The mullet eggs are oval, slightly flat, and milky white. Large mullet eggs are about the size of eggs, and small ones are about the size of pigeon eggs. They are mainly produced in Shandong Province.

When eating, first wash the mullet eggs with clean water, then soak them in boiling water, then take them out and wash them off in cold water, tear them apart piece by piece with your hands, and then cut the fish into pieces. Soak the egg slices in water for cooking and can be used for stews and soups.

Mullet eggs are plump and firm, with a smooth surface. The egg layer is completely uncovered and the milky white color is top quality.

Effectiveness of the dish

The reason why mullet eggs are valuable is that they are rich in nutrients and delicious. They have the effect of removing cold when eaten in winter and antipyretic when eaten in summer, and are rich in essential nutrients for the human body. Various trace elements.

Medical properties

Source

It is the egg-tangled gland of the species of the family Blackfish, such as the needleless Blackfish or Golden Crow.

Nature and flavor "Pharmacological Examination": "Salty."

Functions and Indications

"Pharmacological Examination": "Appetizing and diuretic."

When eating, first wash the mullet eggs with clean water, soak them in boiling water, take them out and wash them off in cold water, then tear them apart one by one with your hands, and then put the fish egg slices into clean water and soak them. It can be cooked and used for stews and soups.

The mullet eggs are plump and firm, with a smooth surface. The egg layer is completely uncovered and the milky white color is top quality.

mullet egg soup

Detailed introduction of mullet egg soup, the production method and category of mullet egg soup, the main and auxiliary ingredients and various raw materials , cooking methods, nutritional introduction to recipes, how to make mullet egg soup, various nutritional ingredients, etc.

Ingredients for braised mullet eggs home-cooked recipe: 10g minced coriander Seasoning: 15g balsamic vinegar, 5g pepper, 5g soy sauce, 10g Shaoxing wine, 3g refined salt, 5g MSG, top 750 grams of soup, 5 grams of sesame oil, 15 grams of wet starch. How to cook braised mullet eggs at home: 1. Put the pickled mullet eggs into the pot, add clear water, detailed introduction of mullet eggs, rooting strawberries and warblers, various traditional Chinese medicine knowledge, etc. [1]

Braised mullet eggs

Production process

1. First wash the mullet eggs with water, peel off the fat skin, and place them on the In a pot of cold water, bring to a boil over a high fire, then remove the pot and soak for 6 hours;

2. Then uncover the mullet eggs piece by piece, put them into a pot of cold water, and cook over a high fire. When it reaches 80% boiling point, switch to cold water and boil again. Repeat this five or six times to remove the salty smell;

3. Place the spoon on high heat, add 250 ml of chicken broth, black glutinous rice Cook fish eggs, soy sauce, rice wine, ginger juice, refined salt and MSG;

4. After the soup boils, skim off the foam, add wet starch mixed with water, and stir evenly;

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5. Add vinegar and pepper, stir twice, pour in cooked chicken oil, pour into a bowl, sprinkle with minced coriander and serve.

Process Tips

1. The cooked mullet egg flakes, known as "mullet money" in jargon, must be soaked in clean water if not used that day, and the water must be changed once a day;

2. MSG, vinegar and pepper should be added first and mixed well. Opening the pot may cause deterioration and odor;

3. Mullet eggs need to be cooked several times to Make sure to remove the fishy smell, but the cut mullet eggs cannot be boiled in boiling water, but should be boiled in cold water;

4. When thickening, the starch should not be too thick, and the soup should not be too large. Just open it slightly;

5. The vinegar should be put in later, otherwise there will be no vinegar smell if it is put in early.

Taste of the dish

The soup is clear and slightly yellow, with milky white mullet coins floating in it. The style is clear and unique, and the taste is fresh and slightly sour and spicy. It is appetizing and relieves greasiness. .

History and Culture

1. Mullet eggs are the egg-binding glands of female squid (commonly known as cuttlefish). They are also called moon eggs. They are oval in shape and covered with a translucent layer. The thin skin (i.e. fatty skin) contains a lot of protein and is produced in Qingdao, Yantai and other places in Shandong Province, my country. It has always been regarded as a delicacy of seafood. One of Wang Shilu's "Four Poems on Recalling Caizi" in the Qing Dynasty wrote: "Food with fish eggs" , please order the crab cakes, the Bo people will have pity on the fish." He juxtaposed the two delicacies of the mullet eggs with the belly fish and the crab cakes;

