Bonito, also called Chai Fish or Bomb Fish, belongs to Carambola family. Bonito is widely distributed in the warm zone of the world and belongs to pelagic carnivorous migratory fish. It likes to gather in the waters where cold and warm water masses meet, and usually feeds on small fish such as sardines.
The bonito mentioned above belongs to Ceratopogonidae, so their body mechanisms are very similar. For example, they must keep swimming at high speed in the water, or they will suffocate. I think it may be because they keep moving that the meat is so tight and delicious. ....
Bonito is very clever. In order to protect itself from being preyed by tuna, it will choose to cling to huge marine animals such as whale sharks and baleen whales. The advantage of this is that bonito will help whale sharks eat the big fish in the fish school, so that whale sharks can swallow many small fish, which is mutually beneficial.
Fish attached to whale sharks ↓
Another interesting thing is that all the bonito we caught will have such black stripes on their bellies, but not when they are underwater. Why?
In fact, these black vertical stripes were produced after the death of bonito; But when caught and struggling, it will slowly show black horizontal stripes (the scene can be said to be very embarrassing).
Normal ↓
After death ↓
The soul of bonito lies in the moment when it is made into Muyu flower after death. Sun-dried, moldy, air-dried, then sliced with a wood cutting tool and sprinkled on rice or octopus balls for many times!
The bonito is called wooden fish, and the firewood fish is not unreasonable, because it really is! Yes! Very! Push! Sun-dried bonito is really comparable to wood, even worse. Take a chestnut and marinate the dried bonito. You can't even cut it with a kitchen knife. You must saw it bit by bit with a saw. What's more amazing is that someone made bonito into a knife! I'm not talking nonsense, because pickled bonito has been certified by Guinness World Organization as the hardest in the world.
Fish knife ↓
Insert a cold knowledge. In fact, bonito was not popular in Edogawa's era, but it was gradually accepted by the samurai class in Kamakura and Muromachi because its Japanese pronunciation was homophonic with the word "victory" and "Bonito Festival" was homophonic with "winning the male samurai". During the Warring States period, this festival was paid attention to, and it was gradually accepted by people because of its rich nutrition, convenient carrying and self-defense at critical moments.
This story tells us how important it is to choose a good name!