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Fish maw - the swim bladder of a fish - is one of the most expensive dried-seafood products in the world. A Chinese delicacy, it can fetch $450 to $1,000 per kilogram. It’s often viewed as a symbol of wealth and prosperity, and it's given out as gifts at important events and stockpiled as a speculative investment. It’s one of the “four treasures” of Cantonese cuisine, along with abalone, sea cucumber, and shark fin. But the main reason fish maw is so desired is its supposed medical value. Because of its high levels of collagen and fiber, it's believed to promote healthy skin, boost the immune system, and aid digestion. Fish maw is also often recommended in China for postpartum recovery and to reduce post-surgery pain. But because of overfishing in East Asia, China now imports the majority of its bladders from other countries, like Uganda. In Uganda, fishers compete for Nile perch in Lake Victoria and ship them to China for extremely high prices.
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How Chinese Demand For Fish Maw (Swim Bladder) Fuels A $52 Million Industry In Uganda

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@nnndddzzz1 10 месяцев назад

I got a feeling that in China, every part of the animal is anti aging other than regular meat

@koopa5504 10 месяцев назад

Helplessly delusional

@LiNapster 10 месяцев назад

@@koopa5504 They sure live a hell of a lot healthier for longer compared to Americans though, don't they?

@koopa5504 10 месяцев назад

@@LiNapster First of all they don't live longer, they're about at the same range of age expectancy. Secondly, I'm swiss, ranked 3-4 in terms of life expectancy and we don't know fairy tales like asians like to spread literred with unscientific nonsense. Healthier? I doubt, but yes americans are horribly unhealthy and uneducated in general.. doesn't make asians, especially chinese, less delusional in terms of buying fraud products with supposed "health benefits" ...it's all about manipulation and mind-controll, ask the media and the people about critizising the government.

@BlitzkriegFeuerFrei 10 месяцев назад

@@LiNapster Yeah, but where's their quality of life? I'll give up a few decades of my life so that I can eat normal meat and not fish assholes and turtle testes.

@AlastorYagami 10 месяцев назад

@@LiNapster the life expectancy of China is not higher than the USA

@rickyspanishhh6007 10 месяцев назад

I breed and raise African cichlids in the USA, quite a few are from lake Victoria. What most people don't know is how massive of an impact these fish have had on the native species The Nile perch they are catching are absolutely decimating the native speices, and have been for decades. Most Native species in the lake max out at 5", which is snack size for these big fish. It's great there is a high demand for them. I am glad the fisherman are targeting them, which is helping keep the numbers down. Hopefully one day, they can be eradicated so the lake can go back to what it once was. Many species in lake Victoria are endemic to the lake, and many species have been red listed or gone extinct, so the removal of these non native apex predators is the only way these native fish will survive. For anybody curious about what native fish I'm talking about, look up Victorian cichlids. There are hundreds of different species and many of them are absolutely gorgeous, bright reds, greens, blues, yellows etc..

@nancysmith9487 10 месяцев назад

Ever think of training them to eat there own kind? Like rats??

@Misaki11111 10 месяцев назад

So using that same logic, humans should also be hunted and killed because we're the ones killing everything.

@sebastian3004 10 месяцев назад

Americans can't think like you. They just see a big fish and think 'oh it must be very old. you shouldn't kill that. you piece of shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!' That's how exactly Americans will say.

@geekroute 10 месяцев назад

Tangayikan Cichlids keeper here. *waves*

@KonradvonHotzendorf 10 месяцев назад

@@Joe-sg9llLOL 🤣

@yukinagato1573 10 месяцев назад

Can I point out how really cool it is that this market has switched from an endangered species to an invasive one? They are helping to preserve one ecosystem while profiting from it, which is nice. (As for the totoaba problem, 😐😬🙃)

@rentoshine2038 10 месяцев назад

You have no clue what your talking Dude..they Just will destroy the next fish....Not cool..Money or not

@yukinagato1573 10 месяцев назад

@@rentoshine2038 If it's invasive, it's best to just remove it from the invaded territory. Invasive species can completely affect the ecosystem, destroying the native population they prey on, while having no natural predators, or outcompeting species in their niche. This unbalance can even lead native species to extinction. As invasive species are generally our fault (humans trading animals, plants, etc., and letting them escape), I don't see a problem in making an industry that relies on hunting/removing an invasive species. This can really help to stabilize the invaded environment, to avoid even more extinctions. As for the endangered species, like the ones illegaly traded, yeah, hunting them is really bad.

