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I was just wondering who eats fish, we have it weekly, especially my boy who tries something new every time the fish man comes with his van. I know there's quite a few people that don't like fish though.
I like fish but i'm not that keen on shellfish, I suppose though some of that depends on how it's cooked etc.
What fish/shellfish do you like best and why?
:tongue-ti:yuck:
Only fish sticks Boss - once every 2 years :D
My favourite shellfish is a toss up between brown crab and mussels.I tend to find more mussels than lobster.Living as close as I do to the coast it's easy to get fish and shellfish,having seen the prices of fish I wouldn't be surprised if there are lots of people who eat fish rarely.
I like shellfish because it's so easy to cook and does taste good,mussels and lobster can be boiled or baked both easy to do over an open fire.Lots of shelfissh is overpowered by the adittion of herbs and spices and other things ,to get the true taste baking is probably the way to go.
John Fenna
06-05-2010, 08:13
Personally I am not that keen on fish, though the occassional trout, salmon or chippie fish dinner is not excluded. My good Wife insists we eat the odd bit of fish, mackerel or fresh tuna turns up on my plate sometimes and are OK but for a treat I am allowed a Xmas or Birthday bit of Smoked Salmon - the only fish dish I realy love.
Shellfish are purely a survival option...
The main interlectual reason I avoid fish is the pollution of their environment and decimation of their numbers by crazy commercial fishing practices (such as throwing dead fish back because they are "outside the quota" in an attempt by officialdom to maintain stocks - as if dead fish breed!) while I find the texture of the flesh of most fish less than tempting - to say nothing of the smell while preping the meal!
I do not know if they are classed as fish but I love Calamari! :)
only really like fish if I cook it my self in a fire
Grayling stuffed with Wild garlic and Chickweed then wrapped in wet grass/leaves and mud under the coals
Ive always hated bones and can spend hours picking tiny bits of meat of a fish to avoid them
I like flat fish tho easy to clean and debone ;)
and lobster and Spidercrab are my fave Water insects
other than scallops i dont do shellfish
dont have it often as i usually only eat if ive cault it Diving
other than a nice all in fish pie :D from the freezer remnants
Mum used to spend hours checking and flakingthe fish to get every bone out .... i always found one tho :rolleyes:
I love fish, and thankfully have a ‘man’ that comes round with a van full once a month, we eat it once or twice a week either mackerel, Pollock, salmon, hake, sole, haddock, sometimes crab, rarely can we afford lobster, but I do like it.
I don’t like scallops unless cooked in New England chowder style, as they are too bland, and chewy. My favourite way to eat fish at the moment it either baked in the oven for a short time, and topped with grated Parmigiano-Reggiano and finely diced spring onions, or Thai style, with noodles
Greenbeast
06-05-2010, 08:38
I absolutely love it, but the wife is almost sick at even the smell.
doh!
The ultimate shellfish has to be Kyle Prawns, known as langoustines to the French and the Sassenachs. Mussels, crab, lobster, salmon, mackerel, cod, hale, pollock, etc all good but brown trout would be my favourite fish.
We try to eat fish two or three times a week.
Having spent many years catching the stuff with big boats etc I tend to avoid fish, but do enjoy some dishes when abroad...... Luxury = big bowl of moule mariniere, baguette bottle of white and a massive knapkin !! Have also been known to catch trout and this year am targetting bass from the shore locally.
Love fish of all types although I'm allergic to oysters and tinned salmon.
The wife makes a fantastic fish curry (she's from Sri Lanka), but you can't beat fresh caught fish simply griddled like they do in Croatia.
John,strangely enough squid/calamari is a shellfish.It is part of the order of molluscs.
Fish is awesome. I have only recently developed a taste for trout though. Unfortunately they don't let me do hobo or spear fishing where I go (probably for the best, the lake is quite deep) :(, so fly fishing it is!
I like fish real fish and shell fish, and we have it at least once a week.
