There are 9 ways to tell whether the glue is true or false:

1. The bigger the size, the more beautiful it is, and it is best to have one per catty.

2. The color

is golden yellow.

The real flower glue is not the whole uniform color or all white, crystal clear and transparent, but the one with natural lines and uneven amber color is the top grade without bleaching. In the current seafood market, many vendors use bleach to bleach the gum in order to pursue the beauty of its appearance. In fact, this has destroyed the healthy essence of the gum. The primary color and bloodshot glue is the real good glue.

3. Thickness

Like a spider's belly, the center is 2 cm thick! However, some readers will ask, "Some of the flowers I see are thick in the middle and some are thick at the edges. Why? Which is better? " It depends on the kind of fish and the size of the swim bladder. Generally speaking, positive? Colloidal side? Be beautiful. You know, the predecessor of the flower glue is the swim bladder, which is attached to the back bone of the fish. The upper pressure is small and the wall is thin, while the lower pressure is large and the wall is thick.

4. Variety

Among them, yellow croaker tripe, which Hong Kong people call sole fish, is the best. It's also called money belly. The yellow flounder with this kind of gum is light golden yellow with a black inverted triangle birthmark on its fin.

5. Origin

Flower gum is produced in Myanmar and other places, but the highest price is the flower gum off the coast of Guangdong, especially the money belly in Humen sea area. Because this water area belongs to the junction of salty and fresh water, it is rich in natural minerals, unlike other places where it is all salt water, and the quality of the produced glue is particularly beautiful.

6. Male and female

Flower glue can be divided into male glue and female glue, which are taken from the swim bladder of male fish and female fish respectively. Hong Kong people prefer to eat male glue, which is greedy for being thin and soft, and it is not easy to dissolve in the mouth. On the contrary, domestic people like to eat female glue, thinking that the thick body is sticky, in short, each has its own advantages. Physically, the male is longer and thinner, and the female is rounder and thicker. In terms of taste, the same kind of gum is a little refreshing, and the gum of the mother is a little more, so it is sticky; Judging from the stewing time, the male is more resistant to stewing than the female; In terms of efficacy, male glue is better than female glue, so male glue is often more expensive than female glue.

7. Years

Generally, if you want to eat it immediately, you'd better choose old gum. The quality of old gum is much better than that of new gum. The color of old gum is yellow, and the meat quality can be divided into dark yellow, golden yellow and so on, and there is no fishy smell. The color of the new glue is relatively white and the smell is very strong.

8. Good quality

The water is clear after you stew it. If the water is turbid, it is not as good as the clear water, and it basically has no smell. And the real glue will not rot no matter how long it is stewed.

9. Meat quality

Some are coarse and some are soft. Pick up the glue and look at it in a better light, you can see the lines and meat quality inside it, so as to judge the quality of the glue.