Macrurus
Macrurus is a deep-sea fish from the Cod family. It lives only in the North Pacific Ocean. Most often it can be found in cold waters washing Russia, namely, in the Sea of Okhotsk, on the coasts of Kamchatka, not far from the Commander and Kuril Islands. The fish is often referred to as "little-eyed grenadier" or "little-eyed longtail", and in some countries it is known as the "giant grenadier".
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Compared to other deep sea fish, the grenadier is actually quite large. Adults reach a length of 2 meters and weigh up to 30 kg. The maximum fish age, officially registered, was 56 years, but scientists are confident that the fish can live longer.
Grenadier reproduces by throwing eggs, and reaches sexual maturity at the age of five years. The peculiarity of fish life is that females and males live separately from each other. Females, as a rule, live at a depth of 300-700 meters, and males even deeper.
Spawning continues throughout the year, but is most active in the autumn-winter period. A sexually mature female grenadier contains up to 400 thousand eggs with a diameter of up to 1.5 mm.
Young individuals, as a rule, stay close to the surface, at a depth of no more than 500 m. As they mature, the fish goes deeper and deeper under the water, sinking to a depth of 3500 meters or even more.
The fish has a serpentine body and a large head. The dorsal fin is long and has 5-7 rays, while the caudal fin has 130 rays. The pectoral fins of the grenadier are small. There is one row of teeth on the lower jaw, and two on the upper. The fish have small scales, sometimes with a small number of medium-sized pork fat. The body has a monochromatic color, usually gray-brown. The lateral line is darker in color and clearly visible.
Macrurus is a predatory fish and feeds mainly on other fish, cephalopods and molluscs. Sometimes crabs, echinoderms, comb jellies and worms were found in the bodies of the caught fish. This nature of the food suggests that the grenadier does not lure prey, but hunts on its own.
Outwardly, the grenadier resembles ancient sea monsters that existed before our era. Its often intimidating appearance with its large head, sharp teeth and bulging eyes will turn off shoppers who prefer to buy something more familiar to their eyes. And in vain, since the benefits of grenadier are one of the highest among marine fish. And when cooked properly, grenadier can be a delicious gourmet dish.
Composition and calorie content of grenadier
The main benefit of grenadier is its high content of macro- and microelements. Fish contains an easily digestible protein, about 18 g per 100 g of product, as well as 0.5 g of fat. And the ratio of amino acids in fish is so ideal that the fish is completely absorbed by the human body.
Grenadier contains such useful minerals as nickel, calcium, cobalt, iron, iodine, copper, zinc, manganese, lysine, methionine, tryptophan, fluorine, phosphorus, ascorbic acid, vitamin PP and B vitamins.
The calorie content of grenadier is 60 kcal per 100 g of product.
Cooking grenadier
The excellent taste of this fish is well known to culinary experts all over the world, but grenadier cooking is most widespread among the inhabitants of the northern coastal regions. The fish meat is white with a pinkish tinge, the structure is watery, but not fibrous. The fish is great for both drying and cooking. Grenadier is boiled, stewed, fried, mashed potatoes, fish soup, aspic dishes are made from it.
In addition, the rate of digestion of grenadier is significantly lower than that of beef, since it contains less coarse connective tissue. That is why, and also because of its low calorie content, grenadier is considered an excellent dietary product. You can safely eat baked fish 1.5 hours before active physical activity. It will not add a single extra gram to your weight, but it will fill the body with all the necessary building components.
Useful properties of grenadier
The main benefit of grenadier lies in the ideal ratio of all useful amino acids, as a result of which a person receives all the necessary substances that prevent various disorders in the activity of the body. Thus, lysine and tryptosan in combination with methionine form an ideal protein, which is completely absorbed by the gastrointestinal tract.
This fish is very useful for people during the recovery period after operations, with diseases of the skeletal system, fractures.
It is advisable to include grenadier in the dietary and therapeutic-and-prophylactic nutrition, since the phosphorus contained in fish is useful for the formation of bone tissue in children and for its maintenance in elderly people.
If you eat sea fish, in particular grenadier, two to three times a week, your hair, skin, bones, nails and muscles will always be in perfect order.
Contraindications
There are no absolute contraindications to the use of grenadier. However, it should be used with caution by nursing mothers, children and people prone to allergic reactions.
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