When it comes to seafood, it can not be separated from the abalone ginseng, fins and tripe, restaurant ordering time, the waiter will ask: abalone to a few heads? In the end, what does it mean?
In fact, this head is not the other head, clear-eyed people know that the abalone is no head, abalone a few head asked is not only the number, but the head of abalone, meaning a catty of abalone, a *** how many, need to pay attention to is that a catty here is worth the Sima catty, roughly equivalent to 600 grams.
For example, it is often said that "it is difficult to buy two heads of abalone", this abalone a half a catty weight, taste and nutrition is also better, daily life, we rarely see three heads of abalone, a head of abalone and other high-level ingredients, the more common in the food market, are artificially farmed dozen heads of abalone.
Of course, it does not mean that the fewer the number of heads, the more delicious abalone, the more noble, in fact, the correct practice, small abalone can also be very delicious. Some people, in order to show off, go to restaurants and specialize in abalone with fewer heads, which is actually very irrational.
That said, the world's largest abalone, is a 31 cm diameter California red abalone, 12.3 inches in length, is comparable to a car tire, in California, the abalone's biggest feature is big!
In California, more than 22 centimeters, called the medal level red abalone, more than 25 centimeters, called the beast level red abalone, are abalone in the very best, to move to the banquet, it takes more than a dozen people to eat it all, I have to say, the Pacific Ocean limits our imagination ah ...
If in accordance with the abalone a few heads of algorithm, this open level of abalone is the most important thing.
If we follow the algorithm of how many heads of abalone, this kind of open level of abalone, it is estimated to be counted as zero point zero zero zero a few abalone...
Seeing this, have you ever had the same as I can't control the flow of sincere saliva?
Although China is the number one producer of abalone and also consumes 90% of the world's abalone, the biggest kind is not from our country. Because today's abalone is essentially farmed in captivity, over 95% of it according to statistics, it's difficult to cultivate oversized abalone.
First of all, the market or restaurant, we often hear the abalone "a few head" is what it means, after all, some people listen to the cloud. Simply put, "a few heads" means a catty of Hong Kong scale (600 grams or so) how many abalone, for example, a catty of 3 is 3 heads, 5 is 5 heads, and so on. That is, the bigger the abalone, the higher the price, the rarer, the higher the nutritional value.
The most common Chinese wedding banquet is the Dalian abalone, commonly known as "10 head", the appearance of a little smaller than an egg. The other is the pearl abalone, the proverbial "fake abalone", its appearance is similar to the real and listed as abalone, but the price difference is huge, pearl abalone a few dollars only. There is also a kind of Ao abalone, in Guangdong restaurants often appear, the size of the bowl, there are more than a catty, is a very large domestic abalone.
South Korea as the second largest producer of abalone, although there are many varieties, there is still no birth of the largest abalone. Even Australia, the third-largest abalone producer due to wild-caught fish, has so far found the largest abalone is 5 inches (13 centimeters), the size of the palm of your hand.
The world's largest abalone was found in the United States, where a diver in California caught a red abalone that broke the Guinness Book of World Records: it was 12.34 inches long and weighed 7.5 pounds. Equivalent to 31 centimeters long and weighing 7 pounds. What a concept. It's bigger than a basketball, about the size of a large watermelon, and could fill a dozen people for a meal.
California's abalone has two characteristics:
1, the head is very large, generally more than 9 inches of abalone, known as the "Medal-level abalone", like the kind of 12-inch abalone is "Hall of Fame-level abalone", extremely rare! After all, it takes 20 years of growth to get that big.
2, colorful. In the United States only in May to October to legally catch abalone, the other time is prohibited, in addition to the red abalone. Like pink, black, white, green and spotted abalone are protected by law during this period.
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In recent years, due to the vigorous development of artificial culture, abalone has not been as rare as before, almost into every family's dinner table, this belongs to the mollusc phylum, gastropods, marine organisms, is rich in a variety of active ingredients, with high nutritional value and food value, is a popular high-protein, low-fat, healthy marine food. It is a favorite healthy marine food with high protein and low fat. In ancient China, abalone has the supreme status, is the "dishes to the supreme". It is one of the "eight treasures of the sea", including dried scallop, shark's fin, abalone, sea cucumber, fish maw, fish lips, fish roe and bird's nest. Its meat is tender and smooth, the flavor is rich and delicious, the market value is high and stable, set of precious, rare, expensive, beautiful in one, so abalone is doubly respected noble food. In the small fresh abalone, the proportion of water and protein is as high as 94%, which is really high nutritional food.
In terms of origin, there are Japanese abalone, Australian abalone, Middle Eastern abalone, South African abalone, South American abalone, Chinese Dalian fresh abalone, etc., among which the Japanese dried abalone in the net abalone, Yoshihama abalone, and Wo Ma abalone for the top quality.
