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Pulaski

Oct 15th 2014 3:36 am

Re: Fish!

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Originally Posted by Nutek (Post 11439123)

I've never tried Flounder. Do I want to?

It's unremarkable, innocuous, and somewhat similar to plaice, but not as good IMO.

rpjs	Oct 15th 2014 3:38 am

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Originally Posted by Nutek (Post 11439123)

I've never tried Flounder. Do I want to?

Flounder is one of the most usual (along with "scrod" which I understand is young cod) fishes to be served as fish and chips in New England. It's pretty good IMO although I have to agree with Pulaski that haddock is the best for fish and chips.

And don't get me started on the US's general failure to make proper chips ever.

Yorkieabroad

Oct 15th 2014 3:39 am

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Originally Posted by Nutek (Post 11439109)

That sucks.

Just realized you used the "T" word (Tilapia) earlier. Disgusting, nasty, no texture non-fish. Cod is nice though, but not as nice as a good piece of haddock (fried or smoked).

Thats sneaky...going back and editing after I've already replied, hoping I wouldn't notice....:sneaky: and again:sneaky:

Don't worry though....its coming for you - on repeat!
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rpjs	Oct 15th 2014 3:39 am

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Originally Posted by Pulaski (Post 11439135)

It's unremarkable, innocuous, and somewhat similar to plaice, but not as good IMO.

I wonder if flounder differs by location - I always categorized it with plaice in the UK and I really don't like plaice, but in New England it seems less "flat" and more like cod to me.

loubiblu

Oct 15th 2014 3:40 am

Re: Fish!

Fish choice would be skate or plaice. As for shellfish, pretty much anything goes (apart from whelks).

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Originally Posted by Yorkieabroad (Post 11439096)

...other chellfish make me gag - oysters, clams, cockles etc look like they belong up a nose or in a petri dish on CSI.

Are you my hubby in disguise Yorkieabroad? He once told someone at the next table to us in a restaurant that all shellfish was wrong, using both your bogey and petri dish analogy!

rpjs	Oct 15th 2014 3:42 am

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Originally Posted by Nutek (Post 11439109)

That sucks.

Just realized you used the "T" word (Tilapia) earlier. Disgusting, nasty, no texture non-fish. Cod is nice though, but not as nice as a good piece of haddock (fried or smoked).

The only time I've had tilapia that I liked was from a Japanese katsu place around the corner from where I used to work in midtown NYC. They used to do it in breaded chunks as part of a bento. Sadly they refurbished and their new bento selection isn't a patch on what it was (and I don't work near them anymore anyway).

Yorkieabroad

Oct 15th 2014 3:43 am

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Originally Posted by rpjs (Post 11439139)

I wonder if flounder differs by location - I always categorized it with plaice in the UK and I really don't like plaice, but in New England it seems less "flat" and more like cod to me.

down here its more of a flatfish, like I'd expect back home

Pulaski

Oct 15th 2014 4:00 am

Re: Fish!

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Originally Posted by rpjs (Post 11439139)

I wonder if flounder differs by location - I always categorized it with plaice in the UK and I really don't like plaice, but in New England it seems less "flat" and more like cod to me.

"Flounder" is a name applied to several only vaguely related fish species. I believe(d) that they are all flat fish, though I'm not sure how old they are when the eye flips over and they become "flat", so it is possible that small ones might still look like a "regular" fish

Nutek

Oct 15th 2014 4:02 am

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Originally Posted by Yorkieabroad (Post 11439138)

Thats sneaky...going back and editing after I've already replied, hoping I wouldn't notice....:sneaky: and again:sneaky:

Don't worry though....its coming for you - on repeat!
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:lol:

Sorry about that.

Yorkieabroad

Oct 15th 2014 4:17 am

Re: Fish!

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Originally Posted by Pulaski (Post 11439177)

Which brings up the next question....fish eyes - yes/no/never tried.....?

Been there once, never again. FiL loves them. Weirdo.

Yorkieabroad

Oct 15th 2014 4:19 am

Re: Fish!

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Originally Posted by loubiblu (Post 11439140)

Are you my hubby in disguise Yorkieabroad? He once told someone at the next table to us in a restaurant that all shellfish was wrong, using both your bogey and petri dish analogy!

Not sure - Is he tall, dark, sophisticated and devilishly handsome with a presence that hushes the room when he enters? If so, its probably not me...

Nutek

Oct 15th 2014 4:20 am

Re: Fish!

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Originally Posted by Yorkieabroad (Post 11439216)

Not sure - Is he tall, dark, sophisticated and devilishly handsome with a presence that hushes the room when he enters? If so, its probably not me...

They call me abroad.... Yorkieabroad.

Michael

Oct 15th 2014 4:20 am

Re: Fish!

Not a Brit but we used to catch fresh water rock, small mouth, and large mount bass and white crappie as a kid and I liked those more than any ocean fish or the bigger fresh water fish.

Nutek

Oct 15th 2014 4:22 am

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Originally Posted by Yorkieabroad (Post 11439207)

Which brings up the next question....fish eyes - yes/no/never tried.....?

Been there once, never again. FiL loves them. Weirdo.

Never tried. Never gonna.

BubbleChog

Oct 15th 2014 5:39 am

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Originally Posted by loubiblu (Post 11439140)

Fish choice would be skate or plaice. As for shellfish, pretty much anything goes (apart from whelks).

Actually lots of shellfish squick me out. I can't eat mussels they look too much like noo-nahs

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Lx

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