@aylahughes9185 10 месяцев назад

u get it. at some point we just have to stop letting the locusts consume everything in site.@@rentoshine2038

@kenfern2259 10 месяцев назад

totoaba problem is honestly is so destructive , it also causing the vaquita extinction . We all witnessing this in this timeline , there's less than 15 left in the wild.

@dishwasher69 10 месяцев назад

@@rentoshine2038shut up

@CampbellJRMartin 9 месяцев назад

FYI that maw also has a purpose in the medical industry, it is used to make surgical threads.

@theemclane4037 10 месяцев назад

"It tastes better than pizza" 😭😭😭

@Rasoai 10 месяцев назад

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@jonathanyoung8109 10 месяцев назад

How about you put it on pizza 🤯

@lilstan314 10 месяцев назад

lol pizza that’s it !!!! PIZZA!!!!!

@Shawn_Lai 10 месяцев назад

Lol they must have not had good pizza

@duffman2201 10 месяцев назад

@@jonathanyoung8109 i m italian.....after the pineapple this.......do you want to kill us all?

@anxiousduck 10 месяцев назад

Can I commend the narrator on her smooth narration and calming delivery. Wonderful job

@q_ayyah 9 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@OneOut1 3 месяца назад

You're thinking an AI robot.

@torgiebride8558 2 месяца назад

@@OneOut1 Well, the AI's HUMAN name is literally listed at the end of every video...

@peterkucia2890 10 месяцев назад

Love to see a Ugandan fisherman make way above average by EU standards

@WambedeDickson-wr7gk 10 месяцев назад

As a Ugandan I would like to say that this trade has fuelled rampant government corruption and imprisonment of fish traders in the country.

@harrellt1405 10 месяцев назад

Anywhere there is money there will be corruption. But i think for the short term it definitely gonna give some boost. Long term i see these fish going away

@andrewgagne5063 10 месяцев назад

Oh boy. I am so sorry.

@s._3560 10 месяцев назад

Everywhere if there is money to be made, there will be corruption. Just live simple lives, catch your own food, eat, sleep and relax.

@deebil8099 10 месяцев назад

What a surprise... It seems like everything Chinese people get involved with in Africa involves corruption. China is extremely corrupt, so they must feel right at home when doing business there.

@sumonechan8514 10 месяцев назад

Lol guess what? Even if you get rid of this trade, "rampant government corruption" will not go away. The problem isn't related to trading in general, it's related to...something else. I hope you can figure it out someday.

@hiimryan2388 10 месяцев назад

Fun fact: you can make glue from the fish maw. This glue has traditionally been used in composite bows

@CampbellJRMartin 9 месяцев назад

and surgical threads!

@iedaabdullah5743 9 месяцев назад

@@CampbellJRMartinyeah! it's weird i don't see anyone mentioning this

@jitteller9042 10 месяцев назад

proud of them hard workers, they deserve more just this little opportunity and loophole💯

@doctorseafood9561 10 месяцев назад

I am also relate from fishmaw bussiness. This video is very informative and best. Thank alot for this wonderful video 🤝

@nnf9431 10 месяцев назад

Glad that the belt and road initiative has reached Uganda

@JOGA_Wills 10 месяцев назад

Hahaha Hakeem the fisher @ 7:41 is hilarious, give that man the maw and the money! You understand?

@myIGbin24h 9 месяцев назад

i love how chill the ugandan guy is

@ensignofindustry1033 10 месяцев назад

The Schrutes value hog maw the most; especially around holidays.

@711jastin 10 месяцев назад

The most expensive piece i saw in person, was a piece weight ~1kg dried, 200k$ for that piece. It's from a rare species, Boesemania microlepis, existing only in certain fresh water bodies in Southeast Asia. As weird as it sounds, traders have to store these literal gold in safes.

