snapper, also known as Cargill, is a famous seafood in China's coastal areas. There are many cooking methods, and it is often regarded as a good dish at banquets. In the past, our Shandong Peninsula was once rich in Cargill fish. Because of overfishing and other reasons, there are fewer wild Cargill fish now, but the breeding of this Cargill fish is developing very rapidly, so there will be no shortage of Cargill fish in the aquatic market.

This puffer fish is a common name of Sparidae. It used to be thought that only red snapper, also known as "true red snapper", was the real puffer fish. However, the decline of wild snapper resources has led to an increase in prices, so in addition to red red snapper, black snapper, other colors of yellow-winged snapper, pepper snapper, etc., are also sold or cooked as snapper.

Cargill fish has been famous since ancient times. In the Qing Dynasty, scholars and gourmets in Qixia County, Shandong Province introduced Cargill fish (also known as Cargill fish in the book) in his pamphlet "Remember the mistakes in the sea": "There are fish in the Denglai Sea, with rich body, purple scales and purple fins, and the tail is all red ("Poetry "says that there are fish in the sea. Its fat beauty, its skull and eyes are fat and fat, and it has a good taste. The rate is from March to April, and it is defeated by the taste. The people in the capital sent goods by ice ship to the capital, because its image is called bighead fish, also known as sea crucian carp. The natives call it Jia Kun fish. " Another old book, Fishery Records of Yantai, said: "Because fish is precious, it is a must-eat thing for a gentleman, and because its bright red color means auspicious celebration, it is named Grade A. It can replace chicken at banquets, so it is also called domestic chicken." Domestic chicken and Grade A are homophonic, but later they all switched to Cargill fish.

Red Cargill fish is the most tender and delicious, but it is also the most expensive. Other species, such as black snapper (black jiaji), yellow-winged snapper, pepper snapper, etc., can also make good delicacies if cooked properly.