Mullet roe season is here! Yunlin's winter-only sun-dried delicacy
Haikou People, Haikou People
The first time I went to a junior high school a little farther away (actually only 6 km), a classmate said my Taiwanese had a "Haikou accent." Back then I simply thought of myself as a Haikou person, but in fact, only by going farther west from my home do you find the real coastal scenery and the people who truly make their living from the sea. Of course, their accent, with its rising tone at the end of sentences, is the real Haikou accent.
Winter-Limited Mullet Roe
The start of winter is the busy season for Haikou in Yunlin. The mullet have arrived, and driving along the road, you occasionally see mullet roe drying by the roadside.
This is a winter-only business. The mullet is a gift from heaven to the Haikou people. No, it should be a means of livelihood. The mullet that return fat and plump before the Lunar New Year are, for the fishermen along the barren western coastline, truly winter money and red envelope money. The mullet are fat and plump before the winter solstice, and their numbers are limited every year. In recent years, most have been caught by Chinese fishermen, so Taiwan has even fewer and prices have risen even more.
That day, guided by a local, I went into the small alleys and lanes to visit an aunt who has been in this trade for more than 30 years.
The aunt goes to the fish market herself to buy fresh mullet, and from buying and selecting the fish to drying the mullet roe, she does it all without entrusting it to anyone else.
Real mullet roe, with obvious blood vessel lines
The aunt's high-quality mullet roe has always been sold wholesale to the dealers who come to collect goods. But starting last year, the nephew who came back from Taipei to accompany his father began trying to sell mullet roe, so she generously let the nephew sell it. If you want mullet roe with good quality and a price that is not exaggerated at all this year, you can contact the aunt's nephew, Achang.
This time I asked about a lot of knowledge regarding mullet roe, all of which I had not known at all before, and I will update it as much as possible! So that everyone can enjoy the deliciousness of mullet roe during the Lunar New Year and also know the interesting stories behind it!
There is also affordable vacuum packaging for eating at home
The gift box packaging for New Year gifts is also being tried for the first time this year
There is more information here: Ri Ri Chang Mullet Roe http://goo.gl/vARDnC