Some friends don't care much about this, and often buy chilled perch. Although this kind of perch can also be eaten, its taste is much worse than that of fresh perch. Generally, fresh perch is river perch, and that kind of chilled perch is sea bass.
In another case, someone bought perch in advance and put it in the refrigerator. If it has been frozen, steaming is not recommended, and the taste is poor. You can braise it in soy sauce. That is to say, the bass should try to eat fresh, so that it tastes good and delicious.
Perch culture
Bass in the ancient Songjiang River, shad in the Yangtze River, carp in the Yellow River and whitebait in Chaohu Lake are known as the "four famous fish", which are rich in nutrition and delicious, and have been passed down to this day. There are many poems, legends and descriptions praising Songjiang perch's delicacy in past dynasties. In the Spring and Autumn Period of the Han Dynasty: "Wuzhong takes perch as a soup, garden vegetables as a soup, fish as white as jade, and vegetables as yellow as gold, which is called golden soup and jade."
There is also a story in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms that "Zuo Ci throws a cup to play Cao Cao", which shows that perch was famous all over the world as early as the Three Kingdoms period. Since the Han Dynasty, perch has been well-known in Jianghuai because it is a special dish in Qiantang River and Wusong River basins.