Why is saury called saury? How to deal with saury scales

Saury is very popular in Japan and has become a must-eat fish in autumn. It is affordable, tastes good, and has rich nutritional value. There is an old saying in Japan: once saury is on the market, masseurs will lose their jobs. It can be seen that eating saury has a healing effect. Why is it called saury? Let's explore it together.

Contents of this article

1. Why is saury called saury?

2. How to deal with saury scales

3. Can saury be used to make soup?

Why is saury called saury?

1. Sanma is relatively long, shaped like a knife, and the best season to eat saury is autumn. From this combination of factors, the name saury came out.

2. Saury is very popular in Japan and has become a must-eat fish in autumn. It is affordable, tastes good, and has rich nutritional value. There is an old saying in Japan: once saury is on the market, masseurs will lose their jobs. It can be seen that eating saury has the effect of curing diseases.

3. Saury contains vitamin E, which can delay the aging of the human body. The content of vitamin A is 16 times higher than that in beef and pork we usually eat. Eating saury can relieve night blindness. The more popular DHA and EPA are also extracted from saury.

How to deal with saury scales

1. Descaling by hot and cold methods: First, put the saury in water at about 80℃ for about 10 seconds, and then quickly put it in a basin of cold water. The hot and cold methods can make the scales of the saury open completely. At this time, just use a clean rag to stroke it against the direction of the scales to completely remove the scales.

2. Scaling with vinegar: Scaling fish is a troublesome task, but using some vinegar can make it easier. Before scraping fish scales, you may put a little vinegar in a basin of cold water, and then soak the fish in the basin for a while, or directly rub the vinegar on the fish several times. After that, it will be much easier to scrape the fish scales with tools.

3. Rice wine to remove scales: In addition to the vinegar mentioned above, ordinary rice wine can also help to scrape off fish scales. Just soak the fish in a basin of cold water in advance, and then add an appropriate amount of rice wine to the cold water. After patiently waiting for a while, take the fish out and use a scale scraping tool or the "scale scraping brush" above to scrape the scales. The fish scales will be easily scraped off.

Can saury be used to make soup?

Saury can be used to make soup.

Ingredients: saury, rennet tofu, 25 grams of Shaoxing wine, 3 grams of refined salt, 2 grams of MSG, 10 grams of green garlic, 5 grams of ginger slices, 25 grams of cooked lard, and 100 grams of vegetable oil.

step:

1. Place the wok on high heat, add cooked lard and vegetable oil and heat.

2. Apply a little soy sauce on the cleaned fish and fry it in hot oil on both sides.

3. Add Shaoxing wine, cover the pot and simmer.

4. Add soup, salt, and ginger, cover the pot, and simmer over medium heat for 8 minutes.

5. Add tofu and cook for another 2 to 3 minutes, then add MSG and Shaoxing wine.

6. Pour into a large casserole, bring to a boil, and sprinkle with green garlic.