lautnusantara.com - Fish is a type of food that can be easily spoiled. If you are bringing fish home after your fishing trip, keep your catch alive so that it is stay fresh much longer. Usually you would use a stringer, fish basket or boat live but it is fine just for short periods. The best way to make your fish stay fresh is store them in the box of ice. You can also apply it when you buy live or fresh fish from the market.

Buying fish on the market can be tricky, sometime if you are in badluck you could get nearly-spoiled fish. So to avoid such a problem, here are some tips you can do when you are shopping for fish.

•    The fish odor would smell like pleasantly of the sea – if the fish start to smells fishy, it may be not fresh anymore.

•    When you press the fish meat lightly with your finger, the flesh should spring back and feel firm. If it remains or feel mushy, the fish is no longer fresh.

•    The eyes of the fish should be clear and shining – dull eyes mean the fish is not best to consumes anymore.

•    The fresh fish would have firm skin, bright and shinny. Any discolouration, dull spots or excessive slime indicate the fish has aged.

•    When you look at the gills, it should be bright pink or red in color – a white or pale pink gills means the fish isn’t fresh.

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Fish will taste best if they are cooked as soon as possible after they are caught. You can keep fish in a refrigerator but it only can be store up to two days. If you don’t want to cook it after two days of purchasing day, you better keep in frozen in the freezer. Make sure to scaling and clean it first before you store it. Clean fish helps prevent the fish to getting perish quickly. 

In order to saving storage space you can do a fillet to your fish, so you just keep an edible part of the fish. A good knife to use as a fillet knife should has a long, thin, flexible blade and you should keep it sharp. Make sure you have a smooth, flat board to use as a cutting surface when you are going to fillet the fish.

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