The problem is getting fresh fish.
in the days when I fished regularly our cats used to mount a persistent combined assault to get at the fish I brought in from the river, but wouldn't eat fish from the fishmonger.
Graham
We live not far from Kinlochbervie, which used to be a thriving fishing port. Boats still come into harbour now, and there is a fish market but the fishboxes get bought up and sent south, and nothing remains to go into the wee shop here. :(
Getting fresh fish is a problem, it`s all frozen or tinned now and isn`t the same.
I like salmon and trout best, but don`t eat shellfish. When camping I used to bake fresh trout in a piece of foil smeared with butter and a little chives in the embers of the fire. Somehow, anything eaten out of doors always tastes better. :)
Catfish, breaded with cornmeal and fried is a favorite of mine. My great-parents taught me how to fish, read, tie my shoes. We would go "jug'n" for the catfish and then pole fish the day away. Fond memories make any meal taste better:).
Lived on the Maine coast for awhile so lobster boil-ups, crab and clambakes on the beach at night were great fun. I could go for some fried clams right about now.
Red Snapper from the Gulf of Mexico, have not had in years. And lets see, there's shrimp. Shrimp is the fruit of the sea. There's boiled shrimp, bar-b-q'd shrimp, fried shrimp, coconut fried shrimp, shrimp gumbo, shrimp ka-bobs, pineapple shrimp....
Not alot of fish these days and not much of a taste for it, being so far from the sea I suppose.
Toadflax
06-05-2010, 10:07
Living near Oxford, which is about as far from the sea as it is possible to get, seems to mean that fish is very expensive here, though the fishmonger in Oxford's Covered Market is very good in terms of quality and range. They have recently changed their pricing labels. It used to be not untypically of the order of £15-£25 per kg, they have now changed it to, for example, £1.50 per 100g. Sneaky!
We probably have it once every couple of weeks. I'd like to like whole fish, but I can be put off by bones and my wife doesn't like the heads staring up at us. My favourite fish is smoked fish in a fish pie, but cold smoked mackerel is good. I have to say that expensive little fillets with not much flavour don't do it for me. Why pay lots for something that hasn't much flavour?
Geoff
Asa Samuel
06-05-2010, 10:13
I love fish but I can't cook it at home - I live in a house full of vegetarians and they would kill me if I stunk the house out - but I have caught garfish before and cooked it outside and it was delicious. Coming from Hull originally I of course have a love of fish n chips!
Living near Oxford, which is about as far from the sea as it is possible to get,
Whilst we may be far from the sea, it is only a stones throw from anywhere in oxfordshire to a fly fishing lake! The licences are not too costly either
Tor helge
06-05-2010, 10:30
I actually like fish, but then I`m raised on a fish diet. Not much meat on the table when I was younger.
Liver and whale meat was cheap and was our staple meat source. Not my favourites though.
I eat almost every kind of fish; Trout, Char, Cod, Pollock and so on. We try to eat fish a couple of days a week, more if we can.
My favourite is Hallibut, but fried filet of Pollock or Catfish is also a real treat.
When it comes to shellfish I like mussels best. I eat most shellfish, but some are tastier than others:).
Tor
bmartin1uk
06-05-2010, 10:37
I lived in New Zealand for a year and there was nothing better than catching a Trout from the lake and cleaning and cooking it myself. A huge fan of seafood, if i can afford it i'll buy it, but living now in the UK and not particularly close to the sea, it's not something that always ends up in my trolley.
Love it all, cod, plaice, salmon, smoked haddock, fresh mackerel,crab, lobster, shrimps, cockles, crayfish, muscles. Had a fantastic yellow tail in Cape Town a few weeks back.
I love sea fish, but I HATE whelks.
I do have trout occasionally. but prefer sea fish
spirit-bear
06-05-2010, 11:26
another fishy lover here :D
I eat it in whatever form it comes, wether it be scaley, boney or with a shell i love it all. I dont think there is one item of seafood or fresh water food that i dont enjoy a dabble of now and again :cool:
But my fav has to be a lovely peice of smoked salmon mmm yummy.....