Abalone is divided into dry abalone and fresh abalone, dry abalone production and processing technology in Japan for the most, and more for the family business.
An important criterion for identifying abalone is "head number", the so-called "head" refers to the number of abalone with uniform size of one Sima catty (about 0.6 kilograms), such as 2 heads, 5 heads, 10 heads and so on, and the fewer the number of heads, the bigger the head of abalone, and the more expensive the price is. The less the number of heads, the bigger the abalone head, the more expensive, so there is "money hard to buy 2 head abalone" said, 1, 2 head abalone belongs to the very best, it is difficult to see, in the many abalone to the Japanese net abalone head the number of the least, the second Ji-Pin.
California red abalone is the largest abalone, certified by the Guinness Book of World Records, the California red abalone's longest diameter length of 12.32 inches (31.3 centimeters), but also the world's only one diameter length of more than 12 inches of California red abalone. It's bigger than the diameter of a basketball (24.6 cm), which is a shame to think about!
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Abalone is a taste and flavor are good seafood, before we shared the practice of small abalone boy, this time we will talk about the world's largest abalone problem.
Many people know that the size of the abalone measurement has an interesting characteristic of the statement, that is, people always say "four head abalone", "two head abalone" and so on. This "head" does not mean that the abalone has a few heads of meaning, but the number of abalone per Sima catty. "Sima catty" is a unit of weight, 1 Sima catty is 604.79 grams of about 1 catty 2 two, and a Sima catty abalone less number of abalone, that is, the larger the abalone head. The "four abalone" refers to four such a large abalone is 1 soma catty, that is, each abalone 151 grams or so. However, it should be noted that this statement generally refers to the dry abalone, fresh abalone is not included, otherwise "double-headed abalone" and other rare products will not be so rare.
Because the abalone will be greatly shrunken after being made into dried products, so since we are going to say "the world's largest abalone", it is better to talk about the fresh one. Currently the world's largest abalone record is held by the California red abalone, the largest abalone has a diameter of 31.3 centimeters, looking at the numbers may be a bit unintuitive, so let's just say that this abalone is almost the size of a small car tire.
Of course, some people may think that just talking about the largest diameter abalone is not objective and comprehensive, then there is another very heavy abalone, which is also a California red abalone, and that is Randy Jones's trophy, an abalone weighing in at 7.5 pounds, which is about 6.8 pounds. Supposedly this abalone ended up being eaten by the dozen or so people present during the celebration. I think it's probably because people's tastes are different in different regions; in the case of some abalone-loving foodies, it might have been settled by five or six people.
Of course, such a huge abalone is also need time to grow, California policy is slightly different, but the general is that each person can only catch a maximum of 3 heads per day, not more than 18 heads a year, and the size of less than 7 inches (17.78 cm) need to be released, the tool can only be used with a special prying board, to prevent unsuitable for the abalone to be fished because of the use of daggers and knives, and so on, prying down the lead to the death of injuries, the annual catch season, and the use of daggers and knives. The annual catching season is from April to November, with the middle month of July being closed. But even so, because of the destruction of the ecological environment, last year, or all year ban on fishing a year, I hope that this rare species can be preserved.
The most recognized abalone species are the northern Japanese hemp nest abalone, the net abalone, and the Mexican black side abalone, while the largest is undoubtedly the red abalone produced near the United States waters.
A red abalone weight can reach a maximum of about 6 pounds, in addition to the outer layer of a thin layer of shell, are meat ah. A large red abalone for at least 15 people to eat, almost, a person half a pound of meat, poor me eat abalone, a person to eat 15 still can not eat enough.
Online allegedly the world's largest abalone world was found in Italy, by the Guinness Book of World Records or something, this news should not be true, because the United States of California's red abalone is recognized as the world's largest head of abalone. And California law, digging abalone minimum for 7 inches large, each person a day limit of three digging, a year limit of 18, but also to ensure the continued ecological growth of this abalone.
For seafood lovers, abalone is an indispensable delicacy. It is rich in nutrients, delicious flavor, known as the table gold, the crown of seafood. Under the green-brown shell, wrapped in delicate meat, a mouthful, chewy, lips and teeth. Good hi yo ~ then you know, the world's largest abalone, how big is it?
We can usually buy abalone in the seafood market, most of them are only as big as the palm of your hand, and the world's largest abalone, compared to the world's largest abalone, it's simply a small witch to see a big witch ~ the world's largest abalone, is the California red abalone! This kind of abalone grows very fast, and each one is very big! Each one grows to about 9 inches, about 22.5 centimeters. The huge brick-red shell is like a helmet, and the meat wrapped inside is very firm and tasty.
