Fish!
#17
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I like pretty much any fish, but going to buck the trend and put my marker down on cod for fish n chips! Haddock a very distant second, and "rock salmon" or whatever it was called darn sarf is an affront to the tastebuds!
Most regular ones I buy for cooking at home are salmon (for grilling, baking, cedar planking - kids go a bundle on it whichever way it arrives) and very occasionally cod for a pie. I've never seen fresh haddock here I don't think, though do get smoked now and then. Opening myself up for even more scorn and ridicule, I buy catfish and tilapia now and then too, normally when the fish guy tips me the wink that they've got some nice ones in. Not keen on the cornmeal stuff they fry it in here, but with a bit of blackened seasoning, or just fried with garlic it comes up lovely. I also get some whole fish at the chinese market that are lovely steamed with soy, garlic and some spring onions. No idea what they are - its all in foreign
Sushi/sashimi - love it, but only the "normal" stuff - once you start getting into the sea urchins, clams and squid I'm outta there! Kids love it too, so when we were in Japan over the summer we ate it pretty much every day. Went to a sushi train restaurant one night and had to use dynamite to get them out! Sadly there are a limited number of places that do it nicely here.
Shellfish - Shrimp I love and eat too often for my cholesterol levels, I like crab, but don't often eat it, and never cook it. Lobster I can eat, but not really keen, but other shellfish make me gag - oysters, clams, cockles etc look like they belong up a nose or in a petri dish on CSI.
Most regular ones I buy for cooking at home are salmon (for grilling, baking, cedar planking - kids go a bundle on it whichever way it arrives) and very occasionally cod for a pie. I've never seen fresh haddock here I don't think, though do get smoked now and then. Opening myself up for even more scorn and ridicule, I buy catfish and tilapia now and then too, normally when the fish guy tips me the wink that they've got some nice ones in. Not keen on the cornmeal stuff they fry it in here, but with a bit of blackened seasoning, or just fried with garlic it comes up lovely. I also get some whole fish at the chinese market that are lovely steamed with soy, garlic and some spring onions. No idea what they are - its all in foreign
Sushi/sashimi - love it, but only the "normal" stuff - once you start getting into the sea urchins, clams and squid I'm outta there! Kids love it too, so when we were in Japan over the summer we ate it pretty much every day. Went to a sushi train restaurant one night and had to use dynamite to get them out! Sadly there are a limited number of places that do it nicely here.
Shellfish - Shrimp I love and eat too often for my cholesterol levels, I like crab, but don't often eat it, and never cook it. Lobster I can eat, but not really keen, but other shellfish make me gag - oysters, clams, cockles etc look like they belong up a nose or in a petri dish on CSI.
Last edited by Yorkieabroad; Oct 15th 2014 at 3:41 pm.
#18
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You've probably never had really good, proper sushi or sashimi then. I've never been to Japan, but when we worked in that London we'd often go to some of the sushi places in Soho that you knew couldn't be too bad as Japanese people would eat there.
I agree that most sushi is a pale imitation of the real deal, and I dare say that the same applies to my fave Soho places (mmm, Ten Ten Tei) compared to a good place in Japan, but once you get a taste for it, even mediocre sushi is something I crave now and again.
I agree that most sushi is a pale imitation of the real deal, and I dare say that the same applies to my fave Soho places (mmm, Ten Ten Tei) compared to a good place in Japan, but once you get a taste for it, even mediocre sushi is something I crave now and again.
This - My sushi guy is old school japanese and it's mind blowingly good
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#28
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Catfish really depends on the prep. Its certainly not my favorite, - like I said, its a "now and then" purchase, but it is perfectly acceptable if cooked properly. Son caught one a while back on a fishing trip and it was in the pan with some garlic, cilantro and chili within about 10 minutes of its last breath and it went great between two hunks of fresh bread. He pulled a couple of flounder out last weekend, and reckoned they were tasty too, though sadly I wasn't there so had to make do with pictures... Haven't had a flounder in many years....
#29
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Catfish really depends on the prep. Its certainly not my favorite, - like I said, its a "now and then" purchase, but it is perfectly acceptable if cooked properly. Son caught one a while back on a fishing trip and it was in the pan with some garlic, cilantro and chili within about 10 minutes of its last breath and it went great between two hunks of fresh bread. He pulled a couple of flounder out last weekend, and reckoned they were tasty too, though sadly I wasn't there so had to make do with pictures... Haven't had a flounder in many years....