I do like fish, but have it far to rarely. Prices of fish are stupidly high which is a major off put, although being right beside the sea (While away from Killie) there is less of an excuse not to go out and try to catch my own. Last years caught fish was nice enough, but I'll need to get some decent recipes if I'm going to catch more pollock methinks, far to plain / tasteless on it's own. Hmmm, maybe it's time to get the rod out again soon... :D
Everything Mac
06-05-2010, 12:14
I love fish - but rarely have it because my flat mates aren't that keen and it is quite expensive.
I would be very hard pressed to choose between meat and fish/shell fish myself.
Andy
MartinK9
06-05-2010, 12:17
I like all fish and shellfish, when I visit relatives in Kent I pig out on oysters:red:
Can't beat a plate of this though:
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I love simple fish dishes including shell fish.
I like all fish and shellfish, when I visit relatives in Kent I pig out on oysters:red:
Can't beat a plate of this though:
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Why do they ruin the dish by putting all that jelly on it??!! The liquor is great and the eels and mash too, but I really don't like jelly (nor in pork pies either!!)
MartinK9
06-05-2010, 13:32
Why do they ruin the dish by putting all that jelly on it??!! The liquor is great and the eels and mash too, but I really don't like jelly (nor in pork pies either!!)
Love jellied eels too and as for pork pies, well I have to really; living in Melton Mowbray. :lmao:
I am on a quest for Mahi Mahi since a co-worker suggested it.
Its not in at my local grocery store just yet.
I like mild flavor fish.
JonathanD
06-05-2010, 13:58
I love any type of fish/shellfish except from the ray/skate family.
I love any kind of seafood.
I regularly eat sushi - love it!
Also, crab is especially yummy! :D
ATB
Mike
I do love all fish/seafood, don't eat a lot of fish though - maybe a couple of times a month.
If forced to pick favourites then; Monkfish, Scallops and Langoustine, all done simply - bit of butter and maybe a touch of garlic.
M&S occassionally have Mahi Mahi and you can sometimes get it here ...
http://www.thefishsociety.co.uk/fish-detail_Mahi-mahi-fillets_m_76_0_7.html
I love fried hard crabs and Maryland USA steamed crabs!
Maine lobster is a treat with butter and garlic sauce!
Maryland USA is famous for steamed hard crabs, steamed with water, vinegar, beer and coated with Rock Salt and Old Bay seasoning.
I remember enjoying eels when i was young, I can't say i've been inclined now i'm older, I should try them again though.
We got a lot of Mackerel, spider crabs and the like off shore here, they're nice, especially when it's smoked on the beach.
I like fish too, I've grown up eating Brown trout, but now trying sea fish and seafishing, the good thing is the mackrel should be here soon.
I love fish , river , sea , and shellfish ...
Whittler Kev
06-05-2010, 20:04
Cod from the chipshop and shellfish. Everything else must be cr*d or they wouldn't cover it anything that has a stronger taste than the fish. Haddock....yuck still taste it 2 hours later:pokenest:
I love fresh home smoked mackerel and fresh lobster is gorgeous..mussels roasted in an open fire are lovely though I'm not that keen on them steamed.
Celt_Ginger
06-05-2010, 20:37
I like Fish and shellfish. Lobster Thermadore is really something else (when I can afford it)
I love fresh home smoked mackerel and fresh lobster is gorgeous..mussels roasted in an open fire are lovely though I'm not that keen on them steamed.
Mussels are a lot nicer steamed in a little white wine, garlic and Tarragon and the stock enhanced with some cream then reduced so you can soak it up with some good bread;)
JonathanD
06-05-2010, 22:05
Mussels are a lot nicer steamed in a little white wine, garlic and Tarragon and the stock enhanced with some cream then reduced so you can soak it up with some good bread;)
Oh yeah, I do the exact same thing. Gotta love tarrogan.
