In a 300-year-old Dutch document, it is recorded that the people living along the coast of Fukien Province knew that "red-colored, thick-membraned" grey mullet eggs soaked in salt make a tasty treat.
荷蘭人的文獻記載，三百年前，福建沿海居民就曉得將「紅卵，外膜厚」的烏魚子以鹽漬之。