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Tiny fish is likened to “heaven’s fortune” before everyone damns it as a specialty, priced at $4/kg

Only in rural markets in the West can these fish be sold.

Haughty is a fish familiar to people in the West.

Tiny fish is likened to “heaven’s fortune” before everyone damns it as a specialty, priced at $4/kg

Tiny fish is actually a combination of many small, trifling fish such as: sardines, nettles, seven chau, lia thia, baby sardine, baby perch… 


In the floating season from mid-July to the end of October of the lunar calendar, people joyfully welcome fish, shrimp, snakes, etc. to follow the water.

At that time, the poor laborers chose big fish to sell, and the small fish were brought back to cook, so they were called sloppy fish.

Although small, the braised fish was extremely delicious, especially at that time when it was still poor 

This fish is associated with the rustic meal of the people in the West

Until now, people who have gone far still remember my mother’s pot of braised fish

Now, when life is better, many people buy old fish to remember the taste of the past.

Currently, this fish is only sold in the countryside market

If you’re lucky, you’ll see a bunch of rotten fish sold for $4/kg

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