The "Different Fish Tuzan Notes" says that it is like "Xi Shi milk overflow", the metaphor seems to be too frivolous, "the pink stone head is still boneless, the snow white pufferfish is not a medicine man", Su Dongpo praised it as a non-toxic pufferfish. In Hubei, we call it catfish, and the scientific name of this fish is very foreign - long-snouted catfish. The fat long-snout is not as active as other freshwater fish, and it hides in the deep water of the stone crevices in the daytime, quietly watching other fish swim on top of it.
In 2007, it was included in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, and in the same year, it was included in the List of Economic Aquatic Animal and Plant Resources under National Key Protection in China. Extinction means disappearing from the earth, such as the dinosaurs of the Mesozoic Era, which can only be seen in encyclopedias. Although Jingzhou is the hometown of the long-snouted fish, the people of Jingzhou are extremely unfamiliar with it, which is due to its rarity. It is precisely because it is hidden that it is so precious in freshwater fish. The catfish on the market are now farmed.
With the rise of endangered species, endless long-snouts are gathered in lakes and mixed in ponds, and the stock of long-snouts today is many times more than in ancient times. As a result, the high value of the long-kissed catfish plummeted, and eating it was no longer a luxurious psychological enjoyment, and it was really appropriate to borrow Liu Yuxi's "In the old days, Wang XieTang Qianyan flew into the homes of ordinary people".
During the Tang and Song dynasties of ancient China, the long-snout was also unusual. Rare, it was labeled rare and noble, delicious, and left a deep memory for the literati and inkers. During the Song Dynasty, Su Dongpo made a big fuss after eating the long-snouted fish, leaving an intriguing verse of "pink stone head is still boneless, snow white puffer fish is not medicine". Su Shi likened the long-snouted pufferfish to a non-toxic pufferfish. What is the delicious taste of puffer fish? Being able to try delicious food at the cost of life is often puzzling, but the alarmism of "desperately eating puffer fish" has been known since childhood.
In the Qing Dynasty, Hu Shi'an wrote the "Different Fish TuZan Notes" that said: "Puffer fish medicine people, when the fish has many bones, catfish and these two beauty without two poisons." This means that catfish has the delicacy of puffer fish and time fish, and does not have the toxins of puffer fish and time fish. Hu Shi'an, a native of Leshan, Chuanxi, a scholar in the first year of Ming Chongzhen, and a qing in the first year of Shunzhi, an official eunuch, and a cultural official, should have a self-disciplined heart when making a fuss. However, after Hu Shi'an sucked the catfish soup juice, he was excitedly overwhelmed, exhausted with beautiful words, and thought of fantasizing, comparing the long-snouted catfish to "Xi Shi milk overflow", which was really Sven swept the ground and thought of wrong.
Many people in Jingzhou do not know why the long-kissed catfish is sacred, and it is rather difficult to clarify the mention of the catfish Jingchu people. But when it comes to Jiangtuan or Fat Lump, these names full of fat flesh are estimated to be mostly unfamiliar. In Jingzhou, the names of Jiang Tuan and Fei Tu have been passed down from generation to generation. Folk have the saying that "do not eat the river ball, do not know the taste of fish", but it only exists in the story, and it is difficult to see it on the table. It is conceivable that in the old days, fishermen shook their sampans and caught the joy of a river cluster on the rough Yangtze River. No wonder the ancients said, "Jiang Tuan, an underwater sheep, scaleless and fat."
Catfish, which can be stewed, but more often braised. The warmth of the thick oil red sauce is far more rugged and tempting than the elegant stew.
Braised catfish, one of the famous dishes in China. Braised catfish, Chinese recipes of course should pay attention to its origin, which is another honor of the Jingchu people.