Xiang Yang nodded. Although fish sauce is not well-known in the market yet, its taste has been recognized by consumers and it has a broad market throughout East Asia.
"There should be about 34 kilograms of saury here. We can't finish it all. How about we pick out some and make some fish sauce ourselves?" Xiang Yang said.
Murong Zhenfei laughed dumbly and said, "Xiang Yang, the method of making fish sauce is not difficult. You want to learn my skill of making fish sauce?"
"Actually, it's not wrong to tell you, because after you know the specific production method, you will give up on your own." Murong Zhenfei said with a smile.
When Xiang Yang heard this, he was immediately puzzled. "It's not difficult, why would I give up if it's not difficult? What's the logic?"
"Because it takes too long to make fish sauce." said Zhang Qicheng on the side.
Li Chao also nodded and said, "I have my own fish sauce in my hotel. The production process of fish sauce is indeed not complicated. Traditional production usually uses the method of sun exposure and night exposure."
"How long does a production cycle take?" Xiang Yang asked.
Li Chao thought for a moment and said, "Because in the process of making fish sauce, a certain amount of salt needs to be added, and the salinity will inhibit the endogenous protease and microbial life activities of saury, which will lead to a longer production cycle. It usually takes about two to three years for a saury to be completely turned into a bottle of fish sauce."
"In addition, the production of fish sauce requires an open fermentation environment," said Li Chao.
When Xiang Yang heard this, he immediately gave up the idea of making fish sauce himself.
In fact, Xiang Yang had never thought about producing fish sauce and selling it himself.
Xiang Yang's idea was to make some fish sauce himself and put it on the boat as a condiment.
When we need to go out to sea for a long time again in the future, we can give it to the crew to eat.
"Actually, it doesn't take me so long to make fish sauce. Brother Chao's fish sauce is homemade in a five-star hotel. This kind of fish sauce is made with traditional craftsmanship. It can almost be said that every drop of fish sauce is a drop of gold. It is not available in the market, and few people would make it this way." Murong Zhenfei said.
Li Chao nodded and said, "The production of fish sauce needs to be done in a vast, dust-free open-air environment. During the two or three years, a little dust can ruin the entire production process. Therefore, most people will not use this method to make fish sauce. In my place, the price of fish sauce is indeed not cheap."
Xiang Yang heard that there was still hope, so he quickly asked, "Boss Murong, how long does it usually take you to make a bottle of fish sauce?"
Zhang Qicheng grinned, "About a day or two."
Li Chao curled his lips and said, "He uses the technology of rapid microbial fermentation under artificial control to directly process the saury into fish sauce through technological means. This kind of fish sauce cannot be compared with the fish sauce made by traditional craftsmanship. Both the nutritional value and the taste are much worse."
"But my production is large. If you have the ability, don't buy fish sauce from me." Murong Zhenfei said proudly.
"Saury is not a noble fish, it belongs to the common people, but after it is made into fish sauce, even rich people dare not eat it as much as they want. This is against the rules of food." Zhang Qicheng sighed, "If you ask me, why eat fish sauce? It's ridiculously expensive. It's not even as delicious as Lao Gan Ma, which costs only a few dollars a bottle. Saury should be grilled. I don't know which idiot invented this anti-human invention of fish sauce."
Xiang Yang nodded. When grilling saury, there would be a popping sound of oil and smoke from the grilling. The aroma of the grilled fish wafting in the smoke would definitely whet the appetite of most people. Xiang Yang couldn't help swallowing his saliva just thinking about it.
However, fish sauce is by no means as bad as Zhang Qicheng said. Saury has many small bones, and its belly is very bitter. If it is not made into fish sauce, it will always be just a kind of sea fish that is not worthy of being considered elegant.
However, many people like to eat the belly of saury, especially when it is grilled. They think that if saury loses its bitterness, it will lack a bit of the melancholy in their memory. This feeling is just like coffee is very bitter, but many people still like to drink it.
Zhang Qicheng's words made Murong Zhenfei a little angry. He said angrily: "You, a wholesaler, do you know the taste of top-notch ingredients? If you just want to eat enough, why don't you eat steamed buns with plain flour every day? Why eat seafood? Lao Gan Ma is better than fish sauce. Later in the evening, we will have fish sauce mixed with seafood, and you can eat Lao Gan Ma mixed with rice."
Zhang Qicheng chuckled and ignored Murong Zhenfei. He bent down and began to sort the fish in the fishing net one by one and put them into several large wooden barrels.
Xiang Yang and Li Chao also started to help. The horsehead fish was easy to deal with, as it was a big, stupid fish that could be easily caught.
But although the saury looks slippery, it actually has a lot of spurs on its body. If you don't catch it well, you might get pricked by it.
Fortunately, whether it is Xiang Yang, Li Chao or Zhang Qicheng, they all deal with fish frequently, so there is no possibility that their hands will be pricked by fish bones when picking up fish.
Soon, the fish were counted by several people.
Li Chao lit a cigarette for himself and took a few puffs before saying, "I think if we delay any longer, they will all be horsehead fish or saury. I'm a little tired. How about we just return home?"
Xiang Yang was not in a hurry. This fishing boat was equipped with an engine and did not require human power to row. Even if it drifted on the sea for another two days, Xiang Yang would not feel tired.
However, this type of boat can only float on the sea for two days at most. If it exceeds two days, it will need to rely on manpower to row for a certain distance on the return journey.
Of course, Xiang Yang also knew that someone like Li Chao, who had rarely been out to sea, could not compare with himself.
Fishing is a very painful process. The whole world, except for the sky, is sea water, which can easily make people mentally tired. Xiang Yang is often at sea, and has even been to Antarctica, so he has long been accustomed to it. But for Li Chao, he is probably already very tired after just catching that net.
"Okay, since Brother Chao wants to go back, then let's turn back. We have just caught a lot of fish and this fishing boat is taking up some water." Xiang Yang said.
This kind of small fishing boat usually carries one or two fishermen fishing at sea, and its carrying capacity is only about one thousand kilograms.
Now, four people from Xiang Yang's group came over at once, and they had caught a net of fish, as well as a few wooden barrels and sea water. If they continued to fish, the boat would probably be overloaded.
After listening to Xiang Yang's words, Zhang Qicheng still missed his black-haired fish, but he also knew that Xiang Yang was telling the truth, so he nodded reluctantly and said, "Okay, let's return."