Chinook salmon

Chinook salmon – fresh-water fish from family Salmon, capable to live also in salty water of the Pacific Ocean and in waters of the rivers (Anadyr, Amur, Sacramento, the rivers of British Columbia and Washington). Into the rivers fish passes to spawning time. If to imagine a life cycle of a chinook, then it will turn out that the first two years young fish lives in fresh water then she passes into the sea or the ocean, and in five years it is returned to the rivers again.

From the point of view of ichthyology a chinook salmon – the largest fish among the relatives. The facts of catch of the individuals reaching 60 kilograms are recorded. Chinook body length on average reaches 95 centimeters. But if to address practice of catch of fish at us on Kamchatka, for example, that can be learned that catch of a chinook weighing 20-30 kilograms is already great luck. The standard among the Russian fishermen the individual weighing 6-12 kilograms is considered.

It is possible to recognize a chinook salmon by the dark strip separating her large head from a trunk. Usually the chinook salmon of greenish color, with silvery sides and a belly, but when she spawns, it changes coloring – the head darkens, and the trunk becomes brownish-red. Also fish is distinguished by spots of the small size on spin and a fin at a tail, and black lower gingivas.

Meat of a chinook tastes like meat of a salmon, only it more saturated crimson-red color, and is appreciated more.

This fish in Russia sell frozen, cooled, smoked, tinned and salty. It can be fried, cooked, prepared from it snack, salads.

Not less valuable, than meat is considered red caviar of a chinook. Gourmets appreciate it the big size of berries – they can have 6 mm a diameter. On taste caviar of a chinook is a little bitterish.

Useful properties of a chinook

It is interesting that the ratio of useful substances in chinook meat constantly changes – depending on its age, a state, an area of dwelling, a floor.

Nevertheless, it is possible to tell precisely that the chinook salmon is vitamin-rich A, B, C, E, K and such micro macrocells: copper, zinc, selenium, manganese, iron, magnesium, calcium, phosphorus, sodium, potassium.

Than the chinook salmon is especially useful to the person – it contains dokozageksayenovy and eykozapentayenovy acids which support brain activity, well influence a state and functionality of cardiovascular system. Thanks to these two substances fish the chinook salmon is the strong prophylactic warning a stroke, a heart attack, development of atherosclerosis, arrhythmia, weak-mindedness, depression.

Caloric content of 100 grams of meat of a chinook reaches 148 calories.

Caviar of a chinook is useful that it promotes strengthening of a bone tissue, reduces risk of a thrombogenesis, stimulates blood circulation, improves sight. Caloric content of caviar averages 250 calories.

Contraindications

Serious contraindication it is possible to call only an allergy to meat or caviar of a chinook. With care it is necessary to use fish that who has diseases of a pancreas, GIT, chronic colitis or enteritis – meat rather fat.

The chinook salmon – the champion by the sizes among Salmon, and any fisherman rejoices if he managed to catch a big big fish, but ordinary buyers should know that the chinook salmon is more senior, the more in it collects substances, harmful to the person. In particular, mercury in meat of an adult chinook was found. Considering this fact, it is recommended to use with extra care fish to pregnant women.

It is also known that the wild chinook salmon, but not that which is grown up on special farms is more useful. But here it is necessary to be reconciled as fish is under protection of the state – it is included in the Red List. To reduce risk, at the choice of a chinook it is better to pay attention on the small sizes fish.

Chinook caviar can do harm at abuse to it. So, in day it is desirable to eat no more than 5 teaspoons of caviar. Besides, it is important to remember that in risk group there are same categories of people that are listed above, that is those who have diseases of a GIT, a pancreas. Classical sandwich from white fresh loaf, oil and red caviar is capable to strike crushing blow on a sore pancreas or a stomach.

Sodium which contains in salty red caviar detains water, so, the constant use of caviar in a large number can lead to disbolism.

Abuse of caviar of a chinook is harmful also because is its simply salted, most of Russians has no opportunity - it is perishable good. Everything that is available to the consumers living far from places of catch of a chinook is a tinned caviar, and, so with harmful additives.