my golden fishing village

Chapter 101 Luxury Caviar

"The production of high-quality caviar is small, mainly because this kind of sturgeon grows slowly. It takes about 20 to [-] years to grow from a juvenile until it is big enough to mature and lay eggs. Such a long period of growth has nothing to do with During the breeding process, it is not easy to live well when the overfishing situation in the Caspian Sea is getting worse."

"In fact, the lifespan of a great white sturgeon can be more than a hundred years old, its body length can exceed 4 meters, and its weight is nearly 1 ton. A fully mature great white sturgeon is about 60 years old, and there are also an extremely rare number of those who are over a hundred years old. The caviar produced by the great paddlefish is self-evidently precious.”

"No wonder... to grow up well, I feel like my ancestors burned incense and did good deeds." Sun Biao sighed.

"Yes."

The fishermen present also fell silent.

People, it's always like this, you only know regret after you lose it.

"You don't have to think like this," Xia Zichen comforted, "Caviar actually doesn't suit the tastes of our people, so don't take too much psychological burden. Let me talk about the inferior ones."

"The inferior Oscitra sturgeon is smaller in size, weighing only 14 to [-] pounds, and only needs to grow up to [-] to [-] years. The roe is grayish brown with black and golden luster, and has a unique Nutty flavor, less palatable than 'Caspian Pearl', but with a distinct fruit flavor."

"The more common flashing sturgeon can grow in just seven years. The roe is not as big as the "Caspian Sea Pearl", but the color is similar. The roe has a spherical granular gray-black color and is favored for its full and rich roe flavor. But in terms of taste, it tastes more like specially selected fish roe, and the flavor specificity is not as good as that of great white sturgeon and oscitra sturgeon.”

"So, the general caviar is these three grades. From high to low, they are great white sturgeon, oscitra sturgeon, and flashing sturgeon."

"Long knowledge."

"It's still Zichen who is amazing."

Sun Biao and others sighed.

"Where, it's still far behind Chen Fan," Xia Zichen said modestly, "After all, I own a restaurant, so it's normal for me to know a little about caviar."

"How to process caviar?" Wang Tiezhu asked, scratching his head.

"That's right." Everyone cast doubtful glances.

"Well, I don't know much about it."

Xia Zichen smiled awkwardly but did not break the etiquette, "I only know that this processing needs to complete more than ten procedures within about 15 minutes. If it takes longer, the fish eggs will not be fresh and cannot be made into caviar.

Taking the great white sturgeon as an example, the first step is to knock the sturgeon unconscious, not kill it, because the roe will decay faster, then take out the roe, screen, wash, filter and dry, and then hand it over to a An appraiser uses means of smelling, tasting, seeing, and touching with his fingertips; he evaluates the grade according to the size, color, firmness, gathering density, and smell of fish eggs.

Finally, make the most important decision in the whole process: how much salt to add. The salt should not be too much. It should be controlled to marinate the fish eggs into caviar, but the salt will not create a subtle combination of taste and texture. It’s so difficult to cover up.

After salting, the roe is sieved through strainers until dry, ready to be canned and shipped around the world. "

"So complicated..."

"I don't quite understand... what appraiser or something like that."

"Hey, I understand, but it's still too difficult," Tang Yuan shook his head like a rattle, "Anyway, no matter what, I'm just responsible for eating."

"Really, how should I eat the caviar?" Chen Fan smiled slightly and said, "I want to ask for advice."

"Ah, how else can caviar be eaten?"

Tang Yuan was stunned and said without thinking: "Use a spoon directly, put it into your mouth, and swallow it."

"Yuanyuan, it's not that simple."

Xia Zichen couldn't help laughing and said: "Swallowing the caviar directly is only one of the methods, and it's a bit wasteful to swallow it so simply. To put the caviar directly into the mouth with a spoon, you have to bite the caviar gently with your teeth first. Appreciate the sound of "Bo, Bo" in the middle of the mouth, and then taste it carefully with your tongue before swallowing it."

"Bobo's voice?" Tang Yuan's eyes widened, unable to believe it.

"Yeah, besides eating it directly, you can also mix it with accessories. First, put the caviar in a small container filled with ice to keep its quality delicious. At the same time, you can mix different accessories according to your personal taste. The most classic and popular accessory is Served with whipped cream and toasted white bread. As for drinks, vodka or champagne are the perfect products to better taste the caviar." Xia Zichen said with a smile:
"Then, the utensils used to hold caviar are also very particular. Shells, wood, horns and gold are all ideal materials. The biggest taboo is to use silver tableware. Silver has the effect of oxidation and will destroy the caviar itself. The intriguing taste and aroma of the ocean is usually eaten with a crystal plate and a shell spoon.

The common way to eat caviar is to spread a little caviar on soda crackers and savor its taste carefully; or spread a little sour cream on a small round biscuit with a little salty taste, and then spread a little caviar to eat; You can also use a medium-boiled egg, crack the shell and scoop in a tablespoon of caviar for consumption.

The best partner of caviar is seafood and freshwater fish, such as yellow croaker and anchovies. These fish with extremely delicious taste and delicate meat are the first choice. In terms of parts selection, the thornless part of the fish maw must be the best. In this way Diners don't need to be "distracted" to pick the thorns with the tip of their tongues, and can concentrate on enjoying the delicacy of fish roe and fish meat. "

"It's really fastidious."

Tang Yuan muttered, thinking to himself that this is too troublesome...

As for Wang Tiezhu and others, they don't even catch a cold anymore.

What are you kidding, it’s such a hassle, going to the town to buy some pork heads, roast goose, and two taels of white wine, wouldn’t it be happier than eating this?
Chen Fan gave a wry smile.

No way, this is indeed the life of the rich, not just Tie Zhu and the others, he himself can't imagine it.

The best caviar is as good as gold. It’s not just talk. The value of a sturgeon is equivalent to a multi-million Ferrari, and a small box of white sturgeon caviar sells for 1.4 yuan. In a word, a single fish egg is worth 4 yuan, and a mouthful of hundreds of them is four to five hundred yuan!
"Then, Zichen, what Xiaofan means is, can the roe of this kind of mullet be used to make caviar?" Lao Zhang murmured, "The mullet here also weighs five or six thousand catties, and the roe can be made into caviar." Quite a lot, how much is mullet caviar per catty?"

"Yup!"

As soon as this was mentioned, everyone's eyes lit up.

(End of this chapter)