Snowfire
06-05-2010, 22:19
A couple of years ago we were cooking some trout over a campfire with our scouts. Mum of one of them arrives a bit early and wanders over to see what we are doing to find her son tucking into the trout. Mum says "but you don't like fish". Son replies "not the way you cook it".
:lmao:
It's become a bit of a legend in our group.
ayeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee , tell me abooot it ....
Love fish, apart from Red Snapper! Horrible! Much to my surprise, fisherman's relish, which I also love, is made from rabbit.
Fish I'll buy to eat: Mackerel, coley, pollack, pouting, tuna (yellowfin - usually tinned), wild caught pacific salmon.
Fish I've caught or will catch and eat: Mackerel, coley, pollack, pouting, dogfish brown trout, rainbow trout, eels, perch, pike - might take a carp or two and some rudd later this year, permission granted.
Shellfish I buy occasionally: Dived scallops - never trawled! Crab (in France), mussels.
Shellfish I'll happily catch/collect: Signal crayfish, mussels (given appropriate location), crab, limpets, winkles, scallops and cockles.
Things I'll never buy or take, regardless of how cheap they make it: Cod, haddock, farmed salmon in any form, pair trawled bass, shark or ray of any species, swordfish or bluefin tuna.
If anyone's interested in the 'why' for the above, I'll be more than happy to explain the detail ;)
woodspirits
06-05-2010, 23:26
whiting, fresh out of the net is lovely, in fact anything that fresh is totally different from what you get in the shops. (used to work on trawlers)
Bushwhacker
07-05-2010, 10:28
Mackerel straight off the hook and onto the barbecue.
The smaller ones have the best taste.
SouthernCross
07-05-2010, 10:57
I like most fish (both fresh & saltwter ) as well as shellfish.
Why?
Two main reasons.
Firstly, I like supplying my table with what I catch / gather.
Secondly, I like the taste of what I decide to supply the table with :D
My favourite fish would have to be Coral trout.
I can't realy say I have a favourite shell fish ( I lke crabs, yabbies, oysters, pipies, clams, lobster etc. etc. etc)
Knd regards
Mick
Perch and crayfish of the European variety! The perch doesn't need much more that something to fry it in and some salt to be delicious! The caryfish should be cooked in salted water with some sugar, a good beer and lots of dill!http://www.free-smiley.info/eating/eating-smileys-emoticons44.gif
//K975
Cledan99
08-05-2010, 07:25
Quite in keeping I guess is the fact that I only eat what I can catch, the stuff in the shops is usually minging by the time you buy it....
Probably my fave fish is red gurnard, but its hard to target specifically, like Dabs too, gut em and on the barbie, flip em like a pancake - nice
Pollack has nice texture, but a strong smell and little flavour, so fillet, wrap in a foil parcel with lime juice and chopped coriander, ginger, garlic and chillies, now your talking!
Also eat Black Bream, Cod, ling, or whatever else grabs my hook. Except Dogfish, although a skipper did once give me a recipe for em-
Gut the dog fish, put it in foil with 10 cloves of garlic and two chillies, with a slug of oil, bake on a low heat for around 6 hours, when its done remove from foil, throw in the bin and eat the foil:)
mackeral after cutting em up for bait on a boat all day, I rarely take any home, which is a shame as fresh they are superb.
Mainly eat trout though as I have a season ticket to catch em, pannissed with honey, plain grilled on a barbie, fried steamed in foil (i like that one) and any left overs flaked and mixed with philli chesse (garlic & herb) and made into a mouse, ideal for sandwiches or salads.
I do like a rare fillet steak too, but the local farmers won't let me catch one of those:lmao:
Silverhill
08-05-2010, 09:30
You plate it up, I'll eat it!:D
No averse to anything except tinned tuna or tinned salmon. Not quite sure why:confused: probably to do with looking pretty unnatural and smelling like :eek:
The "why" or at least a big part of it.
