Chapter 9 fish Flashcards
vertebrate, fresh water, lean
perch, pike, catfish
vertebrate, fresh water, fatty
lake trout
vertbrate, salt water, lean
halibut, haddock, cod, swordfish
vertebrate, salt water, fatty
atlantic salmon, herring, mackerel
invertebrate, crustaceous
shrimp, lubster, crab, crayfish
invertebrate, mollusk, bivalve
clam, mussel, oyster, scallop
invertebrate, mollusk, univalve
abalone, snail
invertebrate, mollusk, cephalopod
octopus, squid
fish with very low fat (less than 2,5g)
haddock, shrimp, tuna (yellow), clam, cod, squid
fish with low fat (2,5g-5g)
oyster, pink salmon, catfish, sea trout
fish with moderate fat (5g-10g)
atlantic salmon, herring, spanish mackerel, tuna (bluefin), lake trout
fish with higher fat (more than 10g)
king salmon, atlantic mackerel
steps of cheap seafood
alaskan pollack, skinned, deboned, minced, washed, strained, shaped into
characteristics of fresh fish
- odours of sea and not ammonium
- red gills
- bulging and jet black eyes with translucid cornea
- bright and shiny skin with tight scales
- belly free of swelling
why texture and flavor are better after rigor mortis
flesh is juicier du to increased water holding capacity of proteins
3 reasons fish are tender
- collagen: 3% vs 15%
- level of content of hydroxyproline
- muscle structure, cause fish flesh to flake
how the shot fibers are arranged
myotomes
what separated the myotomes which are thin sheets of connective tissue
myocommata
what pigments are in pink salmon and trout that are in the insect and the crustaceous that they eat
carotenoids, astaxanthin
type of fiber and colour of fish that do long distance swimming such as salmon
red or dark flesh (because more myoglobin)
slow twitch fibers