Little seafood, as its name implies, is little seafood. In Ningbo, there are many little seafood, such as Scapharca subcrenata, mud snail, oyster yellow, fingered citron snail and sea melon seeds.
The documentary "little seafood" said, "Big seafood is full of eyes, eat more greasy mouth, and little seafood is full of mouth."
People in Ningbo never tire of eating little seafood for a long time, not only because of the rich variety of little seafood in Ningbo, but also because people in Ningbo eat little seafood in various ways.
Drink mud snails with meals.
Bullacta exarata, also known as "spitting iron" by Ningbo people, is produced in coastal areas, but the yellow bullacta exarata in Ningbo is called "the king of bullacta exarata". Especially in March, mud snails are the best. At this time, the mud snail spit out all the sediment in his stomach, and his shell was soft and tender.
In the summer when there is no appetite, people in Ningbo can't help but come to a plate of drunken snails at the dinner table of the New Year's Eve. After picking up mud snails from the beach, wash them, remove water, marinate them with light salt water for half a month, add good Shaoxing yellow wine and seal them for ten days, and then put them in the refrigerator for refrigeration, which will not be bad for a long time.
The pickled mud snail is lead gray, the snail meat is fat, tender and smooth, and delicious. It is most suitable for cooking rice, and it is one of the three treasures that Ningbo people eat.
Mussels that are not vegetables.
Mytilus is not spinach, rape, small green vegetables and other vegetables, but little seafood, with dark shell and delicious meat, and is known as the "Lady of the East China Sea".
Mussel, also known as mussel or mussel, is called Haihong in the north. The mussels in the East China Sea listed in July are the seasonal favorites of Ningbo people.
People in Ningbo eat mussels, like to blanch them directly with water, with soy sauce and wine, and enjoy the most essential "fresh" taste. Or stir-fry with other ingredients, which is still delicious, mellow and unique.
People in Ningbo can also dry mussels, which is an excellent source of seafood flavor when making soup and porridge. In the Tang Dynasty, these dried mussels were also used as tributes, so they were also called Ningbo tributes.
Cann't eat sea melon seeds
Sea melon seeds have nothing to do with peanuts, walnuts and spiced melon seeds. They are a kind of shellfish, small in shape, like melon seeds. And because the melon seeds produced in the rainy season in the south of the Yangtze River are the most tender and delicious. So it is also called plum clam and rainbow cherry clam.
The best partner of sea melon seeds is scallion oil. Boil the boiled melon seeds to the opening, pour a little soy sauce, and pour the hot oil fried with onion, ginger and garlic on the melon seeds. The sound of "zi la zi la" announces delicious food.
Soaking melon seeds with scallion oil is a summer snack for Ningbo people, and it is also often used to entertain guests. Old local diners often say: "A plate of scallion seeds can drink a catty of yellow wine."
Bloody temptation, vampire
The cold winter is the most vigorous time for blood-sucking animals, so it is also necessary for New Year's Eve. The shell surface of blood clam is white, and because its blood is rich in heme, the meat of blood clam is bright red with blood, and the meat quality is extremely delicious.
Ningbo people eat vampires simply by scalding them with water, soaking their shells and meat in vinegar or soy sauce mixed with Jiang Mo, and more importantly, making "three-in-one oil". Mr. Liang Shiqiu wrote about the practice of sauce in "Ya She Tan Chi": three-in-one oil is a dip of sesame oil, soy sauce and vinegar.
This way of eating retains the freshness and sweetness of mussel meat to the greatest extent, and it has a refreshing ocean flavor when eaten in one bite. The sauce stimulated the delicious taste of clam meat. Soft clam meat produces juice when the tip of the tongue touches it, which is really delicious on the tip of the tongue.
Big seafood looks good, eating the luxury of "delicacies", while "small" seafood reveals the ordinary taste of "small" people and exists in the daily life of every Ningbo person.
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The pictures in this article are from Huitu, vision china. Com and the internet.