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Tracyann
06-10-2010, 16:09
I love fish, never bought it as we catch our own and stock up on mackerel when they are here, normally catch conger eel, pollack, colefish, whiting, hake, dogfish, trout, salmon. I pick mussels, cockles, razorfish get the occassional crab and lobster and hubby dives for scallops occassionally when he can be bothered. not a big fan of dog fish but it can be done nice enough just those damn bones. I do love mackerel, think I might go fishing tonight and get some. I make fish cakes, admiral pie, fish puffs, mackerel pate, fish chowder. plain mackerel is my favourite though.
As I was reading some replies I seen some one put down they do not eat rays of any kind as someone who tags and releases them it breaks my heart seeing people try and keep them, or when you see the trawlers have got them tied up by the tail and when they finish just cut the tails, they do survive as I have caught one with no tail and a bit of blue rope still dangling there.
But why someone said they do not eat farmed salmon I do not know. My husband is a mechanic to trade but here in this area you take what is about and he works in salmon farming and I can honestly say there is nothing wrong with it. Not if done properly and responsibly. I personally would rather have farmed than knowing out of a tin they have just decimated half the fish going upto spawn in a mad dash to make money.
Bushwhacker
06-10-2010, 16:19
Too right about the rays, such a shame to just cut off some wing and chuck the rest away. Th y also seem to have a bit of personality and intelligence to them, unlike other fish.
Quick photo and back in the drink is definitely the best thing to do.
`some` fish is good.
I like smoked fish, though it can be hard to get decent stuff.
The best, I find is from the fishermen who live on Dungeness; they smoke their own and so its good quality, though decently priced.
My husband is a mechanic to trade but here in this area you take what is about and he works in salmon farming and I can honestly say there is nothing wrong with it. Not if done properly and responsibly. I personally would rather have farmed than knowing out of a tin they have just decimated half the fish going upto spawn in a mad dash to make money.
The argument for salmon farming is it creates jobs... how many people work per salmon farm? Not very many really and the numbers employed in total have seriously crashed in recent years as automation and foreign supply take their toll.
The arguments against... where to start?
SLICE - sea lice pesticide dumped into estuarine systems in vast quantities even where there's sufficient throughput to clear the...
EFFLUENTof millions of salmon which would, in the wild, deposit their 'guano' over hundreds if not thousands of square kilometers of sea bed as they follow the North Atlantic drift now deposit it all in one spot (until they move the nets because the current location is over-polluted) which comes from...
INDUSTRIAL FISHING OF SANDEELS to make the feed pellets, by removing a staple from low in the food chain many other species than just the native wild salmon are affected including bass and cod, both of which feed on sandeel as juveniles, this processed and nutritionally poor diet not only has a smaller protein conversion ratio than wild fish manage but also requires the use of...
CHEMICAL ADDITIVES to colour the flesh of the farmed fish have been linked and other chemicals absorbed from the feed through accumulation of the smaller species used to make it have been linked in the past to a host of diseases in humans, indeed one US study recommended no more than 3 portions per person per year of farmed Scottish salmon - the 'Merkins take their health stuff seriously so I'll not argue with them. This doesn't segway nicely into the financial side of things but...
PROFITS by and large, don't stay in Scotland. The vast majority of the fish farms in Scotland are foreign owned, Norwegian in the main, so the environmental damage caused benefits not the Scots, but the vikings who stole all the pretty ones and left Aberdeen the desperate place it is of a weekend night when you're out on the lash.
You said something about a mad dash to make money? When I was a kid salmon was about the most expensive thing you could buy in terms of meat or fish. These days it's not only the cheapest thing on the supermarket shelves but it's frequently discounted in order to shift it in enough bulk to make it profitable.
