My Manor

Of course, as China has become the top priority in the catering industry in recent years, Europeans and Americans have also begun to catch sea cucumbers, freeze them, and send them to China. This is a very popular food in China.

However, it is obvious that the sea cucumbers caught by Jiang Hai are not intended for sale, because Edward only wants to check the marine resources. Therefore, he did not freeze the sea cucumbers but soaked them in seawater to prevent them from self-dissolving.

The self-dissolution of sea cucumbers occurs mainly because after leaving seawater, they produce something called autolytic enzymes in their bodies. Within 6-7 hours, the sea cucumbers will melt themselves into liquid, becoming watery, invisible, and shapeless. This is also a legend.

Europeans and Americans do not eat sea urchins and sea cucumbers, but Jiang Hai does. These things are destined to become his dinner.

In addition to sea urchins and sea cucumbers, there are many delicious things left in this tank.

Crabs were Jiang Hai's favorite food in China before, but the price of this food in China has always been quite expensive. After coming to the United States, he hadn't had time to eat them yet. Unexpectedly, today he could have a taste of meat.

There were about a dozen crabs here, and the largest one weighed about a pound.

Jiang Hai also knew this kind of crab, the swimming crab, which was the most common type of crab among sea crabs. When buying sea crabs in China, they generally referred to swimming crabs, because other crabs were either inedible or difficult to catch.

"There are five types of crabs: walking crabs, swimming crabs, burrowing crabs, hidden crabs, and symbiotic crabs. The big crabs, like the famous killer crab, are walking crabs, but they are too big and strong, and they just walk under the sea, so they are not easy to catch. The swimming crab refers to the swimming crab, which is the only crab that can swim. There are also many burrowing crabs, but we can also see them on the shore at ordinary times. These crabs are basically terrestrial or semi-terrestrial and are difficult to find in the deep sea. Look, this is a frog crab, and this is a Jonah crab, both of which are burrowing crabs. This is a hidden crab, which pretends to be a reef or something like that. This is a petal crab, which is a hidden crab but doesn't taste very good... Symbiotic crabs are not easy to catch. In addition to some hermit crabs, there must be some in these shells." Seeing that Jiang Hai seemed to be interested in crabs, Philemon on this side also explained with a smile.

Although Philemon is a professional cowboy, he also has some knowledge of marine life, after all, he has been a boatman.

Seeing that the boss was interested in these things, he introduced them to Jiang Hai.

After introducing the crabs, he began to introduce shrimps, as shrimps and crabs are inseparable.

There are many kinds of shrimp here. At a glance, there are six kinds. The most common one is a red shrimp. This shrimp is about ten centimeters long. Jiang Hai is very familiar with this kind of shrimp, Arctic ice shrimp, also known as Arctic sweet shrimp, which tastes very good.

In addition to this kind of shrimp, there are also green shrimps, which are a bit larger than Arctic sweet shrimps. This kind of shrimp is a prawn, and Jiang Hai has eaten it before.

Additionally, Jiang Hai also knows about mantis shrimps. This shrimp, which doesn't look like a shrimp, is also abundant in Ice City, and it can be eaten alive all year round. It tastes good, so Jiang Hai also likes it.

In addition to these three kinds of shrimp, there is only one kind of shrimp that Jiang Hai recognizes: lobster. Yes, the legendary Maine lobster. Actually, it is better to call it Boston lobster, but this shrimp is obviously still a shrimp, from head to tail, only about ten centimeters long, not much bigger than a crayfish, and probably doesn't have much meat. Speaking of lobsters, Jiang Hai remembered that he saw a lot of them when he went to the sea last time. It seems that he has to go to the sea when he has time. You said you bought a farm in Boston, but you haven't eaten the biggest specialty here, Boston lobster. Jiang Hai himself feels a little embarrassed to tell others.

Putting aside the shrimps he knows, there are three more that he doesn't recognize. Jiang Hai can't help but look at Philemon.

"There are quite a few types of shrimp here. Even if we raise some fish now, it won't cause ecological imbalance. Let me introduce these three kinds of shrimp to the boss. This very long shrimp is called tiger prawn, also known as island prawn. It is distributed worldwide and is the largest prawn. This one is about 24 or 25 centimeters long, which is considered to be grown. The largest one is more than 30 centimeters long, but the meat is average, not as delicious as Arctic sweet shrimp." Philemon did not disappoint Jiang Hai. He first picked up a large shrimp that looked like it had tiger stripes and was segmented, saying to Jiang Hai.

Jiang Hai had seen this shrimp in the aquatic market before, but the price was really too expensive. In the aquatic market in Bingcheng, a pound of live green shrimp, except for the New Year, only sold for more than 20 yuan, but a pound of this shrimp, dead, sold for more than 40 or 50 yuan a pound, which was really outrageous, but in this fishery, there were also many of these shrimps.

