Fish merchants in Palanga have revealed secrets: they buy frozen abroad and then smoke.

An environmentalist said that he would practically not buy fresh smoked fish in Palanga. 15 minutes He decided to check if this was true, what he was actually buying from merchants.

Vytauto st. and we visited several fish trade kiosks in the area. Buyers here think they bought fresh smoked fish. But when he finds out that they brought her frozen, he is surprised.

Fish sellers are asked to recognize it. And it even reveals even more tricks: somewhere instead of smoked eel “puts” the wind fish.

We went to the first point of sale:

– Hello, can you tell me where your fish are from?, – we ask a seller.

“We fish during the day, we smoke at night,” he smiles.

– And where did you get it?

– We swim everywhere, around the world.

– And China?

– No, China would already be contraband.

– Fishermen in the Curonian Lagoon say they catch small fish.

– This is the Baltic Sea. Mackerel is now occurring in the Baltic Sea.

– And these mackerel from the Baltic Sea?

“No, it’s from the Atlantic,” sighs the saleswoman.

During another conversation, he admitted that the fish freezes, but smokes in Lithuania, small merchants often have local smokers. Frozen fish is purchased from large suppliers, which is then converted to a finished product over the counter.

– Do not bring otherwise. Like all the fish in the world in the store, their products are frozen, all briquettes are frozen.

– I understand, but people think there is a Lithuanian fish here.

– No, no, if it is not possible for both shops and shopping centers, there will not be enough fish here in one day for all of Lithuania, it will continue to come out. It is really illogical here. Let’s say what we want, but the truth is this.

– And if we want fresh fish, where to get it?

– Where I got caught, or where I swim in supermarkets. Will there be a VRS camera here?

– No, we are from 15 minutes.

The fish seller voluntarily displayed labels indicating the country of origin or the place of capture of the fish. In fact, you can travel almost all over the world on a single counter: both the Atlantic and the Pacific.

He also revealed a secret: Some fish sellers cheated and offered fake eels to buyers.

– As it was when the windmills started, they took their noses off and sold them as eels. And the wind fish has a long nose. Your flying fish.

– And throughout its range, is there at least one fish from the Curonian Lagoon or the Baltic Sea?

– If eels are grown in Lithuania, there are. And anyway …

We continue until we reach another fish kiosk.

– Dorada, mackerel, hot and cold smoked mackerel, sea bass, squid, catfish, brown trout … – he named the seller in another fish shop.

– And do you have Lithuanian fish?

– The sea bream is from the lagoon.

– And the other one you buy frozen? (vendor nods) Do you still have something from Lithuania?

– Trout and catfish are raised and no more.

The seller claimed that trout, catfish and bream were smoked fresh.

Buyers think the fish is fresh

We asked some fish tourists how they imagine what they are buying. The first couple they confirmed confirmed they had no such questions about whether the fish was Lithuanian or from abroad.

“It would be more fun to be Lithuanian anyway,” said the girl.

– And if I told you to buy frozen and then smoked, would it be strange?

– Then it wouldn’t be much fun. Is that so?

– yeah

– And is it possible to buy Lithuanian fish? Very good. I thought, by the sea, that’s why I wouldn’t be Lithuanian.

The second accepted buyer, when asked if it was important to her or to fish from Lithuania, said it was important to her.

– It’s important to me, but I still think I still don’t know where it’s really from. It is important to be delicious.

– What if I say I buy frozen and then smoke?

– Clearly important. I wish it was a fresh fish when it reached the sea. It seems to me it should also be tastier.

Hoping not to spoil our appetite, we appreciated the conversation and said goodbye.