Fish spoils quickly, and was fresh in the morning. Two of the visspecialisten tell you what to look for when buying fish at the market or at the grocery store.

“in A fresh fish is firm, and has red gills, and clear eyes,” says Paul, Moormann, vishandelaar out, non-smoking rooms. “All of the fish smell, different but that is a fish in the first place, it is fresh smelling and strange enough, not too much fishy stink.”

A few hours after the capture occurs and rigor mortis in fish, the fish will be stiff. That is, he will continue for two to three days. “If you’re weak, he is getting older and not as fresh,” explains a fishing expert, Arie Kuijt out.

“when a fish stinks, you can’t eat any more.”

Arie Kuijt, a fishing expert

now, That doesn’t mean that the fish are immediately rejected, must be used for sushi or sashimi, where the fish is raw, it is eaten – it would be Kuijt, who was no longer using it. “Stew, grilling, or smoking, can often be just fine. It is only when the fish stinks, you can’t eat any more.”
If you keep the fish

One fish, you can take a couple of days to keep, if properly stored in the fridge. How exactly to find a Moormann is difficult to say. He was sitting close to the fire, and buying his fish is extremely fresh in. “The grocery store is the fish are often within 48 hours to the public.”
So to recognize you be a fresh fish The eyes are bright and clear and The fish are strong (stiff) and The skin is still moist and shiny, The gills red, and do not contain mucus, and The fish smells fresh and briny,

Fish from the grocery store, it is gasverpakt. Gas packaging provides a longer shelf life. Most of the visspecialisten now also on oxygen at the top.” Moormann. “You know, I would have it in the fridge until the use-by date.”

As a fish in the grocery store, generally has already been filleted, and is in addition to pre-packaged, it is according to the visspecialisten difficult to assess whether or not the fish is fresh. Kuijt: Are the zijkantjes of the fillet is brown, yellow or green, then it dries up. In a sign that the fish is a little old.”
It is best to look for you can choose your fish from a
in Order to make sure that you have really fresh fish on your hands, you can get it at the fishmongers in the market, which are all fishes, and that many of them. Kuijt: “let’s Ask the fish will be allowed to find out. If you pick it up, you can easily assess whether or not the fish is still firm, and the gills nice and red.”

You do not have to worry about your fish at home must be cleaned, so does the fisherman at the spot for you.