After putting down the shrimp, Philemon picked up another item, but although it was called a shrimp, it looked more like a bug.

"This is called a cicada shrimp (sea cicada), which is a kind of lobster, but it is very small, not tasty, and has no meat." Philemon fiddled with the shrimp in front of him and said with a smile.

"This is an eagle shrimp. It is said that this kind of shrimp existed in the Jurassic period, so there is a genus called Jurassic shrimp, but that is an Australian shrimp. We have it here. We only have this kind of shrimp, which is also very small and has no meat." After putting down the creature that looked more like a bug than a shrimp, Philemon picked up the last kind of shrimp Jiang Hai didn't recognize and said to him.

"There is also this kind of shrimp. In fact, most of these shrimp are used as food, and only this kind is the most important." After putting down the shrimp, Philemon turned his attention to the mantis shrimp.

"I know, this is a mantis shrimp. We also have it there, and it tastes very good," Jiang Hai said immediately after hearing Philemon's words.

"Uh, Chinese people eat it? Well, it seems that Chinese people eat everything. This is a kind of cleaning shrimp. We basically don't eat it here. This shrimp swims very fast and eats dead fish, shrimp, and crabs. It is the hero who keeps the seabed clean." Philemon on this side also laughed and said while teasing the mantis shrimp in his hand.

Obviously, it may be because of the golden finger, but Jiang Hai is more concerned about the ocean than the ranch. He knows more about aquatic animals. He also knows about cleaning shrimp. Other shrimp are eaten by fish, but this shrimp is protected by fish. This shrimp is a doctor in the ocean, specializing in treating sick fish. It is very famous in the ocean.

But whether it is Peter Rock Pine Shrimp, Hedgehog Shrimp, Yellow North Hedgehog Shrimp, or Gallia Whip Arm Shrimp, these shrimps are temperate and tropical species. In the cold zone, at least Jiang Hai's side does not have them.

Jiang Hai doesn't quite understand this. In fact, this is easy to explain because the water temperature here is very cold.

Therefore, aquatic creatures are not as prone to disease as those in temperate and tropical zones. Even if they are sick, the fittest will survive, and if they die, they die. After all, there are only a very small number of them, and the mantis shrimp will get rid of their bodies, completing the ecological cycle.

What Jiang Hai thinks are sea intestines are actually hagfish. Hagfish itself is not delicious, but its close relative, lamprey, is a good ingredient, although both look equally disgusting.

There is also a thing called sea hare, also called sea slug. To be honest, this thing looks quite disgusting...

After introducing shrimps and crabs, Philemon began to introduce the most important thing: fish!

But after all, this is not a breeding farm, so many of the fish caught here are not edible, as most of them are from the coral area. The so-called damselfish may not be understood by everyone, but if you put it another way, clownfish, everyone will understand it. Clownfish is also a kind of damselfish. Basically, all coral fish schools or anemone fish schools are damselfish. This kind of fish is not only found in temperate and tropical zones, but also in cold zones, though it doesn't come out much in winter.

In addition to this kind of fish that can only be seen but not eaten, there are many other fish that can be eaten here, mainly cod, herring, and some sardines, which Jiang Hai recognizes. There is also an ugly fish, which Philemon told Jiang Hai was grouper.

However, because this kind of fish mainly lives in temperate zones and tropical zones, there aren't many in the fishing grounds here. So, the one caught is not big, probably only slightly larger than the palm of your hand. Jiang Hai grabbed it, and it was about one pound, less than two pounds. For grouper, this size is still at the kindergarten level.

In addition to these fish, there are many others, such as bonito, mullet, barracuda, American redfish, and red snapper.

There are dozens of species here. When Philemon started talking, Jiang Hai was still listening, but soon he was distracted.

Just when he was distracted, he suddenly saw a large spider jumping out of the tank and starting to crawl quickly.

Seeing this, Jiang Hai subconsciously stretched out his hand to catch the spider, but Philemon grabbed his hand faster. Seeing Philemon's actions, Jiang Hai was also a little stunned. He knew that Philemon would not catch him without a reason, so he took a look at Philemon and retracted his hand first.

After making sure that Jiang Hai had left the spider-like creature, Philemon breathed a sigh of relief.

"Boss, your underwater world is really great. There are even sea spiders." Picking up a wooden board, Philemon first took the spider-like thing out of the sink, stepped on it to death, and threw it back into the sea. Then he said to Jiang Hai. Hearing his words, Jiang Hai frowned. Sea spider? Do spiders live in the sea?

Actually, it's not true. Although sea spiders are called spiders, they are actually crabs. But don't think they are easy to bully just because they are crabs. This creature is known as the poisonous king of the seabed, and it is not in vain.