@penguinpingu3807 10 месяцев назад

If something sells for 200k you bet your ass I am putting that shit into a gold safe

@711jastin 10 месяцев назад

@@penguinpingu3807 not the weirdest way people store these stuff, one trader i know rent a safe in a bank to store a 20k piece.

@walden6272 10 месяцев назад

@@penguinpingu3807 Imagine coming home and your wife accidentally cook it for dinner. LOL

@penguinpingu3807 10 месяцев назад

@@walden6272 ngl, I would be eating it because that thing is for eating. Though, I would be piss because it supposed to be for a special occasion.

@Zahrul3 9 месяцев назад

Why the hell does it matter if fish maw comes from a certain species, they all taste the same lol

@Ayella_256 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for showcasing our country. 😅😊

@laidejpeg 10 месяцев назад

I love fish maw. Its delicious in soups and has a great texture!

@sovitaseng5519 9 месяцев назад

Lol literally what I was gonna type the same. I just thought it tastes good and texturally contrast to the crab meat. I hate saying this but I feel the west is so ignorant sometimes. Like they’re the only ones on this earth lol. There are other shit in the world ppl are aloud to be different. I was shookethhhh when I when I was offered Rocky Mountain oysters and was knocking them back until those bastards told me they were literally balls lol. 🤷🏻 perception changes.

@betterhomesxperience8911 9 месяцев назад

@@sovitaseng5519 am looking for market, any referral please

@kenfern2259 6 дней назад

@@sovitaseng5519as long as it's not endangered , it's fine if the stuff is coming from endangered species then yes ppl would have a problem with it common sense no?

@munghinhoy4501 10 месяцев назад

We live in Sitiawan town in Malaysia. The people here like to eat fish maw cook in sweet and sour soup..

@qxezwcs 10 месяцев назад

Oh wow so much fish maw. Yum!

@shaibchigwere4645 10 месяцев назад

Meen am enjoying this video

@joshs3775 10 месяцев назад

This is awesome, i hope it doesn't encourage people to breed them for profit. I love that they're removing an invasive and making good money

@usingThaForce 8 месяцев назад

So you Devils can make money but God's chosen people can't make a profit off of our own land and fishes? That is literally ass backwards

@brianm1907 7 месяцев назад

Perch and Carp propagate like weeds. They are ravenous pests and need no breeding.

@celyl 6 месяцев назад

I've had fish maw and it is delicious. It's made in casseroles, stews and soups. Not fishy tasting at all.

@slewone4905 10 месяцев назад

Yellow croakers are farmed raised now, but what I see are small fish. It might be too expensive to raise them to get a decent size swim bladder. I on the other hand substitute it with fried pork rind. although, I would try to get the baked version of it. But I wouldn't know what to do with the type of swim bladder I see. I never used i, but I might know what to do if they fried it up and it puffs up like pork rind. And for those who are form Europe, It used in some beer. it's called isenglass.

@eriksonyw 8 месяцев назад

Interesting! I've never heard such thing called isinglass before and just googled it to confirm what u said. Thanks.

@alexandreutiyama547 10 месяцев назад

Uganda: six fish, it was a bad day. U.S.: we have a 4k maw as a keep sake. My god the discrepancy.

@jnak974 10 месяцев назад

The population of nile perch has been declining a good 15 years ago. We’ve known about this for some time now. Also, the average American doesn’t consume fish maw commercially. YES, the discrepancy is huge but we could have done something about this when I first heard about this decades ago.

@yennlingc 10 месяцев назад

Fish maw taste amazing !

@500dollarjapanesetoaster8 10 месяцев назад

My question is: can you use salt water fish as well? Most fish have swim bladders. You figure most fish processors would welcome a new income stream. I get that not all of them may be "perfect" but you can at least hit that budget conscious niche. Since we have an Asian carp problem in some areas of the US, then hunting them for their maws (as well as meat) would incentivize more people to go after them.

