Agriculture Idol

Chapter 247 Golden Squid

After finishing the survey of small fish in the puddle, the students believed that there must be big fish chasing the small fish on this coast, so they set up fixed fishing nets in the sea and waited for the "harvest" the next day.

Long barrel-shaped fixed fishing nets are relatively friendly to fish and will not hurt the caught fish. They are usually used for scientific research.

Fishing with fixed nets takes advantage of the habits of sea fish. When sea fish encounter obstacles in the water, they will swim along the edge of the obstacle.In this way, the front wings of the fishing net can guide the fish to swim into the net automatically, while the rear compartment can effectively prevent the fish from swimming out.

When the tide is high, large fish that come for hunting tend to get trapped in the nets when the tide goes out.

When it was time to collect the net, the student who was responsible for lifting the fish cage at the end of the fixed fishing net was taken aback.

"Wow! So many fish, so heavy! Someone to help!"

There was a fierce splashing sound from the fish cage that was only half lifted out of the water, and it was obvious that there were quite a few things inside.Through the fine mesh of the fixed fishing net, the students could barely see a relatively large fish fin struggling violently due to the water.

"What's in there?"

"Some can't see clearly...it seems to have thorns!"

"Don't look at it. Just take it to the shore and pour it out and you'll find out." The students on the shore prepared the basin and shouted to the person collecting the net.

Several students hurriedly collected the fixed fishing nets ashore, lifted the fish cage at the end and poured it into the water basin.

"Wow! It's really big!"

There are all kinds of fish, but the most eye-catching one is naturally the largest black snapper.Right now, the black snapper jumped violently as soon as it entered the water basin, and the bony spurs on its dorsal fin stood up, as if to warn everyone not to touch it.

Professor Yang stepped forward, grabbed the gills of the black snapper from the front, and covered the eyes of the black snapper with his palm: "This is a little trick, cover the eyes of the black snapper, and it will calm down. "

Explaining nature while doing it by hand is the main point of this kind of practice course. Professor Yang put the black snapper that is no longer struggling into a long and narrow aquarium. In this way, the black snapper that cannot twist and turn around in the aquarium The whole picture of the fish was displayed in front of the students.

"How big is the black snapper?" A student was dumbfounded.

In the past, images of black snapper were often captured on the coast of Li Chengxin's home. Before that, less than half of the seaweed planted by Li Chengxin was eaten by black snapper. The black snapper he saw at that time was much smaller than this one.

The fish in front of me is almost one meter long, with a fierce face and a vicissitudes of life.

Professor Yang stared at the black snapper and said: "The spawning period of black snapper is usually from April to May. This one is probably in the recovery period after laying eggs."

This point can be seen from the sunken belly of the black snapper, and it is for this reason that the large black snapper that originally lived in the deep sea will go to Li Chengxin’s coast to find food. The black snapper can even sea urchins A big eater.

In addition, black snapper is also one of the hermaphroditic fish. All newborn black snappers are male, and the ovaries begin to develop when they grow to two years old. After five years old, [-]% of black snappers are female.

In addition to the black snapper, other creatures appeared in the fishing net.

"My God! There's even a huge squid!"

According to the color of this squid, its scientific name is "golden squid", and its common name is also called cuttlefish.

Professor Yang was explaining the knowledge points of black snapper. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw another student grabbing the squid. He was about to shout "Be careful!", but it was too late.

Regardless of 21, the golden squid sprayed a stream of ink at the student who caught it first, which happened to pour the student's head and face.

Under such an attack, the student did not let go of the squid in his hand, either because he was dazed or frightened.But after that, the squid never moved again.

When the students cleaned themselves up, Professor Yang had already placed the squid in a basin without putting sea water in, and the squid in the basin remained motionless.

The student stepped forward and carefully poked it twice, but did not see any movement from the squid.

"Is this dead?" The students asked strangely, "Squids are not bees, why do they die after spraying ink once?"

Professor Yang explained: "This period of time coincides with the spawning season of squid. This squid was probably exhausted after laying eggs. The sip of ink just now was its last defense."

Squid, like octopuses, have a long period of postpartum fatigue, and many squid and octopuses even die during this period.Some coasts can even pick up squid washed ashore by waves after low tide and unable to return. Sometimes even diamond fin squid with a body length of more than one meter can be found. This golden squid that entered the fixed fishing net is probably one of them.

Although theoretically all the marine life captured during the investigation should be released, but this squid seems to be dying, so it is better to eat it while it is fresh.

After Professor Yang said this, several students skillfully moved the pots and pans from the outdoor kitchen of Li Chengxin's house and started boiling water directly.Although fresh squid can be eaten raw, this half-dead one is best cooked.

A student with experience in cutting fish skillfully made a small opening on the back of the squid, and then smoothly pulled out the whole piece of squid bone, which was white in color and resembled a surfboard.

Professor Yang did not forget to increase the knowledge base for his students: "Squid rely on this bone plate to float. This bone plate is a porous medium. When it wants to float, the squid will inject air into the cavity. , and inject bodily fluids into it as it sinks."

Then, the student continued to work, carefully holding a bunch of octopus tendrils, and pulled out together with the dried ink sac and internal organs.Peel off the skin of the belly of the squid, and the rest is pure white squid meat.

Professor Yang never forgets popular science: "The ink of squid is different from that of octopus."

The ink of the octopus is sprayed in the form of smoke, in order to confuse the enemy's sight.The squid's ink has a high oil content, and it will condense in the sea water, making predators think that the ink is a squid, and the translucent squid's real body can escape.It is precisely because of the oily ink of squid that it is very suitable for writing ink, and it can even be made into printing ink after processing.

In addition, the delicious ingredients in squid ink are also widely used by chefs around the world. The most famous ones are seafood ink pasta, Spanish squid ink risotto, etc. It is a pity that the ink of this squid has been sprayed out, otherwise another dish can be added. .

Cut off the fins and arms of the squid and put it on the side of the charcoal grill, brush with soy sauce while grilling, and the delicious aroma will soon waft out.

The rest doesn't need to be cut open, just cut into rings, season with salt and pepper, coat with wheat flour, egg liquid, and bread crumbs, and then carefully put it into the oil pan.

Grilled squid and squid rings are probably the two most popular snacks in summer. Just looking at the outline of the squid rings, they are much thicker than those sold at roadside stalls.

(End of this chapter)