Seafood Facts

What should you pay attention to when eating fish maw?

1. Things to note when eating fish maw

1. Fish maw Don't eat it with vinegar, as the acidic environment will change the spatial structure of collagen.

2. Fish maw should not be taken with licorice. Eating it with acid-containing fruits such as grapes, persimmons, pomegranates, and mountains will affect digestion and absorption and cause abdominal discomfort.

3. Children can only eat fish maw when they are three years old or above, and the dosage should be less than 10 grams each time.

4. People with spleen deficiency and excessive phlegm are not easy to digest and will increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract.

2. Fish maw "industry terminology"

Tie glue: Many businesses will describe tie glue as a type of fish maw and sell it to novice customers! In fact, tie glue is just a type of fish maw. A way of packaging fish maw; decades ago, when foreign fish maw entered the country, it was tied with cotton rope or hemp rope, so it was called tie.

Number of heads: Fish maw also has a "number of heads". "Heads" actually refers to how many fish maws per pound. The fewer the heads, the larger the individual fish maws and the higher the price.

3. Why is fish maw so expensive?

1. Only the dried product of the swim bladder of large deep-sea fish can be called fish maw.

2. The swim bladders of only a few species of fish can be made into isinglass, and thicker swim bladders are required to make fish maws of good quality.

3. The process of making fish maw is extremely cumbersome, time-consuming and labor-intensive and difficult to transport.

4. Why should you buy Laojiao?

There are generally three types of people who will buy Laojiao: the sick and injured after surgery or pregnant women; veterans of collecting fish maws; Newbies who say Laojiao is good and just follow suit.

Old glue is indeed easier to digest and absorb by the human body than new glue, but it is generally useful for those who can only eat liquid food, such as confinement or post-operative people.

If there are no problems with your gastrointestinal digestion, there is not much difference between eating new and old rubber!

5. How to soak fish maw?

1. Cold brewing method: Pour pure water into a container with dried fish maw. The water level can be one centimeter higher than the fish maw; Check the fish maw that is being soaked every 2 hours. If it can be rolled up with your hands, it is ready for soaking.

2. Steaming method: Steam the dried fish maw for 30 minutes or boil it in water for 30 minutes. Take it out of the container and add purified water, seal it and put it in the fresh-keeping layer of the refrigerator to rest for 24 hours.

6. How to eat fish maw

1. Fish maw beauty and skin nourishing soup

Materials: coel bone, 3 fish maw, Codonopsis pilosula, wolfberry, Appropriate amount of Huaishan green onion, ginger and salt.

Step 1: Put the soaked fish maw into the pot, pour in water, scallions, ginger slices and salt, cook over medium heat for 20 minutes, take out the fish maw and soak it in cold water. After cooling, put the fish maw into a seasoning bag middle.

Step 2: Rinse the cavity bone and put it into a soup pot. Pour in water twice the height of the cavity bone. Bring to a boil over high heat, skim off the foam, put in the fish maw seasoning bag, pour in Codonopsis pilosula, wolfberry and Huaishan, and simmer over low heat for 2 hours.

2. Fish maw and millet porridge

Step 1: Wash the fish maw. If it is soaked fish maw, cut it into pieces directly and set aside.

Step 2: Wash the millet, wash it together with the fish maw, put it into a stew pot, and stew it in water for 2 hours.

Step 3: After 2 hours, add a small amount of pork or other accessories, add a little salt, simmer for another ten minutes, and remove from the pot.