@CutePuppy520 10 месяцев назад

Yes, you can use swim bladders from salt water fish and turn them into fish maw, in fact, the most expensive fish maw usually comes from the croaker family, croakers are salt water fishes

@steventan5618 10 месяцев назад

I might be wrong, but from what I heard carp has a muddy smell to their meat, and I guess their swim bladder will have the same issue to for it to be considered

@slewone4905 10 месяцев назад

yes. if you watch the video, the chinese originally use yellow croaker. It's being farmed, but the ones i see in the market is small. It might not be economically to farm one that yield a good size bladder. and small I mean the length of a hand and the bladder would be the size of a finger . Not sure which finger. the Taotoba they mention is found in the gulf of california. Most of the Swin bladder is from the conger pike . I think I see them coming from SOuth Africa.

@slewone4905 10 месяцев назад

and the problem with Asian carp is that it's fast growing and cheap. if you can cheaply catch them , it could be processed for something we eat as well.

@TheSongwritingCat 10 месяцев назад

I thought the carp issue was too much pollution in US waters

@jbusta8548 6 месяцев назад

Ooo yummy dried fish bladders lol!

@croissant5545 9 месяцев назад

loveee fish maw its so good

@monokendo 10 месяцев назад

"It tastes better than pizza" only because they want you to buy it 😂

@yunantheobserver6841 10 месяцев назад

If it taste like tripe I'll buy it.

@johnathan5720 10 месяцев назад

If I was presented with pizza and soup made from swim bladder then I would chose the soup. lol

@dioniciotorres4290 6 месяцев назад

He has that love every fisherman has for the fight the fish gives❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉

@yyyyy354 3 месяца назад

Does chinese market have any interest in lion fish? It would help a lot

@stebopign 10 месяцев назад

now i can finally find out where it comes from. those things are great

@jnak974 10 месяцев назад

WHY NOT USE ASIAN CARP!!!! THEY ARE EVERYWHERE!!!!

@ESSBrew 10 месяцев назад

Chinese will say any endangered crap is a viagra

@OutrageousPenalty 10 месяцев назад

Yin and yang is equilibrium, fish bladder doesn't float nor sink, it's equilibrium Probably a chinese dude : Let's make DOOLLAZZZZ 💲

@ryan49805 10 месяцев назад

Tastes better than Ugandan pizza or REAL pizza??? 👀 😅

@andrewgagne5063 10 месяцев назад

I was asking the same question.

@erictemitope1386 10 месяцев назад

lol😂😂😂

@viktorcheng2061 10 месяцев назад

That man is a true snake oil salesman

@asjoe444 10 месяцев назад

I tried this fish bladders once. I'd said they are indeed tasted very good. But Pizza still the winner for me lol.

@BxBxProductions 10 месяцев назад

@@asjoe444 had this more than once and its one of my favorite things to have if it's available but not something i'd really go out of my way to have. the taste is pretty neutral but mate i swear to god the texture is to die for and only a good chef can pull it off.

@joshuakelvin8254 10 месяцев назад

Very yummy indeed , especially for soups ❤

@It_Puts_The_Lotion_On_Its_Skin 10 месяцев назад

better than pizza? Now wait just a minute, Sir.

@bananasenpai 10 месяцев назад

Holy shit, fish maw! Those things really do taste heavenly. My favorite is a soup, with some black vinegar. Yummmmmmmm

@CryptolockerMD 10 месяцев назад

Kind of remind me of dried pig ears. Dogs love em.

@dumbfrog123 10 месяцев назад

Win-win for both the locals (meat) and Chinese (fish swim bladder).

@edwardchua8698 10 месяцев назад

what kind of fish is that?

@kigongowinnie4014 10 месяцев назад

As a Ugandan, I will start demanding my fish as whole at the market 😅😅😅😅

@farcenter 10 месяцев назад

Love this

@xianx9483 9 месяцев назад

I need it in abundance, as much as I want. As long as you have the goods

@KlaBoi-qj8oh 9 месяцев назад

You need to catch the fish yourself.

@kigongowinnie4014 9 месяцев назад

Women in Uganda don't 😂

@Sofia-wx2ht 10 месяцев назад

How is it cooked???

@unearthedname87 10 месяцев назад

My favorite soup. But so expensive. Only can eat it once a year.

