Fish mullet - a small delicacy

Red mullet fish found off the east coastAtlantic Ocean. The largest herds wander in the Mediterranean and Black seas. Due to these circumstances, the red mullet fish was well known even by the ancient Greeks, Phoenicians and other peoples inhabiting this region. In descriptions of culinary masterpieces, which noble Romans of the era of the decline of the empire so liked to indulge themselves, the dishes from this fish are also mentioned.

Even then, gourmets highly appreciated the tastesmall delicious fish. Smaller herds of red mullets are found near the Canary and Azores, off the coast of Albion, one of its subspecies can be caught even in the Baltic.

Рыба барабулька водится исключительно в coastal zone, never swimming far from shore. It has nothing to do in the open sea, as it feeds on small near-bottom invertebrates - mollusks, crustaceans, and so on, and it rarely sinks into the ocean bowels, preferring depths up to thirty meters. And only to spawn falls slightly below - up to fifty meters.

The largest specimens reach a length of slightlymore than thirty centimeters, and the most common size of fish - from twenty to twenty-five. There are not many bones in it, so it’s a pleasure to cook the red mullet. Modern gourmets value fish no less than antique, so the cost of delicacy is maintained at a fairly high level. True, hardly anyone can, like the Romans,

buy the largest copies by weightsilver (literally). Here she is - red mullet fish. Buy a kilogram of frozen fish today can be about three hundred and fifty rubles. Directly on the Black Sea coast, you may be able to negotiate a lower price with the fishermen, but it is unlikely to be very different.

The mullet has its own nuances.Given that the fish leads a near-bottom lifestyle, the most common tackle for catching it is a donka with a hook of the fifth to seventh size. As a nozzle to catch red mullet, the worm Nereis, mormysh or finely chopped meat of fresh fish is used. For some bait some fishermen use crushed mussels.

Red mullet fish prefer muddy or sandypriming. Moving over the very bottom, she with her long mustaches feels the ground, looking for food. Fish spawn from May to August, reaching puberty at the age of two.

In one spawning season, the female may"Visits" sweep up to eighty-eight thousand eggs. In the first year of life, the red mullet reaches a size of up to twelve centimeters, and only the fry of the late litter grows much smaller. The life expectancy of red mullet is up to twelve years.

This unusual name red mullet received fromthe Turkish word for beard. Obviously, because of his long mustaches, hanging down like a beard. It has a second, unofficial name - Sultan. Our Black Sea has many symbols, one of them, without a doubt, is the red mullet fish. Photos of this little sea delicacy are decorated with the walls of coastal cafes, photo exhibition stands and fishing enthusiasts sites. So, be fruitful, fish - to our joy!