Favourite fish
Jan 19th 2011 | 4:19 am
#16
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Re: Favourite fish
For me you cannot beat a nice skate wing with caper sauce - yummy
Jan 19th 2011 | 4:27 am
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Re: Favourite fish
I quite like those fantailed shubunkins. They are very pretty.
Oh, EATING fish?
Cod (but not that horrible bacalao), hake, sardines (in tomato sauce), salmon (fresh or smoked) but my favourite is trout.
I can't see what all the fuss is about with those big prawns that people rave about. Too fiddly and not worth the effort.
Oh, EATING fish?
Cod (but not that horrible bacalao), hake, sardines (in tomato sauce), salmon (fresh or smoked) but my favourite is trout.
I can't see what all the fuss is about with those big prawns that people rave about. Too fiddly and not worth the effort.
I always thought it was and every dictionary I've got says it is...
Jan 19th 2011 | 4:35 am
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Re: Favourite fish
The cod-type fishes are mainly used in stews and soups anyway so the exact form isnt so important. If they batter fish in Spain they will use rape, merluza or the much cheaper rosada
Jan 19th 2011 | 4:59 am
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Re: Favourite fish
I’ve done a lot of sea fishing in the UK, wreck fishing off Ramsgate was my favourite location. I always took them home and the cat would have to wait until I was finished. I only managed to fill the freezer up once.
Jan 19th 2011 | 5:16 am
#21
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Re: Favourite fish
So much to choose from. I prefer wild salmon over the farmed, haddock far more than cod, which I think is shite.
Cartilaginous fish like dogfish have to be so fresh it isn't true, and then it is fabulous.
Sea bass, obviously, tuna and lobito.
I'd hate to be without any of those.
Cartilaginous fish like dogfish have to be so fresh it isn't true, and then it is fabulous.
Sea bass, obviously, tuna and lobito.
I'd hate to be without any of those.
Jan 19th 2011 | 5:55 am
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Re: Favourite fish
It has got to be FANECA.
The bigger and fatter they are, the better.
I have no idea what they are called in English, TBH I dont think they are eaten there.
The bigger and fatter they are, the better.
I have no idea what they are called in English, TBH I dont think they are eaten there.
Jan 19th 2011 | 7:21 am
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Re: Favourite fish
Anyone from Grimsby (or indeed the north of the UK) will tell you haddock is far better than Cod, which should anyway be sold to the southerners...
Best fish I've had was in a Portuguese restaurant in southern London - sea-bream - I don't know if it's always good but on that occasion it was delicious.
In Spain I like Merluza if it's on a Menu (and cooked right). Otherwise Sardines at a pinch. A nice sample of boquerones or prawns (I know...) as a free tapa are always welcome though...
Best fish I've had was in a Portuguese restaurant in southern London - sea-bream - I don't know if it's always good but on that occasion it was delicious.
In Spain I like Merluza if it's on a Menu (and cooked right). Otherwise Sardines at a pinch. A nice sample of boquerones or prawns (I know...) as a free tapa are always welcome though...
Jan 19th 2011 | 7:33 am
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Re: Favourite fish
Most Northern Europeans don't consider them good eating, and so regard them as a nuisance fish because they travel in large schools and strip the bait off lines. If caught, they will be used as bait for other fish, or animal feed.
The French will eat Pouting, though. They feel that the flesh is tasty enough. In fact, in the 1950s in France, Pouting was an expensive fish.
Pouting must be eaten within 6 hours of catching it, because the taste goes downhill very quickly after that, and the day after it is caught, it tastes like a completely different fish, in a way that is a change for the worst.
The French will eat Pouting, though. They feel that the flesh is tasty enough. In fact, in the 1950s in France, Pouting was an expensive fish.
Pouting must be eaten within 6 hours of catching it, because the taste goes downhill very quickly after that, and the day after it is caught, it tastes like a completely different fish, in a way that is a change for the worst.
Jan 19th 2011 | 7:38 am
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Re: Favourite fish
Arctic char smoked. 
Jan 19th 2011 | 7:42 am
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Re: Favourite fish
As I never ate much beyong cod, haddock and place in the UK I dont know the English names for fish, but I can tell you those I like in Spain.
Lubina is a great alround fish that we usually buy in the supermarket
Piscin/rape makes the most delicious battered fish I've ever tasted
Dorada and lubina is nice again, baked in salt
Rodaballo and Cabracho is nice occasionally but expensive, so will eat at special occasions at restaurants
Boquerones and sardinas are cheap, chearful and delicious to eat on a hot day at the beach!
Lubina is a great alround fish that we usually buy in the supermarket
Piscin/rape makes the most delicious battered fish I've ever tasted
Dorada and lubina is nice again, baked in salt
Rodaballo and Cabracho is nice occasionally but expensive, so will eat at special occasions at restaurants
Boquerones and sardinas are cheap, chearful and delicious to eat on a hot day at the beach!
My favourites are Lubina, Dorada, Boquerones, Sardines in Escabeche and Atun Encebollada.
And from the mariscos section: Gambas and coquinas, yum!
Jan 19th 2011 | 7:43 am
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Re: Favourite fish
BAIT, BAIT well we all know that you are a bit of a snob
, but.....bait.....what a waste...I am not even sure if the translation to English is right, sometimes they come up wrong where fish and food is conerned.
I translated percebes and got barnacles for the English equivalent.
seriously, though when you see any fat ones in Spain, you should try them, dipped in flour and shallow fried.
Jan 19th 2011 | 7:48 am
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Re: Favourite fish
I can't believe it - I completely forgot about Mojama - it's a specially cured form of tuna. It's worth visiting Spain for that alone.
Jan 19th 2011 | 8:05 am
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Re: Favourite fish
BAIT, BAIT well we all know that you are a bit of a snob, but.....bait.....what a waste...
I am not even sure if the translation to English is right, sometimes they come up wrong where fish and food is conerned.
I translated percebes and got barnacles for the English equivalent.
seriously, though when you see any fat ones in Spain, you should try them, dipped in flour and shallow fried.
, but.....bait.....what a waste...I am not even sure if the translation to English is right, sometimes they come up wrong where fish and food is conerned.
I translated percebes and got barnacles for the English equivalent.
seriously, though when you see any fat ones in Spain, you should try them, dipped in flour and shallow fried.
Jan 19th 2011 | 8:14 am
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Re: Favourite fish
They are expensive and not used in meals AFAIK, they are just to pick.
They are not bad, but I cant understand why people go crazy for them and pay the price they do, but then agian it takes all sorts.
