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For the people of the United States and parts of Europe, salmon has become a major requirement of their food.


Salmon fish species belonging to the sea. However, after the breeding season is over, salmon females 'have' to go to the river, just to lay eggs. At that moment, the best season for the anglers, hunting salmon. If the season comes, then the salmon anglers will get abundant salmon. And if sold, the money will close the money they are spending up to several months.


Among chefs, salmon, arguably is the most favorite fish to choose from. The flavor is so delicious. Besides the meat is very interesting blend of colors, pink and orange, really tempting.


 

Salmon Fish Lifecycle


Salmon, one of the many types of fish contain a lot of nutritional value is very beneficial to humans. This type of fish can live in freshwater and marine, and is one of fishery commodities which are consumed by the public.


Salmon life cycle begins in freshwater (rivers), here the salmon eggs hatch (usually in November) and the struggle of his life began. The mortality rate of salmon at this stage is very large. Of the total number of fertilized eggs, approximately half of a successful hatch. Newly hatched salmon are called "alevin" who lived among piles of gravel at the bottom of the river to eat the plankton. After the food supply runs out, alevin will come out of the riverbed gravel (May / June), at this stage of salmon called "Fry". Fry then grew and developed into a "smolt" which then moves into the estuary of the river toward the open sea.


The first year of life in the oceans are facing a critical stage of salmon predators. Predators that prey on salmon in large quantities is a sea dog. In addition, sea lions, bears, birds and humans are also a threat to salmon survival.


Long adventure at sea (4-7 years), the salmon grow up and mature enough to reproduce. Here lies the uniqueness of salmon, where his life began (hatched from eggs) was where the salmon make the process of reproduction. Colonize living salmon (gathered in very large quantity) will gather with other colonies for migrating salmon returning to freshwater rivers.


Salmon return trip is not for a moment, takes a matter of months. Many obstacles that confront his journey, through the rocks, swim against the current, leaping up waterfalls (salmon jumping power could reach 3 meters), and others. One more thing, during a trip home, the salmon do not eat anything, fasting. Fat reserves in her body is a source of food until he came to fresh waters. Use body fat reserves will cause physical changes in the salmon. At this stage, many salmon that died because of injuries, fatigue or predators, until finally only a few who made it to the river upstream.


From existing sources, no one can be sure how salmon find their way home back to the river where they hatched after a swim in the ocean for many years and thousands upon thousands of miles away. The theory most widely in the embrace is automatically save salmon aroma of the place where he was hatched, and this is what will guide the way home back to the place of origin.


Arriving at the river (or place hatched), in a state tired of salmon will dig in the dirt at the bottom of the river to make a hole (25-30cm) to the nest by using its tail. In the hole that the female salmon eggs the eggs 3000-8000 and then fertilized by the male salmon sperm. Finish fertile, male and female salmon returning to close the nest with gravel. Both the salmon will stay around the nest a few days until finally die out of energy. Some salmon carcasses will be eaten by the animals that live in the bottom of the river, and some will rot with the aid of bacteria to become a natural fertilizer. Natural fertilizer will be eaten by plankton and small insects in the creek bed. In the end, plankton and small insects will become the staple food for newly hatched salmon a month later.


That struggle and the life cycle of salmon. Orphan since hatching, traveling with enormous risks and make sacrifices for the survival of the population in the future. Certainly a lot of positive things that we can take from this story other than the nutrient content contained salmon.


 

Wild salmon and salmon farm


Salmon is available on the farm fish and wildlife, and while wild salmon is superior both in terms of flavor and texture, quality fish, livestock has been greatly increased over the years and is now the fish that actually became a very fancy food. Strange comparison of wild salmon, which are only available for half the year in February and August.


Most wild salmon you can buy that is derived from the Atlantic Ocean, both in the North coast of North America and Europe, with Scotland particularly renowned as a source of fish. Salmon can also be found in the Pacific, although these fish tend to be easily found on wet cans than the local fish market in your area.


Preview of wild salmon is a slick silvery under the reflection of light and the fish jumping through a waterfall, and it appeared because they were born into freshwater fish, but spent most of their lives at sea after a migration when younger.


They will stay at sea for between one and four years, before returning to the same river when they were born and in telurkan, which usually act before they run out of time due to fatigue of travel from upstream.


Salmon farm, in contrast, they spent their entire lives in the lake or estuary, the net pool, sometimes higher than the population health for the fish.


Fish farmers have been collecting a bad reputation over the years, and it is true that salmon farms showed an attitude that seemed to ignore the welfare of animals will be found in the poultry industry.


 

Benefit of salmon


It's hard to find fish species that can be eaten raw, smoked, or aged for first, such as salmon. Compared with other fish, salmon flesh feels very soft indeed. This is because the content of unsaturated fats (Omega-3 fats) found in salmon is quite high.


Benefits that can be obtained from eating fatty fish, omega-3 are:

- Reduces the incidence of heart disease and stroke
- Reduces the risk of sudden death
- Lowering heart attacks in diabetics
- Lowers blood pressure and cholesterol
- Anti-inflammatory effects
- For health-bone
- Reduces the risk of dementia (including Alzheimer's disease)
- Growth and development of brain function
- Anti-depression
- Reduces the incidence of premature birth
- Increase immunity
- Preventing disease-asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, atherosclerosis, and cancer.


