Can the discolored and sticky herring be eaten?

It is not recommended to eat black herring that is discolored and sticky. This situation is considered to be caused by improper preservation, which is likely to deteriorate and is not recommended to be eaten again.

Let's look at herring:

Black herring, also known as black fin, is a kind of tender meat in freshwater fish with cylindrical body length, black spines, milky white abdomen and full white meat. It contains a lot of fat, especially pectoral fins and head and tail. The lungs of herring are the most tender part of fish and contain a lot of fat. The famous dish "Burn Bald Lung" is made of herring's lung. When cooked, it is delicious while it is hot.

High-quality herring is normal in shape. If the herring is found to have abnormal posture, such as bent spine, irregular shape, small tail and big head, it means that herring grew up in polluted water, and such herring is inedible.

Fresh herring scales will not fall off, but will fall off if they are stored for a long time, and polluted herring scales may also fall off partially.

Black herring with good quality has clear eyes and transparent vitreous body, while black herring living in polluted water for a long time will have cloudy eyes.

Take the herring out of the water with a net bag and smell it. High-quality herring has only fishy smell, while inferior herring has other smells. If it is herring living in polluted water, it will have odor such as chemicals. When choosing herring, don't choose extra large herring, choose medium-sized herring, because most extra large herring are fed with feed, and the meat quality is not good.