the day and descend to the bottom of the sea at night. When they are still, their heads are upward and their bodies are still. It is vertical, relying only on the waving of the dorsal and pectoral fins, and its eyes are focused on the movement above the head. If they find prey, their dorsal fin will vibrate rapidly, and the body bends like a spring to pounce on the food.

Hairtails do not enjoy the food immediately after catching food, they will drag the food back to the group to share the food with their companions, which is very similar to lions.

Hairtails will share food with their companions when there is enough food. This is because they have the characteristic of queuing in groups. Every spring when the water temperature rises, hairtails will swim in groups to the shore to enjoy the cool. When the water temperature drops during the winter solstice, they will swim to the depths of the water in groups to avoid the cold.

"Crack." Chen Qingsheng dragged the fishing net over the side of the boat, and the four sea fish inside were hit hard on the deck, and they were immediately thrown to pieces.

"Go, get two foam boxes from the cabin and freeze all the fish." Chen Qingsheng ordered.

Xiang Yang went to have a look at the hairtail. Speaking of which, hairtail is much rarer in the southern waters than in the northern seas. This is the first time Xiang Yang has seen a real wild hairtail.

Hairtail used to be the first of my country's four major marine fishes, with a total annual output of more than 500,000 tons.

However, due to the large amount of fishing in recent years, the total output of hairtail has gradually declined, and even the crown of the top four marine fish was almost taken away by squid.

"Don't freeze this fish?" Xiang Yang said, "You can't sell a piece of hairtail for a lot of money if you take it home. It won't taste good if you freeze it. Why don't we cook it now?"

"Okay." He Mingde said with a smile: "There are many home-cooked recipes for hairtail fish. Its fish meat is tender and fat, and it tastes delicious. There is no thorn in the whole body except for the big bone in the middle. I recommend a braised hairtail fish. Delicate and tender, with a salty and sweet taste, it is definitely the top seafood that can be enjoyed for a long time after eating once.”

"Braised hairtail is too greasy. I still think dry fried hairtail is delicious." Chen Qingsheng narrowed his eyes when he said that he ate it. Once fried, plain noodles are better than any seasoning."

“Braised octopus is fresh and tender.”

“Dry fried octopus is refreshing.”

"Braised octopus is nutritious."

"Dry fried hairtail is low in calories."

He Mingde and Chen Qingsheng talked to me and he said to each other, arguing over whether this octopus should be braised in soy sauce or fried.

Xiang Yang actually tends to dry-fry. Compared with braised hairtail, dry-fried hairtail is indeed healthier.

But Xiang Yang didn't want to directly sweep He Mingde's face, so he said: "This octopus is so big, you two will cut half of it, and the half will be braised in soy sauce, and usually fried."

"Okay, then I'll make braised fish head." He Mingde said immediately.

"No, you make braised fish tails, and I make dry fried fish heads."

Xiang Yang's face darkened, "Who did you see cut the fish from the waist and cut it into two pieces? Cut it from the middle, and each person took half to do it."

Only then did the two of them go to the cabin with the hairtail.

As soon as he got to the cabin, Chen Qingsheng said in a low voice, "Brother De, I'm sorry just now."

"It's okay." He Mingde waved his hand, "Actually, you don't need to do this. Although I'm leaving soon, I have already made an agreement with Xiaoyang. You guys will continue to follow Xiaoyang. You don't have to act so deliberately It's not good."

"I know." Chen Qingsheng smiled bitterly: "But I'm afraid, I'm afraid that the boss will not want me once he buys a big boat. In fact, strictly speaking, my work experience is still not qualified to be the bosun of a large ocean-going fishing boat." , I'm worried that the boss will leave me on your boat."

He Mingde smiled and said, "Why, are you so unwilling to stay on my boat?"

Chen Qingsheng shook his head, "Brother De, it's meaningless for you to say that. If I don't like it, I will follow you to this boat? But you will not own this boat by then. What kind of people are you and Boss Xiang?" I have nothing to say, but what about the other bosses? Have you dealt with them before?"

"Let's not talk about this." He Mingde shook his head, "Cut the fish."

Dry-fried hairtail is easy to make. It is a simple, delicious and inexpensive home-cooked dish.

After Chen Qingsheng cut the fish, he first prepared a pack of fragrant stew, which is an essential ingredient for making fried hairtail, because dry fried hairtail needs to be served with brine to be delicious.

The method of brine is also simple, 400 grams of fragrant brine + 200 grams of water + 10 grams of sugar, stir evenly, and then sprinkle some green onion and coriander, even if it is ready.

It is worth mentioning that these brines are not poured on the side after the fish is ready, but the hairtail is cut into pieces before frying the octopus, and soaked in these brines. Just soak for ten minutes, and the taste will be lighter.

If the taste is relatively different, then soak for a longer time, so that the dry-fried octopus tastes saltier.

Chen Qingsheng cooked the hairtail pieces in brine for about 15 minutes and then fished them out. Relatively speaking, he prefers a lighter taste so that the original flavor of the hairtail can be preserved.

He Mingde saw that Chen Qingsheng was about to put the hairtail fish out of the brine and hurriedly stopped him, "What are you doing? You put the hairtail fish in the pot without scraping the skin?"

"No need to scrape, the skin of the fish that is fried until golden is actually the most delicious part of the whole octopus." Chen Qingsheng directly poured the octopus meat into the pot and fried it slowly over low heat, the salty aroma soon filled the air The whole cabin.

The method of dry-fried hairtail is relatively simple, and it can be eaten after frying for a while.

The method of braised hairtail is much more difficult. In light of the ingredients, you need to prepare salt, sugar, cooking wine, green onion, red pepper, starch, ginger, garlic, etc. Compared with braised pork, although it has a braised pork, the actual method is a little bit different. Not similar either.

Chen Qingsheng is already frying the hairtail over there, while He Mingde has just made a broth with onion, ginger, garlic, salt, sugar, cooking wine, and starch. As for the hairtail, he is still marinating it with salt and cooking wine to remove the fishy smell.