The largest California Red Abalone we have found so far is over 12 inches in diameter, about 32 centimeters! Can be more than a dozen people at the same time to enjoy, it is said that 15 people enjoyed this sumptuous abalone dinner, eat a night also did not finish, and finally forced to pack away. Eating abalone to eat to support, eat to vomit, probably this is the feeling.
However, due to the large number of human fishing, the United States California red abalone number is also a sharp decline in the growth of fast can not hold people eat fast ah, so the United States law on the number of fishing and specifications for the strict provisions of the abalone less than 7 inches can not be caught. Even if you accidentally pry down must be put back quickly, or the police uncle will come to find you oh. The number and less, fishing and difficult, this California red abalone is afraid to eat, of course, ~ mainly because of the poor ~
Abalone is one of the world's most expensive seafood. Be rich reputation " the crown of the sea, table gold "! Abalone nutritious, rich in a variety of vitamins and a variety of micro-vegetables, often eat abalone can effectively enhance the body's immunity, but also the world's top chefs favor.
Production has shifted from wild-caught to aquaculture, and today more than 95% of abalone comes from aquaculture.
In some high-class restaurants, the more common are: Japan's best abalone, net abalone, South Africa's dry abalone, Australia's Australian abalone, domestic Dalian abalone, pearl abalone.... etc.
China is easily the world's leading producer of farmed abalone, and remains the most important consumer. South Korea is the world's second largest producer and in terms of wild-caught, Australia is the third largest producer with the world's largest surplus-caught abalone fishery, and in terms of trade, China, Australia and South Korea are the main exporters, while Japan and Singapore are the main importers. Red abalone is the largest abalone species in the world and the most common abalone in Northern California.
Red abalone sometimes occurs intermittently, but is more common in Asia. Most California abalone mature between 3 and 7 years of age, may survive for 35 to 54 years, and are among the longest-lived of the world's abalone species, typically reaching 1-2 kilograms.
According to authoritative sources, the largest red abalone can reach 12.3 inches in diameter (equivalent to 31.33 cm) and weigh about 6 pounds!
It is often said that eating seafood is good for the body, and abalone is one of the more expensive seafood. Go to the restaurant to order abalone, the wait staff will ask you, abalone to a few head. The head here is not the head of the abalone, and abalone is not on only. The waiter's question is actually to ask you how many abalone do you need for one catty of large and small abalone? And one catty here means 600 grams. But this is all regular abalone, there are many abalone in the world, and different seas raise different sizes of abalone, and you guess how big the biggest one is?
As the saying goes, you can't buy two heads of abalone even if you have money. Such an abalone a full half a catty weight, not only the head is big, and the taste is also very good, more nutritious. In normal times, it is very difficult to see this kind of abalone, the abalone we see in the market are mostly artificially cultivated, and most of these abalone are more than a dozen heads of abalone. See here, perhaps you would think that if the number of heads if the less, the price of abalone will be higher. In fact, it's almost the same, that's what it means.
In the world, the largest one abalone, it has a diameter of 31 centimeters, is the California red abalone, almost as big as a car wheel. California red abalone are very large, the diameter between 22-25 centimeters is the medallion level, and greater than 25 centimeters is the beast level, these are also the best abalone, in the banquet, no more than a dozen people, then, simply can not finish eating.
Some people go to the restaurant when ordering, will intentionally nod the head of the number of abalone less because of the show of wealth, this practice is actually very irrational. Abalone is not head number is not good, although some abalone is artificially cultured, but their flavor is not bad, if you want to taste abalone partners, you can nod the head of the number of more, the same can taste fresh!
As a native, grew up in Dalian seaside Dalian silver. Seen and eaten abalone is also a lot.
When I was a kid, I would follow adults to catch the sea in summer or winter when the tide was out. In the summer, I used a homemade water mirror, and I was able to touch the sea with my head. The first thing you need to do is to use the homemade abalone bumpers to push down the abalone along the reef crevice or under the boulder. In winter, when the tide goes out, you can turn over the rocks and find abalone in the hole of the reef.
At that time, the abalone was not valuable, but the abalone shells were purchased by Chinese herbal medicine stores, and were said to have the effect of protecting the liver and brightening the eyes. （
At that time, the abalone was measured by the finger. To measure the size of abalone, put your fingers together to measure the size of abalone. Generally more than four fingers is very good, seen the largest Dalian abalone, a catty two two more. I have heard that some people have rushed to about two pounds, I do not know whether it is true or not.
Now with the enhancement of abalone farming technology, "northern abalone south" every winter abalone on the airplane, to the Fujian coast for the winter, the spring and fly back. Now the abalone, can also enter the common people's home! The hole behind the abalone can tell the abalone's growth period, generally a hole a year. Of course, the longer the years, the bigger the abalone.
Now the restaurant sells abalone already regardless of finger?
Now restaurants sell abalone regardless of the finger. That is, a catty a few mean, a catty weighing the less, the bigger the abalone head.
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