There's your mad dash to cash in - the canning of wild pacific salmon ALL of which die after spawning and only 10% of which are required to spawn to replenish the rivers has nothing to do with salmon farming in Scotland, although it is frequently used by that industry as a smoke screen.
Don't get me completely wrong here - there are some good ones, I hope your husband works for one of them, the majority however, aren't.
Cheers,
PS. Don't eat the salmon... it's off ;)
ex-member Raikey
06-10-2010, 19:24
i eat tuna everyday in one of my meals,..4pm usually (i was a competing bodybuilder and find it hard to shake the habit of high protien/low carb infusions thruoghout the day)
and i have two tins of fish(sardines or mackerel etc) in my pack all the time.
nothing finer than pulling a mackerel out of the water and eating it within the hour.
Am I the only one here who likes tinned salmon?
I cant stand prawns and anything that looks like a insect. I love fish, all fish!
Ive tried lobster and oisters but I dont see the point of it. When I was introduced to oisters, they said, drown it in lemon juice, dont chew and swallow. To me that sounds like it tastes like crap so you have to overpower the taste with something strong and dont chew so you cannot taste how crap it is.
I've eaten most types of sea fish and shell fish, a lot of the uglier looking varieties in France though, and I'm yet to find anything I dislike.
River fish is a different kettle, carp is popular here and it's a taste I've not acquired yet!
Am I the only one here who likes tinned salmon?
No, not at all I love all fish and shellfish however prepared. Tinned salmon and salad is an amazing meal. I was however brought up to appreciate the efforts of those who brought and prepared what was put in front of me. I was taught about folks in regions of the world who are starving and always cleared my plate.
My best friends dad was brought up in wartime Poland. He lived for about four years on rats and rainwater and whatever. I eat and appreciate anything really. Geoff.
Like it all. Achovies, squid, cockles,... the job lot.
Mmmmmm ....jellied eels.
My local favourites are Salmon, Cod and Mackerel but our fishmonger has been getting in Hake, Redfish and Snapper, all delicious, big fillets, almost like cuts of meat in texture. Fantastic! I also love shellfish and Mussels and Scallops are my favourites. Crustaceans are also on my "eat list" and I find prawns are just marvellous when cooked simply with garlic and butter. Lobster is kind of "meh" I think it is over-rated and expensive for what it is.
iamasmith
07-10-2010, 20:19
Love fish of all kinds. The thing is I only fly fish and I catch a LOT of Rainbow Trout... gets a bit samey after a while and believe my I've done most things with it. I'm beginning to wish that you could fly fish for Cod :D
ex-member Raikey
07-10-2010, 20:58
a local pond near me is full of signal cray fish and we (me and t old fella) have nearly a dozen licenced traps in there, i cooked some tails last week but never ate them.
i may purge them for a day or two and try again,...
I eat mostly jackfish(northern pike) & lake trout.Trout on a grill are especially nice directly over the fire and also smoked and made into dried fish.That's what these were for.
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johnnytheboy
07-10-2010, 21:56
Fish is great and tastes far beter when you cath it yourself!!!
Top three
We used to go out in the sea lochs and catch mackerl on wee fast inflatable ribs, we would race to the shore light an instant BBQ and cook our catch, fast food if ou hav ever seen it!!!!
Artic Char, tastes great, wrapped in wet newspaper and cooked until the paper is dry is when it is perfect, when the newspaper comes of it takes the skin with it, fantastic!!!!!
Best of all, catching walleye in the canadian shield wilderness, getting a fire going, getting the two big black iron pans heat up, cooking home fries, baked beans and shore lunch walleye fillets, living the dream :-D
Tracyann
08-10-2010, 11:36
PROFITS by and large, don't stay in Scotland. The vast majority of the fish farms in Scotland are foreign owned, Norwegian in the main, so the environmental damage caused benefits not the Scots, but the vikings who stole all the pretty ones and left Aberdeen the desperate place it is of a weekend night when you're out on the lash.
