1, varieties

The taste of different varieties of mackerel is not the same, according to the characteristics of each mackerel to choose the most appropriate. Huanghua fish glue, Ma You fish glue, fish glue after stewing slate taste softer and smoother; and grouper fish glue and red fish glue is more resistant to stewing, stewed taste tougher, chewy;

Yellow tube, slate fish glue (male and female) is now more popular varieties of fish glue on the market.

2, size, thickness

The same variety of mollusks, the larger the head, the thicker the gelatinous body, the better its quality. The price of expensive flower glue is generally divided into the number of heads, the so-called number of heads is to 1 catty how many units, a catty weight within the number of flower glue, the number of heads is about small on behalf of the individual product head the larger, heavier, better quality. Folk have "ten pounds of fish one or two rubber" said, visible a few two heavy rubber, the body of the fish to dozens of pounds.

Note: different varieties of fish glue, is not a simple comparison.

3, dry humidity

The same variety of mollusks, the more dry body the better; to choose some of the heavier body when shopping, thick and dry, to avoid the purchase of flower heart mollusks (internal not dry).

Purchase of flower gums can be placed in the light, if the flower gum is translucent, the quality is better. The humidity of the flower gum color gray dull luster, and even some of the flower gum in the drying of the interior is not dry, generally transparent around the center of the cloudy color, that is, the "flower heart", do not choose. The longer the time, the flower heart part of the mold, soaked hair will emit a foul smell, not to eat.

4, color and lustre

To the texture of clean, no blood tendons and blood stasis, translucent, the appearance of a cleaner class of flower glue for the best, blood residue, drying the appearance of a class of red flower glue, fishy smell will be more obvious than the quality of the flower glue glue.

5, odor

Quality flower gums without obvious odor, odor, stewed fishy taste is also relatively light.

6, male and female

Flower gums have male and female points, flower gums male than flower gums female to be good; flower gums male shape like a saddle, belly body thicker in the middle, and the two sides of the thinner, the body was a V bar, flower gums mother is slightly rounded and spreading, shaped like a wave plate, the body was horizontal or wave pattern, the quality of the thinner, easy to dissolve after the boiler, the taste of the body is softer, cheaper than the price of the male.

7, year

Flowering gum and like Pu-erh tea, the older the more expensive, and the darker the color of the flower, it means it is more old. The advantage of aged flower glue is that the concentration of gelatin is reduced, so that the nutrients are more easily absorbed by the body and more nourishing. Aged flower gums of the same quality are better than new ones.

It is important to note that the true aged gelatin gel is a uniform amber color, but many micro-businesses will not clean up the "silt gel" advertised as "aged flower glue".