Fish is a very capricious product. In raw or chilled form, it cannot be stored for a long time, and in frozen form it must be stored in compliance with all conditions, using certified equipment, which allows us to guarantee the safety of its valuable nutritional qualities. If the fish was stored incorrectly, then you cannot cook a tasty, high-quality dish from it. Any housewife should know how to choose fish in a store or market.
Instructions
Step 1
The surest way to get guaranteed fresh fish is to buy it while it is still alive. Today, aquariums, where you yourself can choose any fish you like, are installed in the fish departments of stores and in markets. Often it is also sold directly from machines, from vessels where every fish is still alive.
Step 2
If the fish has already "fallen asleep", then there is no way to do without a handwritten examination. Don't be afraid to get your hands dirty - check her gills. In fresh fish, they are bright pink or red in color, they should be clean, without whitish coating and mucus. Pay attention to the fins and tail, they also should not be curled or dry.
Step 3
Feel free to sniff the fish. Fresh fish has a subtle sweetish smell of fresh cucumber. A pronounced "fishy" smell appears in those fish that have been lying down for some time or have already been thawed at least once.
Step 4
The eyes of a fish can also tell a lot. They should be bright, transparent and convex, cloudy and sunken should immediately be a reason to refuse to buy.
Step 5
The meat of the fish on the cut should not be windy, the fillet should be cut evenly, and not have torn edges. It should be elastic to the touch and, when pressed with a finger, quickly take its previous shape. The bones should fit snugly against the meat and in no case separate from it. The scales should also be intact, without traces of blood and mucus, and fit snugly to the carcass.
Step 6
Choose fillets of frozen fish completely covered with ice glaze, this ensures that the fish was stored correctly, did not thaw if the heat regime was violated.
