Have you ever eaten oily fish? That's right, it's the "oily" fish as the name suggests.
When ordinary fish are eaten by humans, they will be perfectly absorbed by the human body in terms of energy and nutrients. This is not the case with oily fish, which is a ferocious fish that automatically becomes a "splatoon warrior" once it is eaten, making people want to find a crack in the ground to burrow.
Oily Fish: I'm Really "Oil"
The so-called oily fish is actually a general term for the snake mackerel and the spiny mackerel, which are huge, fierce and good at hunting, so the meat is very firm. Oilfish is a type of deep-sea fish, they swim very fast, and their appearance is very distinctive, and in appearance, they are very similar to cod.
While other fish are known for their fat, delicious and elegant appearance, oily fish is famous for its "oil" in a different way. It is understood that the "oil" in the body of oily fish is as high as 20%, and even more. These "oils" are actually their fat content. In addition, oily fish also contain a special ester called wax ester, the content of which is as high as 40%, it is precisely because of the presence of these substances that oily fish gain more buoyancy.
The head is rounded in the front and flat in the back, the head is curved, the mouth is trumpet-shaped when the mouth is open, and the body color is mainly blue-black. Distributed in the Caribbean, the mainland coast, and off the coast of Indonesia, spiny mackerel is actually a low-priced fish, but because of its cod-like appearance, it is often "re-sold" as a high-priced fish to confuse consumers about auditions. Similarly, the economic value of the mackerel is not high, and although they are a type of medicinal fish, they are not well known in the fresh market due to their inescapable limitations.
Both the sturdy and ferocious mackerel often lurk and hunt fish, shrimp and other invertebrates at night.
Fish are beautiful because they are fat, and although they grow fat, they are not liked by people, and it is surprising that oilfish are on the "blacklist" by many countries. But there are also people who can't resist the restlessness in their hearts and want to taste the taste of oily fish, but they don't know that after eating oily fish, they will turn into "splatoon warriors" and automatically "shine". Because oily fish is real oil, this oil not only cannot be digested by the human body, but can cause various adverse reactions in the eater.
As soon as you eat it, you will become a "splatoon", why is that?
Despite the "prestige" of oily fish, there are still many diners eager to try it, but this time they know that oily fish is really "uneatable". In the early years, oilfish was served at banquets where celebrities gathered because of its strong appearance and delicious and chewy meat. In 2003, a high-class banquet in California, United States, was served with oily fish, which was carefully cut into cubes and won the admiration of the vast majority of guests for its color shining against the backdrop of white porcelain plates, silverware and lights.
As everyone knows, the guests just ate the delicious meat of the oily fish one second, and the next second they were tricked, incarnated as a passionate version of the "jet warrior" buttocks gurgling oil, 42 guests who were recruited were so embarrassed that they were looking for toilets all over the floor, and the original high-end banquet suddenly became a "jet field".
It is said that the meat quality of oily fish is not bad and it does not poison people. Why did these 42 guests suddenly become "Splatoons"? Could it be that there is some mystery in the oily fish? In fact, the "culprit" that caused this embarrassing accident was up to 40% of the wax ester in the oily fish.
Wax esters are insoluble in water and cannot be absorbed by the human body, although such substances are harmless to the human body, but after human consumption, they can cause stomach cramps and cause oily diarrhea, thus causing the phenomenon of the eater becoming a "jet warrior".
There are many wax esters in oily fish, and the wax esters have a high melting point and are solid at room temperature, which are commonly found on the surface of the exoskeleton and feathers of insects in nature. When humans eat oily fish containing wax esters, it will cause severe diarrhea, and the human body will excrete the wax esters that cannot be digested and absorbed, but this process is very "tragic" and not tolerable to ordinary people.
The impact of oily diarrhea caused by edible oily fish will not last, and it will recover after the discharge if the physical fitness is good, and then it will return to normal within a day or two under the action of the human physiological mechanism. Some people are also curious, why some people don't turn into "splatoons" after eating oily fish? This is mainly due to the fact that these eaters only eat a small amount of oily fish or have low sensitivity to wax esters in oily fish.
Due to the characteristics of oily fish that make people's buttocks flow and become "jet warriors", they have been pulled into the "blacklist" by many countries. However, there are still a certain number of people who favor oily fish, and in terms of taste, the meat quality of oily fish is very fresh and strong. The United States once embargoed oilfish, but over time the ban has been lifted, although the status of oilfish has not improved much.
Although EU countries are more tolerant of oilfish, they have also made detailed and specific regulations for oilfish on the market, such as indicating that eating the fish may cause digestive risks, indicating safe cooking methods, and recommending small amounts of food.
There are no similar prohibitions and regulations on the mainland, and people's understanding of oily fish is even rarer than that of the four major fish and ordinary marine fish. Although the relevant departments of the mainland have not explicitly prohibited the import and consumption of oilfish, there are still many people who have been recruited for eating oilfish.
However, these eaters did not know about the oilfish before eating it, and instead thought that they were eating cod, which is highly similar to oilfish. Cod is a high-end fish, and as mentioned above, unscrupulous traders often pass off low-priced oilfish as high-priced cod for unjust enrichment, and from this point of view, strong market supervision and management are indeed required.
"Inedible" but usable oily fish
Oil fish may be an embarrassing "splatoon", but they are not useless. A large number of wax esters contained in oily fish actually have good lubricity, and oily fish are often used in industry in many countries to refine high-grade lubricants. On the one hand, the production of oily fish is large and the price is low, which is conducive to reducing manufacturing costs and manufacturing expenses when applied to industry. On the other hand, the wax esters extracted from oily fish are of high quality and are widely recognized by the market.
It is worth mentioning that the reason why oily fish produce so many wax esters is mainly to better survive in the deep sea, and their swim bladders gradually lose their function under high pressure. Originally, wax esters were mostly produced on the outside of fruits, feathers, and skin, and their role was to establish a protective layer between the organism and the external environment.
Nature is so amazing that it has created such a fish as the oil fish. Do you have the courage to taste oilfish as it not only causes trouble for those who eat it, but also helps the industry and creates a steady stream of high-quality lubricants for the economic market? Welcome to leave a message for interaction.