Squid Drying
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Squid and cuttlefish and other soft-bodied brachycephalic seafood, belonging to the same squid family, are rich in protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron and potassium, and very rich in selenium, iodine, manganese, copper and other trace elements, which have the effect of tonic deficiency and nourishing the qi, nourishing the Yin, anti-fatigue and delaying the aging process. However, cuttlefish have a whole squid bone right in the middle of the body; whereas squid only have a tiny cartilage in the backbone. Fresh fish has a high protein content and is prone to spoilage and has a short shelf life, so people prefer to make dried fish for longer shelf life. Dried cuttlefish is dark brown in colour, short in size and thick in flesh, while dried squid is lighter in colour than cuttlefish and is purple-pink in colour.
The traditional method of drying is to choose a sunny day and use the sun to dry the squid. When using the hanging method, the squid is propped up with bamboo sticks and hung on a fixed support with small iron hooks around the end of the squid, with the head facing downwards, to allow the water to seep out of the body, and when the squid is half dry, it is checked and if you see that it is not fixed, it is re-pierced with bamboo sticks to set the shape before drying. When the squid is half-dried, it is shaped by stretching the flesh and wrists to make it symmetrical. Hanging sun or net sun method, to sunshine 6-10 days, a long time, by the fly pollution is more serious. This article introduces squid dryer cuttlefish dryer drying process and precautions.
Squid processing process steps:
1、Water content and other characteristics.
Squid and cuttlefish moisture content is relatively high, at about 75-80%, drying the entire process to dry evaporate the original weight of about 60% of the water, and most of the aquatic products belong to heat-sensitive substances, the current heat pump drying is the domestic aquatic industry and heat-sensitive materials commonly used processing technology, temperature and humidity and drying mode can be accurately controlled through the intelligent control system, according to the different heat-sensitive materials can choose the best The drying mode, temperature, humidity and air volume can be selected according to the different heat sensitive materials to maintain the original colour, flavour and form of the materials.
2、Mastering the temperature:
Drying is generally required to be carried out at a relatively low temperature, with a temperature setting of about 35-45°C. To avoid the drying temperature is too high, its protein denaturation, bacteria breeding fast, destroy the quality of drying. At the same time to avoid rapid drying, resulting in squid surface crust, but not conducive to the inside of the moisture to the surface migration, the formation of false drying. So squid dryer squid dryer drying speed must not be too fast, the temperature will be set at about 40 ℃ on the low temperature node, in the closed insulation room using negative pressure fan to improve the internal circulation of air volume and wind speed, uniform slow drying.
3、Mastering of wind speed.
In keeping with the larger circulating air volume and higher wind speed, the squid and air can be fully contacted, and the water vapour evaporated from the squid is brought away under the action of circulating wind, and then the water vapour is condensed and filtered out through the unit and discharged to the outside of the room.
4、Mastery of humidity:
As squid cuttlefish is not only large moisture, and moisture exists in fat and grease, dehydration will be more difficult than other categories of materials, and control of its dehydration speed and moisture discharge is one of the important factors in determining the quality of squid drying, dehydration speed and moisture discharge mastery is particularly important to maintain the colour of seafood after drying. Squid squid drying should avoid water vapour staying on the squid's body surface and poor moisture drainage, which can lead to bacterial growth.
5、Drying notes.
Take 10P squid dryer for example, about 10KW rated power, the heat output of the machine can be as high as 35KW, its energy efficiency is 35/10=3.5, temperature adjustment is mainly controlled by the internal and external condenser, wind speed adjustment is controlled through the frequency converter, relative humidity is obtained by using the air flow ratio through the evaporator. Following the above drying process principles, this can achieve the effect of squid imitating natural sun-drying, usually 4-5 catties of wet squid to get 1 catty of dry squid, the dried squid baked out is clean, slightly red in colour, white and delicate.
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