Why is bangus called milkfish?!
Why is bangus called milkfish?
Answers:
Milkfish, or bangus as it is locally called here in the Philippines is our national fish. This fish is one of the many staple diets by filipinos although milkfish is wide spread in South East Asia. Countries like Indonesia and Taiwan have milkfish also in their diet.
To describe this fish, the scales are bright silver. Slender body and the largest I’ve seen is about two feet. They thrive either in fresh water lakes, brackish water and salt water.
When cooked, the FLESH IS AS WHITE AS MILK (that is why it is called milkfish) and lots of needle like fish bone on it’s flesh. Wide spread throughout the islands but the most tasty ones comes from Dagupan (northern part of Luzon, Philippines).
There are many milkfish recipes available and stuffed milkfish or rellenong bangus is one of the best. You can also find other aquatic filipino recipes here:
http://www.aquaticfilipinorecipes.filipi...