2. This dish dates back to the Qing Dynasty. It was popular in Shandong in the early days. It was also very popular in Shandong restaurants in Beijing in the mid-Qing Dynasty. It was especially popular with the literati at that time. Yuan Mei, a great poet and gourmet during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, tasted this dish many times and wrote it in "Suiyuan" The preparation method of this dish is recorded in the "Food List": "The mullet eggs are the freshest and the most difficult to serve. They need to be boiled through the river, the sand is removed to remove the smell, and the chicken soup and mushrooms are added to simmer. Gong Yunyan's Sima family is the most refined." It can be seen that. , this is a famous dish with a long history;

3. This product is a famous soup dish at high-end banquets in Beijing. [2]

Introduction to biology

Basic introduction

Also known as needle squid and golden squid

Chinese pinyin wu yu dan

The English name is cuttlefish roe

The medicinal material is originally derived from the egg-binding glands of cuttlefish species such as needleless squid and golden squid.

Harvesting and storage Harvest in spring and summer, wash, process and dry.

Pharmaceutical properties are salty in taste; neutral in nature

Returns through the stomach; kidney meridian

Effects strengthen the spleen; diuretic

Efficacy classification: Dampness and diuresis Medicine; diuretic medicine

Indications for treating edema

Usage and dosage Oral administration: cooked food, 10-30g.

Clinical Application

Each expert discusses the "Properties of Medicine": appetizer and diuretic.

Textual research comes from "Research on the Properties of Medicine"; "Supplementary Materials to the Outline": Mullet eggs are produced in Denglai. They are the eggs in the belly of the squid. "Research on the Properties of Medicine" believes that the male fish is white.

Latin name of medicinal materials Ovum sepiellae seu sepiae

Latin name of plant, animal and mineral 1. Sepiella maindroni de Rochebrune 2. Sepia esculenta Hoyle

Family and genus classification Sepiaceae< /p>

Source: "Chinese Materia Medica"

Animal and plant forms

1. Needleless squid, medium-large soft body, flat dorsoventrally, oval carcass, generally long About 157mm, about twice the width. The head is about 29mm long, with large eyes and an oval-shaped olfactory pit behind the eyes. There is a mouth in the center of the head, and there are 4 pairs of wrists and 1 pair of tentacle wrists around the mouth. The length of each wrist is similar, in the order 4>1>3>2. There are 4 rows of suckers on the inner side. The suckers are similar in size. The outer edge of the horny ring on the wall of the sucker cavity has pointed conical teeth; only the fourth wrist stem on the left side of the male is changed. It is a reproductive wrist, characterized by a very small sucker at the base, which accounts for about 1/3 of the whole wrist, and normal suckers in the middle and top. The length of the tentacles is generally longer than the carcass length. The tentacles are narrow and about 40 meters long. There are 20 rows of suckers on them, which are similar in size. The outer edge of the horny ring has square and round teeth. There is a funnel on the ventral surface of the head. The ink sac in the body below the funnel tube is connected, and black liquid can be discharged from the funnel to defend against enemies. When alive, there are obvious white spots on the back of the body. Males have larger spots and females have smaller spots. There are fleshy fins on both sides of the trunk, which are full-edged, narrow at the front, and gradually widen backward. The left and right fins are separated at the end. There is a gland hole at the end of the back and ventral surface of the carcass, and reddish-brown liquid often flows out after capture. The inner shell on the back of the mantle cavity is oblong, about three times as long as it is wide, with well-developed horny edges and a horny plate at the end. The transverse surface is water-wavy and there are no spicules at the end.

2. The golden squid has a medium-large body and an oval-shaped body. It is generally about 200mm long, about 1.5 times the width. The head is about 30mm long, and the wrist order is 4>1>3>2. , 4 rows of suckers, with irregular blunt-shaped teeth on the outer edge of the horny ring. The 4th wrist stem on the left side of the male turns into a reproductive wrist. It is characterized by normal suckers in rows 7 and 8 at the base, and suddenly changes in suckers in rows 9-15. Small, upward suckers are normal. The tactile cavity is slightly longer than the carcass length, and the tactile wrist spike is half-moon-shaped, about 1/5 of the total wrist length. The suckers are small and dense, about 10 rows, and similar in size. When alive, the body surface is yellowish-brown, with fine brown-purple and milky white spots on the back of the carcass. The male carcass has golden wavy horizontal stripes on the back, but during the reproductive season, it often shows a number of irregular blue-green horizontal stripes, and the abdomen changes from milky white to white. It turns into golden green, very bright. The inner shell is oblong, about 2.5 times as long as it is wide, with a convex back surface and hard limestone granular protrusions. The ventral surface is soft limestone, with a longitudinal groove in the center and horizontal stripes growing annularly. The terminal spicules are thick.