@johnathan5720 10 месяцев назад

It's a luxury for sure.

@slewone4905 10 месяцев назад

Make it with fried pork rind.

@camilancodot4049 10 месяцев назад

Here in indonesia, we also have a species of fish that most expensive their swimp blader, we called by "Tirus" , for 10 kg of fish price 5000 $ but . The different with Uganda, we not pop the blader.

@eggbenedict-gt7mw 10 месяцев назад

Barramundi

@camilancodot4049 9 месяцев назад

@@eggbenedict-gt7mw different

@scorpioninpink 10 месяцев назад

If it is an invasive species in Lake Victoria then they are raking dollars here while helping the local population of these fish in check.

@tslee8236 10 месяцев назад

One's rubbish is another person's treasure. A win-win scenario.

@masterimbecile 10 месяцев назад

We have a joke amongst us Chinese: “The planes in the sky, the trains on the ground, and the ships in the ocean: these things we don’t eat. Everything else, we do.”

@s._3560 10 месяцев назад

Wrong. That's only a Hong Kong Cantonese saying. Only certain people eat exotic food because they want to challenge each other to bravery. Even those who eat some insects are people of hill tribes bordering Thailand, Vietnam region. Most other groups of Chinese do not eat those things. They just stick to the normal farm animals like most other people in the world.

@uniqueauction 10 месяцев назад

I love eating fish maw, abalone, sea cucumber, and shark fin soup.

@springpocket6941 9 месяцев назад

That's the good shit

@hyperboreanforeskin 4 месяца назад

🤢

@critterjon4061 3 месяца назад

Dude is playing endangered species bingo

@CFinch360 25 дней назад

Thanks for contributing to the endangering of species and global decimation

@brukujinbrokujin7802 8 месяцев назад

Fish maw soup taste divine.

@oma15 10 месяцев назад

30KG? more like 8 pounds!! LOL

@Bobsagot90 10 месяцев назад

try 3 maybe 4

@kashinath4764 7 месяцев назад

Yes I saw videos of these cooking the fish bladder but always wonder what is this is

@bldmyamean8352 9 месяцев назад

I gotta be honest. I had no idea wth I was eating when I first tried it.. but that thing is effing delicious...

@sdfgh6017 Месяц назад

Hats off to finding a lucrative way to take care of a invasive species

@girishsharma9711 10 месяцев назад

Chinese would eat anything to stop ageing 😅😅

@AllenHanPR 9 месяцев назад

When he said it taste better than Pizza. I was literally holding a slice eating pizza. I was like is it reading my mind?

@ermaautencio2985 8 месяцев назад

😂kind of!!😂😂😂😂😂

@SquidSnuggles 8 месяцев назад

Lol. I really doubt it's better than pizza. Maybe if you've never had za 😂

@ayacu578 9 месяцев назад

I don’t see a problem as long as its sustainably caughty, though it’s probably the main issue in this business

@pimpdaddy1469 10 месяцев назад

What gets me is at the end when that lady says it gives him nostalgia and it reminds them of back home, how's is that? What happened to their fish what did they do with their fish did they ever have that kind of fish or they just like that fish from another country and if it is how is that nostalgia if they never have that fish till then? 😅 🧐

@ivanttosuckyourblood 10 месяцев назад

It's a childhood dish served at special occasions at the family table. Sort like turkey on Thanksgiving. So when you grow up, you want to carry on the tradition for your kids.

@pimpdaddy1469 10 месяцев назад

What happened to their fish 🐟

@jacobishii6121 10 месяцев назад

Used to be a lot of Nile perch like that at 50lbs they have just been over fished

@Belioyt 10 месяцев назад

Overfishing Nile perch on Lake Victoria is a good thing, Nile Perch is an invasive species introduced by British Colonial government from Egypt.

@HomeDistiller 10 месяцев назад

It's funny that the guy keeps getting robbed on his way to sell to the Chinese.. He hasn't worked it out yet 😂

@psycho5946 10 месяцев назад

i still dont get it, why Chinese always practice old way without any proof of medicinal purpose

@jetezekieljayme9202 10 месяцев назад

Because apparently, everything endangered will increase the size of their men's little non functioning testicles.

