This is a kind of sand fish, which mainly grows in the Yellow Sea. The scientific name is "spear-tailed goby". It is an annual warm-temperate coastal benthic fish with strong adaptability to temperature and salinity. Its meat is tender, delicious and growing rapidly. It is distributed along the coast of China, especially Lianyungang. The goby is commonly known as "sand fish" in Lianyungang. Since ancient times, Lianyungang locals have the habit of eating sand fish, and Lianyungang folks have the saying "October sand mutton soup".

First, the nutritional value of sand light fish is very high.

The meat of the sand fish is delicate and delicious. It can be used for braising in soy sauce and making soup. It has been listed in China's famous cookbooks. There is a folk proverb in the cities of the Yellow Sea that "October sand fish competes for mutton soup", which shows that winter is the golden season to eat sand fish. According to "Edible Materia Medica" records, Shaguang fish "warms the middle warmer, benefits qi, strengthens yang and tendons, and benefits blood vessels ...", which is very nourishing and nutritious.

Second, legends and allusions about the sand fish

Legend 1

Because the sand light fish is particularly willing to grow, but also has the ambition to be a dragon king. Once it talked to "pomfret" and inadvertently revealed the secret in its heart. He said to pomfret, "I'll eat the old dragon king in ten years." Pomfret will grow, won't it? I call it birth every year. "In this way, sand fish have to take off their babies once a year, and they will never be bullies. Because "pomfret" likes to snitch, everyone gave "pomfret" a nickname-Xiaozui.

Legend 2

People at the seaside will say such a jingle: "Sha Guangnian is one foot older and catches up with the old dragon king in three years." In fact, it is rare enough to catch up with the old dragon king, that is, to meet a ruler. Sand fish will not grow up. How did you say that phrase?

It turns out that the sand fish is a bit dull, and it is called "dull melon seeds". Just because it is dull, it never knows how to avoid it. I often say that I am too young in front of the Dragon King, which is really pitiful. The dragon king didn't want to talk to it anymore, but he often bothered it all day, so he said to it, "Stop it!" " You are a good man, and you will be a foot older in the future. Don't come to my ear again. "ShaGuangYu a listen to, immediately to the spirit, triumphant all the way with joy. Later, when he saw a fish smaller than himself, he always looked majestic and sarcastically said, "Look at your ghost, it's a little pitiful. I can shake my tail and break your tendon. "