Favourite fish
Jan 19th 2011, 8:22 pm
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Re: Favourite fish
Yes, the best way to describe them is, they look like a leg with claus on the end, very tough skin, which has to be torn and the pink meat inside is the only bit that gets eaten.
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.
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.
Jan 19th 2011, 8:42 pm
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Re: Favourite fish
They are nice, but it is more a social thing, they are eaten with a glass of nice albarino wine, whilst chewing the cud in a group.
They are quite chewy, and when "opened" often a jet of water squirts out down the your front,
they are nice to eat, but the price to me seem way OTT for what they are.
The price is based on the danger in collecting them more than anything.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPYv6Rt8Ktw
They are quite chewy, and when "opened" often a jet of water squirts out down the your front,
they are nice to eat, but the price to me seem way OTT for what they are.
The price is based on the danger in collecting them more than anything.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPYv6Rt8Ktw
Jan 19th 2011, 11:24 pm
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Re: Favourite fish
As I understand it Bacalao is South Atlantic Cod.
I don't know why, but it doesn't seem to taste anything like as good as North Atlantic Cod.
Wonder if it's a completely different fish ?
Jan 20th 2011, 1:32 am
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Re: Favourite fish
The only non-Spanish person I knw who likes it is Jamaican.
Jan 20th 2011, 6:51 am
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Re: Favourite fish
You can also buy fresh bacalao.
Jan 20th 2011, 7:21 am
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Re: Favourite fish
, but.....bait.....what a waste...
Pouting, whiting, were considered pretty tastelesss, unexciting fish by us lot.
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.
I translated percebes and got barnacles for the English equivalent.
Percebes? Goose barnacles, which is very different from ordinary barnacles. I found thousands washed up on the beach recently, I thought then some Spaniard would kill for these!
Goose Barnacles. In Portugal and Spain, they are a widely consumed and expensive delicacy known as percebes.
Jan 20th 2011, 7:55 am
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Ah! As i live with 'the country folk who live in the campo' this is the only bacalao I have ever had. Glad there is an improved variety!
Jan 20th 2011, 8:04 am
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Jan 20th 2011, 8:10 am
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Snob? My wife just fell about laughing when I told her that! Pouting, whiting, were considered pretty tastelesss, unexciting fish by us lot.
You might be right, but it was from the Latin, do they look a bit like cod, with the feeler like thing on the lower lip. You can see where the verb "to pout" comes from, or vice versa.
Percebes? Goose barnacles, which is very different from ordinary barnacles. I found thousands washed up on the beach recently, I thought then some Spaniard would kill for these!
Goose Barnacles. In Portugal and Spain, they are a widely consumed and expensive delicacy known as percebes.
Pouting, whiting, were considered pretty tastelesss, unexciting fish by us lot. You might be right, but it was from the Latin, do they look a bit like cod, with the feeler like thing on the lower lip. You can see where the verb "to pout" comes from, or vice versa.
Percebes? Goose barnacles, which is very different from ordinary barnacles. I found thousands washed up on the beach recently, I thought then some Spaniard would kill for these!
Goose Barnacles. In Portugal and Spain, they are a widely consumed and expensive delicacy known as percebes.
.......Goose is a very important word, it can change the meaning of a lot of sentences, and I like a good goose myself.
Jan 20th 2011, 10:49 am
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Re: Favourite fish
Has any body mentioned Tuna - fresh or tinned?
Also, shark and swordfish is wonderful.
Anyone for dolphin - big in USA!
Also, shark and swordfish is wonderful.
Anyone for dolphin - big in USA!
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Jan 20th 2011, 1:16 pm
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Re: Favourite fish
Mahi-Mahi is also called a dolphin fish. It's nice in Tempura batter.
Jan 20th 2011, 1:46 pm
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Re: Favourite fish
Being a Londoner I also like jellied eels. I suspect I am in the minority