Since ancient times, fish has been sought after and loved by people. Not only three meals a day, and the Lunar New Year, every family has fish on the table, meaning ? Year after year? Fish can be cooked in a variety of ways, braised, steamed, stewed, fried are very tasty.

There is such a fish, its meat is very tender, high nutritional value and very cheap, but because of the special growing environment, everyone has a misunderstanding of it, can be said in people's hearts ? infamous? This fish is catfish. They have a flat head, a wide mouth with two whiskers hanging from it, and a sticky body that is ugly and even scary.

Catfish has been eaten in China for thousands of years. Today, it has been relegated from being the master of the dinner table to ? trash fish? and ? the world's dirtiest fish? and the dirtiest fish in the world, and many countries, including China, have even started a ? a wave of opposition to catfish consumption in many countries, including China.

Catfish are omnivorous.

The catfish is an omnivore, absorbing small fish, shrimp, insects, carrion and garbage. It can also survive in smelly ditches, stagnant water and cesspools, and its body tends to accumulate all kinds of dirt and heavy metals. As a result, catfish are often thought of as dirty.

Also, some breeders feed them with human or pig feces, catfish eat people's feces, and people then eat catfish, which is disgusting when you think about the smell coming from it. Catfish simply aren't competitive against other kinds of freshwater fish, and it's only natural that people would reject disgusting, dirty catfish.

Though catfish have the ability to eat feces, that doesn't mean they enjoy it. Catfish can also get sick or even die if the water is too polluted. In fact, most farmers will provide clean feed and live water for their catfish. As long as they are fed enough, they don't have to worry about too many heavy metals and other problems. Regularly farmed catfish are safe to eat.

Catfish are divided into four categories: earth catfish, largemouth catfish, pondweed, and Egyptian bearded catfish. When buying catfish should be divided into species, exotic pond catfish and Egyptian bearded catfish compared to the worst taste, because they often eat garbage and corrosion, the body is even more dirty, they have eight whiskers on the face, grow very fast and have a strong earthy flavor.

Earth catfish and largemouth catfish are of superior quality, live in clear, clean water, have four whiskers on their faces and are delicious. Among them, the earth catfish is the most precious and has rich nutritional value. It is known as ? the treasure of fish? that ranges from tens to hundreds of dollars per catty.

Catfish is rich in a variety of vitamins, amino acids, and other trace elements, and has the role of enhancing memory, improve immunity and help weight loss. In particular, catfish meat is delicate and easy to digest, almost no bone spurs, especially suitable for the elderly and children. The soup is even a rare tonic for those with weak bodies.

In fact, catfish is more nutritious than turtle and tastes more delicious to eat, but the public misunderstanding of them is too deep, and it's too bad to miss out on such a good food as catfish.