The mackerel resembles silverback or silver fish. The body of the mackerel is slightly flat, betel leaf-shaped, and has a white-brown color. The largest fish weighs over 1 kg, and the smallest ones are usually the size of a knife handle. The most delicious type is the one the size of an adult’s wrist.
Signs to recognize fresh mackerel are that the scales are still shiny, the eyes are clear, the body is still covered in sand and curves up to look very eye-catching, the fish is delicious from meat to fish intestines, less fishy and quite rich in nutrients, fish meat sweet, soft like sardines, the fish belly is both fatty and fleshy and the most delicious are the fish intestines and fish breast.
People have a saying “It’s better to give up the death anniversary than to throw away the intestines of mackerel”, mackerel is in the sea so the intestines are clean, chewy, crispy, fatty and fragrant, when cooked it is both chewy and crispy, fatty and not greasy with a smell. characteristic aroma