Things that cause why fatty fish, have many advantages because of fatty fish is composed of omega-3 which contain omega-3 acids timnodonat (Eicosa Pentanoic acid / EPA) and the acid servonat (Docosa Heksanoic Acid / DHA). During these two fatty acids are known to have a positive effect on heart health. Granting EPA-DHA 3 grams / day can reduce the risk of coronary heart disease, lowering cholesterol, lowering triglycerides, lowering blood pressure and prevent blood clotting. Omega-3 fatty acids can strengthen blood vessel walls, making the platelet / blood is not easily broken pieces or lumpy. Highly recommended to consume a lot of little fatty fish like salmon.


This fish is a fish that is also very nutritious and a source of protein, calcium, phosphorus, and vitamin D is certainly very beneficial for your body. Therefore, whenever possible you enjoyed this salmon on a regular basis, in one or two months. In fact, if acceptable, then you can enjoy it on a regular basis within a week or two once or more often.


Other than salmon is known as food for the brain also has a property as food for maintaining healthy skin. Salmon can treat the wrinkles on the skin and maintain healthy skin appearance.


 

Choosing salmon


Fresh salmon should have an intact body and must be seen scales, whether it's still shiny. Fresh salmon should also be seen from both eyes of fish, which must be seen clearly with both eyes are clear. Check also the gills. Fresh fish that has the color of fresh red gills.


You do not be fooled choose soggy fish. Fresh fish instead of meat stiff and elastic. If pressed with your fingertips, quickly back into shape. See also the inside of the stomach to make sure that you choose fish really fresh.


Once you really get fresh salmon, then began cleaning the fish. Place a slice or cutting board board wide net and can accommodate the entire body of the fish.


Place the salmon slices on a board or cutting board that. Cut the belly from head to bottom fish. Be careful not to take fish entrails cut knife.


Lift the meat that had been cut off and then use a spoon, to take the bitter part of the fish kidney. If cleaning the female fish, then you will find an egg in it. Move the fish eggs carefully and place on ice.


Do not forget, to cut and remove the fins of fish. You can also remove the head if you do not need it.


The best way to clean salmon, only by using flowing water. When the fish are cleaned then you must drain the fish, before you cut-piece. If you intend to save for a period long enough, then after drying, you are touching the fish wrapped in plastic or airtight containers. Once wrapped, save your new fish into the freezer.


To choose which parts to be purchased, depending on how much you eat, you can buy a steak cut from the shoulder of fish, thin slices from near the tail, or even whole fish. The end pieces may offer the best fish to eat, because it has fewer fish bones which will facilitate in the cooking.


 

Cutting salmon


How to cut salmon, place the fish fillets on a clean cutting board, skin side down. Starting from the tip of the tail, tuck long, sharp knife between the flesh and skin of fish. Then hold the skin firmly with your other hand. Gently push the blade along the 30-degree angle from the skin without cutting.


 

Cooking salmon


You can use a personal recipe for preparing and processing these salmon. However, once again, depending on the maturity level of the fish tastes of each. To determine whether the fish is completely cooked, you can see from the changes in meat color. Pink transparent is the color salmon is still raw. The mature salmon colored opaque. So you should not be too long to cook this salmon, so that your dish looks interesting. If still unsure the fish have been cooked or not, skewer the middle part, and see whether raw or already cooked.


 

Tips for Processing Salmon


Salmon highly nutritious, but need to be careful when processed them so that nutrients are not lost. Here are tips you can do in processing salmon:

- In order the fried salmon texture is not broke, try first to put the crust on the underside. If the meat is first exposed to heat, the results are less good.
- To create a clear fish broth, just use a medium heat. Use only the heads and tails.
- For more fragrant scent of fish broth, can add boquette garni, consisting of bay leaf, thyme, pepper, spring onion, and celery.
- Eating soup with pieces of white bread fried in olive oil until crispy.
- Maturation of the fish have to be perfect to taste good. Watch your fish fry. When the juice (fish broth) was out of the flesh, immediately remove from heat.
- This will lock the content of omega 3 in fish is to prevent damage.


 

Another tips about salmon


There are some tips for eating fish. Fish should not be fried as it would reduce the usefulness of any omega-3 fatty acids are. But there are few exceptions for women who cook the fish by heating in the microwave because the temperature of 110 Celcius degree for six minutes will not damage the omega-3 significantly. Choosing fish to eat is also worth noting the fact that the neighborhood will also affect fish. But for the salmon, it does not affect content of omega-3 in it. Free-living salmon in the waters have the same quality of fish reared salmon.


Normally fish oil supplements not recommended. It actually would be better if you can eat fish consume natural than artificial fats such as omega-3 supplements. But sometimes we need to supplement insufficient omega-3 content is less. Today many natural fish contaminated with dangerous chemicals like mercury content.


Supplements fat fish that is now circulating in the market is also already contains omega-3 fatty acids are important components such as EPA and DHA. Many fatty fish produced in supplement form is useful to facilitate the consumers to carry and mengkonsumsikannya because supplements are often provided in capsule form. Fatty fish are generally most easily available fat salmon. Sockeye salmon is one type of red salmon and is found in Alaska. Sockeye salmon is very good fish to supplement established. One-time dosage of salmon (3-4 ounces) can contain 1.5 grams of omega-3 fatty acids. If the salmon oil supplements, it is enough if contains 800-1000 mg / day.


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