Because it is extremely difficult to catch pike, pike is very popular in the market.

However, there are a lot of pikes in the ocean and are spread all over the world, so the price is not very high.

At present, the more common price on the market is about thirty or forty yuan per catty. In some fishing villages in Zhoushan, it only costs more than ten yuan per catty. When transported to the inland, it usually does not cost more than one hundred yuan per catty. It is considered a very affordable seafood.

"This fish is a bit dangerous. Be careful when cleaning up the catch later. Don't be bitten by it." Li Xuan said to the crew.

"Don't worry, Brother Xuan, we all know." Wang Lei grabbed a huge body, his body was so tall that it looked like a piece of bamboo pike.

The pike immediately struggled desperately. It opened its sharp mouth and showed its canine teeth and was about to bite Wang Lei's arm.

The other pikes on the deck were immediately fierce, and some jumped directly on the spot nearly one meter high, and they were about to bite the crew with the rushing force.

Although Wang Lei had experience catching pikes in the past, he used to only catch one at a time. Now there may be hundreds of pikes on the deck. He has never seen such a posture, and he was so scared that he hurriedly stepped back several times.

Luo Hai, on the side, immediately handed over a foam box covered with a layer of broken ice, and asked Wang Lei to stuff the pike in.

Wang Lei then patted his chest with lingering fear and said, "I was so scared just now."

Li Xuan smiled and said, "There is no need to be transported to this fish. You don't need to grab it with your hands. Just use the fish rake and get them all into the frozen warehouse."

The crew members nodded, and did not dare to get close to the pikes. They were far away and knocked them out with fish rakes, or stuffed them directly into the foam box.

Although the number of these pikes is not large, only about one hundred in total, the fish is big and fierce in nature. Usually, a foam box is only enough to hold one, and some are large, and even the foam box cannot be installed. Therefore, it is particularly difficult to clean the fishing catch, and each one is very tired.

Li Xuan was also helping to clean up, carrying several pikes with a body length of nearly two meters and weighing at least dozens of kilograms before stopping to rest after reaching the frozen warehouse.

After the busy crew members transported all the pike on the deck back to the frozen warehouse, Li Xuan asked: "Have you calculated it? How many kilograms of pike have been caught this time?"

"There are more than 90 pieces in total, and the weight is about 5,000 kilograms." said Li's father.

Li Xuan nodded. The number was similar to what he expected.

Chen Bin's face was filled with smiles and looked at Li Xuan and said, "Brother Xuan, let's get a pike out to eat later."

Li Xuan blinked and couldn't help but say, "You eat pike too?"

"Of course, the fish tastes fresh. What's the saying? Eating pike is so fresh that it can't be said." Chen Bin nodded quickly.

Li Xuan smiled and shook his head, "There are basically no other characteristics of pikes except freshness. Moreover, there are too many bile and debris in its body. The most important thing is that the fish is too mixed with food. Basically, it eats everything. A large amount of toxins and parasites have accumulated in the body. Without special treatment, it is best not to eat this fish."

Although humans eat omnivorous food, meat, vegetarian dishes, and grains.

But from ancient times to the present, humans have eaten vegetarian or omnivorous animals, and rarely eat carnivorous animals.

For example, cattle, sheep, pigs, etc. are often eaten by humans.

But basically no one has eaten wolves and tigers.

In ancient times, it was understood that carnivorous animals were difficult to capture.

The ancients had a very difficult life. Even if they formed a group of hunters, they did not have various weapons like now, but only some primitive tools, such as sharpened stones and some sharp tree branches, and there would inevitably be some casualties when fighting wild animals, especially when surrounding and preying on carnivorous beasts.

During the hunting process, our ancestors discovered that carnivores were extremely aggressive and physically far beyond humans, and they faced more dangers in predation or large animals.

So they started to attack herbivores. Herbivores were more docile than carnivores, had relatively smaller threats, and had higher capture rates. Over time, they used herbivores as hunting targets.

In modern times, it can be understood that most carnivorous animals are protected animals and cannot be eaten.

So what about modern times?

Why do humans also like vegetarian animals in modern times and not carnivorous animals?

Modern weapons have become very advanced, and there is no such thing as protecting animals.

There are two reasons for this.

First, the cost of raising carnivorous animals is too high.

Second, carnivorous animals have toxins.

In fact, as early as a thousand years ago, humans discovered that carnivores have a higher prevalence rate than herbivores. When they eat other animals, they will absorb the toxic substances in their bodies. After absorption, it is difficult to eliminate them. The more toxins accumulated in the body, they will get sick.

Archaeologists once discovered when studying the bodies of ancient humans that some bones had already spotted, which was a manifestation of a disease, mainly caused by eating the liver of carnivorous animals.

Barracuda can almost be regarded as one of the most toxins among all carnivorous animals, because Barracuda prefers to eat soft parts of its prey body.

The softest part of the body of ordinary prey is undoubtedly the internal organs.

After hearing this, Chen Bin was slightly disappointed.

Seeing his appearance, Li Xuan seemed to be not happy if he didn't eat pike, so he smiled and said, "If you really want to eat it, it's fine. Go to the frozen warehouse and pick a smaller one out of the body. The toxins in the body are lower, and then deal with it yourself."

When Chen Bin heard this, he immediately smiled happily, "I'm not afraid of being poisonous. I know how to deal with it. I scraped its scales, cut its fish belly open, threw away all the internal organs, then cleaned the fish belly, put it in an ultra-low temperature environment for a few hours, and finally cooked it with a high-temperature cooker at high temperature. No matter what parasites and toxins it is, after I deal with it, it will definitely be gone. Brother Xuan, just open your belly and eat it with a big stutter."

Li Xuan nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, then I'll wait to eat the ready-made ones later. Don't say, although the fish tastes ordinary, the meat is tender, and the fish soup is as fresh as milk. It is cooked with tofu, and the cooked tofu is so fresh that it can be swallowed by the tongue."

It's a pity that it's pike in the temperate oceans in the south.

If it were the pike in the cold water area of ​​the northern region, the taste would be more delicious, and the meat would have a hint of sweetness. After cooking, there would be a tempting fragrance unique to the cold water fish.
Chapter completed!