3. The needle squid has a small body, a narrow body, and a tapered rear end. It is generally about 90mm long, about twice the width, with narrow fins and a head about 12mm long. The male and female dimorphisms are obvious. The male trunk is long and thin and conical. The wrist sequence is 2>4>1>3. The second pair of arms is more than twice the length of the other arms. It is extremely thick, with a round top and a purple ring on the outside. Pattern, the suckers in the lower 2/3 of the wrist are 4 rows, and the rest are 2 rows; the female carcass is fat and short, the wrist order is 2>1>4>3, the 2nd and 3rd pairs of wrists are similar, the lower 3/5 There are 4 rows of suction cups at the beginning and 2 rows at the rest. The first and third pairs of wrist suckers of both sexes have 4 rows, and the top suckers have 2 rows; the fourth pair of wrist suckers of both sexes have 4 rows. The outer edge of the horny ring of the suckers of both sexes is basically toothless, except for the small sucker at the tip. With square teeth. The fourth wrist on the left side of the male is stemmed, and the top sucker is extremely small. The tentacles are slender and exceed the body length. The tentacle spikes are short and account for about 1/10 of the entire wrist length. There are 7-8 rows of suckers with very different sizes, with the central 4 rows being the largest. There are very fine yellow spots on the back when alive. The inner shell of the male is 6 times as long as it is wide; the inner shell of the female is 4 times as long as it is wide. The horny edge is very narrow, the protrusion on the back is very small, there is a longitudinal rib in the center, and the spicules are sharp at the end.

4. The white-spotted squid is larger in size and has an oval body. It is generally about 300mm long, about 1.8 times its width. The maximum width of its fins is less than 1/4 of its body width and is located on both sides. The edge is entire, the ends are separated, the carpal order is 4>3>2>1, and the suckers are in 4 rows. The outer edge of the horny ring of the suckers at the base has densely healed blunt-headed denticles; the top part of the suckers has separated denticles. The back of the carcass is yellowish-brown in life, with fine white spots. The inner shell is thick, oblong, about 2.5 times as long as it is wide, with thick particles on the back, convex front and concave back, a shallow groove in the center of the transverse surface, and thick spicules at the end.

5. The tiger-spotted squid is larger in size and similar to the white-spotted squid. The main difference is that the outer edge of the horny ring of the sucker at the base of the wrist of this species is smooth and toothless, but has many fine lines; the top sucker has dense blunt edges. Small teeth. When alive, the body is yellowish-brown with brown wavy markings on the back, resembling tiger spots.

The junction between the inner fin and the back of the body is surrounded by a sky blue border.

6. The Pseudomonas squid is larger in size and similar to the white-spotted squid, but the main difference is that the wrist sequence is 4>1>3>2. When alive, the back of the carcass is yellowish brown with obvious eye-like white spots. The length of the tentacles and wrists exceeds the sum of the length of the head and body. The inner shell has a shorter striated surface.

Resource distribution 1. my country is distributed along the north and south coasts, with Zhejiang and Fujian having the largest output. 2. Our country is distributed along the northern coast, and the southern coast of Shandong has greater production. 3. Our country is distributed along the coast north of Zhoushan Islands in Zhejiang. 4. my country is distributed along the southeast coast. 5. Distributed in coastal areas such as Taiwan, Fujian, and Guangdong. 6. Distributed in southern Fujian and the coast of Guangdong.

Ecological environment 1. Lives on the seabed. Every spring and summer, it migrates from the depths where it overwinters to the shallow waters near the island. The optimum temperature for spawning is 16-19°C. The eggs are mostly laid in seaweed. They are coated with black film, grape-shaped, and have a length of 6-7mm. The young hatched after more than a month have obvious spots on their backs and are highly mobile. . Carnivorous, feeding on crustaceans and small fish. 2. The ecology is similar to that of needleless squid, except that the eggs are gray-white, pear-shaped, with a diameter of 11-12mm. The incubation period takes about 1 month. The hatched juveniles have a yellowish-brown back with purple pigment similar to adults, but have weaker mobility. , often lurking at the bottom of the sea. They can grow up that year and begin to lay eggs in the following spring. After laying eggs, most of the parents die. 3. Live in offshore waters, have swarming characteristics, and have strong swimming ability. Breeding occurs every April. 4. Bring offshore varieties for fun. 5. It is a tropical offshore species. 6. It is a tropical offshore species.