@256Kaku 10 месяцев назад

I feel good when it pulls me😂

@gameisforfun2907 9 месяцев назад

6:42 that weigh 30 kg😮?are kilograms different in India?

@carriemartin8921 10 месяцев назад

👍they can have ALL of mine

@Fuzzle1985 Месяц назад

Fried fish maw in soup is delicious. Chewy and squishy.

@xianx9483 9 месяцев назад

I need it in large quantities, and I will buy as much as I can. As long as you have the goods and you are willing to wholesale, I will buy them all.

@leagueplayer9710 9 месяцев назад

Im a chinese from South America. I sell fish maws. How can I contact you?

@xianx9483 9 месяцев назад

@@leagueplayer9710 How much per kilogram

@1millionchallenge185 Месяц назад

Hii your contact I'm supplier from india

@bappadityadas1992 10 месяцев назад

Indian Ghol fish also so expensive.

@TwoAcresandaMule 10 месяцев назад

We should turn them on to the Asian carp in the US waters

@702havingfun 9 месяцев назад

He said it tastes better then pizza 🍕 😂😂😂

@sophroniel 9 месяцев назад

Dude must have strong hands for that line to not cut thru his hands!!

@amnesiai 10 месяцев назад

That's crazy. Just over-fish one area and move to the next! sounds like a great plan

@geekroute 10 месяцев назад

Nile perch is an invasive species and wiping out the native fish population in lake victoria

@sys4358 10 месяцев назад

3:38 “Fishing for an invasive species”. It is not even that far down the videos man…

@walden6272 10 месяцев назад

This is an invasive species, they are doing good for their environment and making money. Win Win.

@fengmin8 10 месяцев назад

Like the USA. Bomb one country and then onto thr next!

@jovanmitrovic8619 10 месяцев назад

4k a month is pretty good

@yugandharbeesetty905 9 месяцев назад

3:46 it’s early morning?? In what world in early morning the sun sits right on top of your head?

@GR4MPI 10 месяцев назад

❤

@dearhunter7206 10 месяцев назад

he wouldn't be lifting it like that if it was 30 kg's.

@biglenny-he2wm 10 месяцев назад

Looks like less than 10kg to me

@joshs3775 10 месяцев назад

They were very clearly not talking about the small fish he's holding. You think that he caught the biggest fish he's ever landed while they happened to be recording? Think critically for a second before getting all mad

@dearhunter7206 10 месяцев назад

@joshs3775 they literally said that he caught 6 fish that day and the biggest was 30kg they show all 6 fish and the one he was holding was the biggest one.. maybe you should know what you are on about before chiming in.. 😏

@dearhunter7206 10 месяцев назад

@@joshs3775 .

@sdrice2007 9 месяцев назад

More exploration of Africa.

@theotv5522 4 месяца назад

Do not let this video distract you from the fact China ate these fish into near extinction and now are buying from Uganda so they can do it again.

@carejone829 10 месяцев назад

They eat all the fish in south china sea and now they are hunting corals in west philippine sea, they are sick

@jetezekieljayme9202 10 месяцев назад

I really wish they'd eat their own endangered panda instead of other endangered species. Tell em panda hearts are the secret to immortality.

@godzillamothra5983 9 месяцев назад

fish bladder is so delicious when you make soup out of it

@nickkoce 10 месяцев назад

6:40 The fish he is holding is not 30kg. What bs facts are u tanking? Makes me question everything from all vids now.

@incyphe 10 месяцев назад

what do fish maw, abalone, sharkfin and sea cucumber all have in common? They're very expensive. And they all have very little taste.

@shelt370 10 месяцев назад

So what do they do with the fish carcass ?

@geoolympics 10 месяцев назад

they said in the video that they sell the fish meat to local restaurants.

@shelt370 10 месяцев назад

@@geoolympics Must’ve missed that. Thank you.

@123fd3s 10 месяцев назад

$4000 per piece? some really old pieces go for more than 90k usd

@tftfgubedgukm7911 10 месяцев назад

It's mainly the umami it gives to soups.