There are actually more scottish owned fish farms than foreign owned you only here of largest ones which are owned by companies in Norway.
The fish farm food is actually mostly anchovies. Yes there are additives in the food. Sea lice is not a problem for a couple of reasons, one the treatment they get also the use of wrasse for eating them from the salmon when at sea. the left over food feeds a variety of fish if there is any left over.
Fish health is very important, besides the fish health visitors coming around, there are vets who are here weekly constantly checking on health ensuring there well being as well as amounts for food etc. Liver tests are performed frequently on fish as well.
There are varying amounts of testing from sepa to make sure the water going through is as clean if not cleaner than when it came in if the levels are high they get shut down after 3 non conformities in a row. amongst some of the things they have to do is also look for wildlife count any other species etc to see what environmental impact they are having etc.
This is the smallest site this company has and it employes in total 8 full time. However if you think of the amount of people it also provides part of their full time job, well you have lorry drivers for transfers, divers for net checks, vaccinators, vets, health visitors, environment groups, sepa, people who work at the net stations for repairs, then you have other things such as pest control, security etc etc I don't think you realise how much is actually invovled, nor the amount of care nor the amount of people and it actually counts for a lot in small places if you think of 200 people in an area and they are employing 8 full time staff plus part time staff etc. it's not quite as bad as you seem to think.
Late to this thread but since I tend to eat to a budget fish is not that common. I do like mackeral fro its clean eating qualities and taste. Herring has a nicer tast as well as pilchards and sardines IMHO but are boey and messy fish. I have also taken to smoked, farmed vietnamese cobbler. I basically put it on a plate with a but of a raised lip with milk and bung it cvered into the microwave. Then jsut eat with a nice bread and peas. Nothing fancy just simple.
I also like to make orientl fish parcels. Basically an oily fish (I use mackeral the most), filleted and the pin bones removed. Then chopped into regular pieces. You can also use IIRC Bream or some other fish that has flavour but looks white (not up on my fish names but I have a book that has good recipes for fish). Basically you sweat off leeks garlic ginger fresh red chilli and you layer up with the fish, leeks and carrots (finely chopped into thin strips is my preference). All this in a foil parcel. You use oil on the fish and foil plus you make sure the skin side is to the outside (keeps the flavours in I think). Just layer them up with different things in between the fish pieces. Like fish, leeks with th garlic,ginger and chilli then fish then the leeks with the three flavouring elements then a fish outer. Cook in the oven for a bit then serve with say rice. The juices just soak into the rice and it is actually rather nice and easy to make.
Of course my favourite fish dish is moule mariniere. I don't do it often but IIRC it is now the season for it??? Iuse the traditional white wine approach but I have heard youcan cook mussels in a similar way with cider. Tried that once but perhaps the cider wasn't the right type it didn't taste right.
One time we had travelled down to Dover then got the ferry to Ostend and got the the YH to get settled. Then went out looking for somewhere to eat. We found a beach front place and two of us ordered Moule Mariniere. It came in a huge cylinder shaped pot it was cooked in. WE got bowls and basically tucked in. Anyway, we ate and ate and ate for probably over an hour but the pot was still only half emptied. We admitted defeat after several bowl fulls of emptied shells had been discarded. I have never seen so much food being served up to just two people before. It couldn't have been economic for them to make such big servings. I am not joking we had reeally big appetites and hadn't eaten properly all day so were ravenous. It was so well cooked to, but it would probably fill up about 5 people the pot was that full.
I only have mussels infrequently now. The trouble is I have to cook half a bag fo the supermarket one day and then finish off the rest of the mussels the next. They don't serve by weight only by a bag that is probably suitable for three people. I do love mussels though. I used to eat those mussels and cockles out of the jars in the pickle. I could eat a whole jar in a coupke of minutes straight despite trying to ration them. Once I get started on them I just get faster and faster at eating.
Mmmmm! I'm hungry.