There is a fish that is very popular in Russia.It is eaten as a separate dish and as a snack for beer. Once, its fishermen were simply thrown out of their nets, because it was not considered valuable. But that all changed at the beginning of the twentieth century. Now it occupies one of the central places in the fisheries of Russia. We are talking about a breed of fish called roach.
General information about roach
This fish can reach up to 30 centimeters inlength Its characteristic feature is a silver iris. In addition, there are dark spots above her pupils. The animal-eating fish is a fish found in the Caspian Sea. The invertebrate sedentary animal world dominates in its diet.
There was a time when fishermen hunted only forvaluable species of fish. This fish was not considered worthy of attention. But over time, the fishery began to actively develop. Then, at the beginning of the 20th century, the taste and nutritional value of such a breed as a roach were discovered unexpectedly for everyone. Fish is used in a different form: smoked, dried, salted, dried and after heat treatment according to different recipes. It is interesting that if the dried vobla is also smoked, then its cost increases. Eat not only fish meat itself, but also, of course, its caviar. But the roach stewed in milk is almost a delicacy dish. It is very tasty and popular.
Beneficial features
In addition, the fish is delicious, it alsovery helpful. It contains a very large amount of protein. Fish contains saturated fatty acids, vitamins of group C, B and macronutrients (chlorine, phosphorus, calcium, sodium and others).
Вкуснейшая и полезная вобла – рыба, содержащая trace elements: nickel, molybdenum. It contains polysaturated fatty acids, making it an excellent prophylactic agent that helps in the prevention of cardiac and vascular diseases.
In addition to all the listed advantages, this fishcontains few calories - only 95 kcal per 100 grams. We can say that it is ideal for people on a diet. The weight of a roach can reach 700 grams.
Features of the craft
Fish belongs to carp species.Fishing roach is carried out on the lower Volga. Many people confuse it with roach. But it is only at first glance they are the same. An experienced angler can easily distinguish a roach from a vobla, which is both larger and has the characteristic features of the iris described above.
Для вяленого способа приготовления наилучшим the way is suitable large and fat, caught under the ice (floating) fish. Dried roach is so tasty product that it is very difficult to break away from it. In addition, it retains all the useful properties, as it is not subjected to quenching or other type of heat treatment. Dried fish of a fish is not inferior in its properties, but still many will prefer it dried.
Purposely vobla fishing is about 150 years. She began to catch when they realized that the migration of this fish occurs earlier than the herring. She began to catch and sell after processing.
At first she was just salted.Fish with underdeveloped caviar was used for cooking using the "smoked meat" method. Fish with a developed caviar was processed by the method of "kovki". These methods are different in that fish with developed caviar needed cuts on the sides for better salting. Carcasses are not gutted and salted entirely. The prepared fish was put on from 6 to 8 pieces on bast baskets, sprinkled with salt and placed in barrels. When the roach was ready, it was hung in the air and wilted. After she went or for smoking, or for sale on the market. I must say that beer lovers often prefer smoked vobla for a snack.
Vobla disadvantages and its differences from roach
Sometimes you can hear the question:“Vobla - river or sea fish? And does it have any negative qualities? ”This fish is very useful, but it has a disadvantage - inconvenience in eating because of the abundance of bones. Therefore, most often it is used in dried form, and in places of catch it can also be fried. It is not recommended to cook soups and fish soup from vobla. But in the stew it is delicious.
Inhabits fish in the Caspian Sea.It forms herds - North Caspian, Turkmen and Kura. The female mosque usually has up to 33,000 eggs. To spawn fish goes mainly to the Volga. Much less often - in Embu, Ural and Terek. It begins to spawn in April - May. Due to a drop in the level of the Caspian Sea, fish has significantly decreased in numbers. Wintering, fattening, and reproduction conditions have deteriorated. The situation is also influenced by poaching.
There is a fish similar to a vobla - roach.They are even confused or even considered the same. Vobla differs from river roach both in size and characteristic features of the eyes described above. Here you can also add the difference of the fins, which are gray with black edging.
Reproduction
Vobla can breed for life up to 6 times.Caviar is deposited to a depth of 50 meters. Vobla winters in the sea. In the autumn, it comes up in large shoals to the banks of the Volga and continues to winter in the pits in front of the mouth of the river itself. But in the mouths themselves are not included, in contrast to the Siberian roach. In early spring, sometimes at the end of winter, the roach goes into the river. It depends on the weather conditions. Colds delay the exit, and the wind from the sea, on the contrary, contributes to this process.
Some individuals begin to go into the river.still under the ice, somewhere in the second half of February. In March, the flow of fish increases, but finally it will go as early as April, when the ice comes down. On all the arms of the Volga, then the shoals of vobla are pulled, but it almost never goes further than Volgograd. Most of the fish still remain in the mouths of the river, looking for places for spawning, clogging all the ducts and backwaters. At this time, a large number of roach dies when it goes to hollow places close to the shore. The water recedes, and it remains on land.
When this breed of fish spawns, its externalthe view changes slightly. Scales form warts, and on the head - the so-called nuptial attire. Before the breeding season, the fish no longer eat. Her stomach will be empty or filled with mucus. Live vobla will be due to its own fat. The earlier the fish entered the river, the fat will be richer. After spawning, the fish will lose much weight, will become a darker, elongated shape. She goes to sea, losing her nuptial attire, and again eagerly rushes to feed.
Reviews
If you read the reviews about fish, they are completelyvarious. Concerning the taste of vobla and its nutritional value, no one has any claims and complaints. But there are frequent complaints about the finished product purchased in different places: salted, undersalted, with parasites and something else like that.
Положительные отзывы можно найти относительно Astrakhan vobla cooked delicious and high quality. But whether or not she is so good can only be seen personally. One thing is certain: buying a fish, you must carefully examine it for freshness and parasites so that no health problems arise. And the fact that the fish is tasty and healthy, you should not even doubt it.
