Whether you have bought it or not, most of you have heard of cod, which is called the “golden player” in the complementary food industry.
Cod has high nutritional value, delicate and tender meat, rich in DHA and EPA, and is called “brain gold”.
Generally speaking, eating cod can promote the baby’s intellectual development.
In addition, cod has high protein content and is also rich in minerals such as calcium, magnesium and selenium. It is fresh and salty and has almost no fish bones. It is very suitable for making supplementary food for babies.
This time, please invite our old friend, nutritionist Li Liangli, to tell us how to buy, choose and make cod.
Although cod is good, many people have bought it wrong…
Why do you say that?
Because what most people buy is actually a kind of fish that has nothing to do with cod-oily fish.
After the oily fish is cut into pieces, its appearance is very similar to that of cod, and its taste is no worse than that of cod, even more tender and smooth than that of cod. Bad merchants often use it to confuse the real with the fake.
Ma Yili once said on his microblog that after eating this oily fish called cod, his baby had diarrhea and pulled out oil:
The reason why oily fish is smooth and tender is that its fat content is very high, and 40% of it is wax ester.
Wax ester is generally used in industry. Although it is harmless to human body, it is not suitable for eating at all.
This ingredient cannot be absorbed by the human body, and will be directly discharged out of the body after eating. The specific manifestations are: the buttocks have been leaking oil all the time and the taste is very foul, and the floor drain cannot be stopped…….
For adults and children, this is a bad experience…….
The United States, Japan, Canada, Australia and EU member states have all imposed restrictions on the sale of oily fish to varying degrees. However, in China, the relevant management of the sale of oily fish is still in a blank stage, so illegal traders often pretend to be cod.
6 Steps to Distinguish Oily Fish from Cod
Step 1 Look at the packaging
Generally speaking, merchants with brands will not sell oily fish. If the fish is vacuum packaged and the main ingredients are stated on the packaging, it will not be oily fish.
However, those in bulk and plastic wrap should be carefully looked at.
Step 2: Look at the price
Except for a few merchants with extremely black conscience, most oily fish are very cheap.
If you can buy several pieces around 10 ~ 20 yuan, don’t worry, this is definitely not cod.
Step 3 Look at the surface of the fish
There will be a yellowish or reddish line in the middle of the oily fish, which is an obvious sign that other cod do not have. In addition, the scales of oily fish are larger than those of cod.
Step 4 Look at your head
The size of oily fish is usually much smaller than that of cod, so the cross section is generally not more than one palm.
Step 5 Look at the meat quality
One of the biggest characteristics of oily fish is that it will produce a large amount of water after steaming, which is extremely tender and smooth in taste and melts in the mouth.
The meat of other cod is still a little chewy, but the oily fish is too tender.
Step 6 Look at the feel
Although the meat quality of the oil fish is tender after steaming, the frozen oil fish feels rough after thawing.
I believe everyone can distinguish oily fish from cod as long as they are careful and combine the above principles.
But knowing this, you certainly still don’t know how to pick cod. Why do you say that? You will know when you open a treasure and enter [cod]…
Cod, cod, how many names do you have?
Open a treasure and enter [cod]. There are also more than a dozen pieces a kilo and hundreds of pieces a kilo. The prices are uneven and the cards are not played according to the routine.
And there are many strange nouns that cannot be read clearly…….
Seeing here, you may already have 1,000 question marks in your heart.
Is it expensive or cheap? Do you want to buy narrow cod or black cod? Real cod or silver cod? Do you want to buy Antarctica or Alaska? … …
Looking at cod with complicated names, various varieties and uneven prices, which one should we choose?
I knocked on the blackboard here!
In fact, the real, biological classification of cod refers to the cod of [cod genus of cod family], and the silver cod that I often say in my life is not actually in this cod genus of cod family and cannot be regarded as real cod, but it is also quite good and can be bought and eaten.
Let’s talk about [fake cod] and [real cod] respectively.
Silver cod is [fake cod], but its nutrition is better than that of real cod.
There are two common species of cod:
1. Antarctic canine fish
Antarctic canine fish, also known as French silver cod.
The cross-sectional area of Antarctic canine tooth fish slices is generally large, which can be larger than two or three Apple mobile phones, and the price will not be lower than one kilogram in 200 yuan. It is also called high-grade cod.
2. Naked Cover Fish
Naked cap fish is also called Alaskan black cod and black cod.
Naked cover fish are exported to China in less quantity and more expensive than Antarctic canine fish. Even if you buy it online, the price will not be lower than one kilogram in 150 yuan.
Although the above two kinds of silver cod are not real cod, they are more nutritious than real cod and are the first choice to supplement DHA for babies.
When mothers choose silver cod, remember to look at the ingredient list on the merchandise package. If there is [Antarctic canine tooth fish] or [naked cover fish] on the ingredient list, you will know that this is the most nutritious silver cod.
Silver cod also tastes better than real cod. It melts in the mouth and can be marked with five stars. Therefore, silver cod is also the most expensive, and mothers who have no shortage of money can buy it for their babies to taste.
However, the fat content of silver cod is too high to be suitable for regular consumption or large consumption at one time, which is about the same once a week.
Of course, I can’t stand eating silver cod all the time, can I?
Real cod is not as nutritious as silver cod, but it is cheaper.
There are only four species of cod that really belong to the genus Cod of the family Cod: Atlantic cod, Pacific cod, Alaska pollock (also known as Mingtaiyu) and Greenland cod.
The price of these four kinds of real cod is much higher than that of silver cod. Generally speaking, 40 yuan can buy a kilo.
True cod is high in protein and has few spines, so it is also suitable as a daily fish supplement for babies. However, in taste, these four kinds of real cod are not as tender as silver cod.
The fat content of real cod is not as good as that of silver cod, and DHA is in fat, so the proportion of DHA in real cod is correspondingly lower.
Generally speaking, [real cod] and [silver cod] are rich in DHA and protein. Silver cod has higher DHA content, but it has certain requirements on its weekly intake, so don’t eat more. Real cod has less DHA, but it is cost-effective and is also a good choice.
This is the most nutritious way to eat cod.
1. Silver cod is best steamed.
Silver cod has a relatively high fat content and is generally recommended to be steamed.
This is because DHA in silver cod is not heat resistant and is easily damaged during frying. The most important nutrition is lost in vain, so I’m sorry for its high price.
Of course, it is also possible to cut silver cod into small pieces to make risotto and cook noodles.
2. It ‘s nice to fry that cod in oil
The meat quality of real cod is rougher and the taste is more firewood. It will taste better if it is fried in oil.
However, for the baby who is just adding supplementary food, it is more appropriate to steam or boil the real cod.
Finally, I would like to remind you that you must buy vacuum-packed cod with an ingredient list. The trade name may lie, but the ingredient list will not lie and will clearly write down the variety of cod.
Whether it is high-grade silver cod (naked cover fish, canine tooth fish) or relatively cheap real cod, they all have the common nutrition of fish and are high-quality protein, so there is no need to struggle with which one to buy, and delicious nutrition is the most important.
In short, as long as you don’t give your baby oily fish, other cod can eat it.