@angeetagaraban8048 9 месяцев назад

Hello I'm form guyana .. and I'm in the fishing can u help me keep a buyer for my fish maw

@MichaelChengSanJose 10 месяцев назад

Uh, I’ve had fish maw many times and never thought there was much taste to them. It’s pretty much bland collagen and protein until you put some sauce or soup on them. Nice crunch, but I wouldn’t pay much money for them. Glad to hear that the trade is helping to manage an invasive species though. That’s how the Chinese like to handle it, eat our way out of the problem. Plenty of those untapped opportunities in the US.

@slewone4905 10 месяцев назад

Shark fin and Fish maw doesn't have much "taste" it gives the soup body and umami. you know like msg. It's a flavour enhancer.

@melodyparra2960 10 месяцев назад

It don’t look any better than pizza out of there. Just stick to my nice slice of pizza

@jimysk8er 10 месяцев назад

maybe they could work on the invasive carp in north america finaly?

@yapsiauwsoengie6507 2 месяца назад

No, because American carp would endanger China's national security

@arawiri 10 месяцев назад

Save the swim bladders 🎣

@nikolai3620 3 месяца назад

I bet money that guy has never tasted a real pizza in his life.

@perfectallycromulent 10 месяцев назад

it's really strange seeing products that are supposedly very valuable and expensive being sold in open cardboard boxes and generic plastic bags. it don't get it, the japanese will wrap up cheap and trivial items so they look great, while these shops are selling luxury goods like junk at a yard sale.

@rajZ772 10 месяцев назад

And they handle them with bare hands throwing here and there..

@LiqqaRoni-cx3tx 10 месяцев назад

I'm sure your new 2023 Lamborghini V8 was test driven by that 19 year old who drove it to the lot 😂

@perfectallycromulent 10 месяцев назад

@@LiqqaRoni-cx3tx then prove it. tell us about the lamborghini delivery process and how it's as sloppy as tossing some fish parts in a cardboard box on the store floor and letting whoever comes by handle them.

@thaer12345 10 месяцев назад

Chinese don't have class

@rianodong2082 10 месяцев назад

@@thaer12345 like you people don't have manner.

@squalie9 10 месяцев назад

I wish they would have shown the preparation of it or something.

@zenaf3698 10 месяцев назад

Clean and then air dry then you can oven it after the natural drying process to enlarge and puff it up

@RyanEglitis 9 месяцев назад

Why anyone would spend that much on mild flavored collagen is beyond me. Shark fin, Abalone, & Sea cucumber aren't much better - they're all a lot tougher than other nicer types of seafood.

@callmekham8458 9 месяцев назад

nostalgia, tradition, believing it keeps you young. The same can be said of the West when you talk about caviar which is just fish eggs, a shiny rock to give to someone for marriage, or anti aging serum beauty products that prey on the vain. The toughness is part of the it all, texture is very important in Asian cuisine and some people love chewy stuff.

@RyanEglitis 9 месяцев назад

@@callmekham8458 Fish eggs at least taste nice and salty and go pop. Not worth the price, but still pretty good.

@joshuat6124 29 дней назад

Now we just need Lionfish stings to be added to the list of "Cantonese Food Treasures" and that'll be another invasive species taken care of!

@kevinstory872 10 месяцев назад

need to send china some lionfish and zebra mussels and florida pythons, best way to deal with invasive species is eating them.

@gaveintothedarkness 10 месяцев назад

Just tell them it has anti aging properties and helps with your vitality and BAM profit.

@HarpreetSingh-xr6em 10 месяцев назад

@@gaveintothedarkness better one is it increases libido they are crazy for that shit

@r3dpowel796 10 месяцев назад

For real china will probably buys them for 200$ each. if in a day you catch 30 then you can make 6000$ dollar a day.

@slewone4905 10 месяцев назад

they will eat snakeheads. zebra mussels are questionable, because they store heavy metals and might poison them. They will eat the snake and send us back boots. I am wondering why we don't see that part more often. they might like lionfish. I was told they are like scorpion fish in flavour. But they prefer live fish. Hong kong is falling apart, but if you got a bunch of them in a tank, it might make a good show for them to have them cook it.