Reading guide: There is an old saying: "I would rather eat a bite of seafood than a thousand beasts." Seafood is the food we often eat, because most of the seafood is high in calcium and high protein food, eat more seafood in the hot summer, can replenish nutrients for the body, so that we can spend the whole bitter summer comfortably. And every summer, it is also the "fishing ban period", at this time the seafood on the market, if it is live, most of it is farmed, if it is frozen, a little is caught before the fishing ban period, and most of the seafood is willing to choose live, because the live seafood is fresher and the meat is more tender.
For example, in the summer, it is the time when "farmed live shrimp" is on the market in large quantities, in the past, almost every household would eat prawns 1-2 times a week, and every time I visited the supermarket, the pool selling live shrimp was full of people, but this year it is very deserted. Large, lively, and affordable prawns are rarely bought. The loudspeaker of the supermarket shouted 19.9 prawns, I observed around the pool for 10 minutes, only 1 person caught a dozen, no one cared at all, why this year's live shrimp price "big dive", not many people buy it? Why? I asked a friend who is a vendor who does live shrimp wholesale, and he said that there are 4 reasons, which are very realistic, so let's take a look at which four reasons are together!
Point 1: Weather reasons
Every year, from the beginning of July to December, Ecuador white shrimp is on the market in large quantities. And on dog days, because of the high temperature, the density of shrimp is relatively large, if some goods are not produced, the shrimp will die, at this time many traders will catch some live shrimp to sell. The quantity is greater than demand, coupled with the hot climate, many people are reluctant to process deeply, resulting in a lot of shrimp circulating on the market, so shrimp is relatively cheap.
And on dog days, some people are reluctant to cook at home, and they feel hot when they make the simplest boiled shrimp, and many people are reluctant to buy it. In addition, dog days, many people will buy some ice cream or water and put it in the refrigerator to freeze, and there is no place to freeze shrimp in the refrigerator, so no matter how cheap the shrimp is, some people are not willing to buy it and keep it at home.
The second point: the taste of the live shrimp itself
No matter what the ingredients, as long as the taste is good, no matter how far away and how expensive, there are people who are willing to buy it, and the current live shrimp is really too unpalatable, and it is not as delicious as the sea-caught shrimp at all. A few days ago, it looked very cheap, 30 yuan 2 catties, I bought 2 catties home, and cooked it with my hands, although the shrimp meat tasted more elastic, but the fishy smell was heavy, the meat of the shrimp head part, it was a little bitter to eat, anyway, I didn't eat a little bit of the fresh sweetness that the shrimp should have, and my family asked me not to buy it in the future.
The weather is hot, because the shrimp eats less, and the growth rate is slow, the shrimp meat at this time is indeed a little worse than the shrimp after the weather is cool, so I like to eat the shrimp with enough umami and super elastic meat, you can wait, and wait until the end of August, the taste of the shrimp meat will slowly get better.
The third point: the impact of the general environment
In recent years, the sales of seafood products have declined, because Japan's nuclear sewage into the sea, people believe that these seafood is nuclear-contaminated, eating too much will be harmful to the body, so people buy seafood less often. And this year, some people know that the Ecuador white shrimp we eat the most can not only be aquacultured, but also freshwater, and the freshwater farmed shrimp meat is not as fresh as that of seawater farming, so this reason also leads to Ecuador white shrimp is not easy to sell.
On the market, the price of crayfish this year is also the lowest, buy 3 pounds of crayfish for 20 yuan, you can produce 1 pound of shrimp meat, many people think that eating crayfish is cheaper, so the number of people who sell Ecuador white shrimp has decreased, the general environment is not good, but also led to the price of Ecuador white shrimp "big dive".
Point 4: Potion shrimp
Now people's diet pays attention to "natural pollution-free", would rather spend some money, are willing to buy healthy vegetables, fruits, meat to eat, and some Ecuador white shrimp fishermen, in order to increase production, will put more shrimp seedlings, and the density of shrimp seedlings is high, the water quality will become worse, at this time will add a variety of bactericidal, antiviral drugs in the water, so Ecuador white shrimp also has a bad name, called "medicine shrimp".
In fact, the fishermen who now breed Ecuador white shrimp have many years of breeding experience, and many fishermen will accurately use various drugs, and the shrimp after fishing will also be tested before they can be marketed, so few fishermen dare to feed the medicine indiscriminately. If the indiscriminate feeding of the medicine is discovered by the buyer, he may not buy his shrimp for the rest of his life. But now the reputation of Ecuador white shrimp is not very good, so sales have deteriorated and prices have decreased.
The price of live shrimp has "plunged", why are not many people buying it? The vendor said: Is it because of the four practical reasons of "weather reasons, the taste of the live shrimp itself, the influence of the environment, and the shrimp in medicinal water", do you think it makes sense? If today's article is helpful to you, please follow and like, this is my greatest support. In the follow-up, Chef Hu will explain more cooking tips and health maintenance skills to everyone, and finally thank you for watching.