Cod or Haddock?

[WouldBe]

I prefer my haddock smoked.

I like smoked haddock but it repeats on me for about a week.

 

[pogofish]

Mackerel is a pelagic fish. These have never really been fried.

Never tried the Scottish staple of Mackerel pressed in oatmeal then fried.

Really nice, especially if your stove is by the rocks & you get them straight off the hook, gutted & into the pan!

 

[Roadkill]

Never tried the Scottish staple of Mackerel pressed in oatmeal then fried.

Really nice, especially if your stove is by the rocks & you get them straight off the hook, gutted & into the pan!

Ooh yes, I'd forgotten about that. It's never been fish and chip shop fodder though, in the same way as cod or haddock - not south of the border, anyway.

 

[pogofish]

Well lupus is latin for wolf.

Its common name is the Wolf Fish.

 

[Chz]

I prefer haddock (with mushy peas, of course), but every once in a while I love a good bit of rock.

Never understood why some places call it "rock salmon" though? It's obviously nothing whatsoever like a salmon.

Back home in .ca, a lot of the chippies serve halibut. Now that's nice stuff!

 

[gentlegreen]

Its common name is the Wolf Fish.

The scary thing is you can catch woppers from the shore in Norway

 

[pogofish]

Here as well, they like to settle between rocks or in cracks in breakwaters etc.

An inquisitive fish, which is just as well - those teeth & strong jaws can do you a fair bit of damage if they do bite.

 

[zoltan]

We all know about Cod on the precipice, but oddly enough Cod was disregarded as a decent fish until relatively recently - like Plaice, it was deemed a fish worthy only of proles & for animal feed

Now Cod & Plaice are expensive

Haddock is a much subtler taste and in rude health compared with poor old gaddus

I find Cod a bit bland now - my local chippie has been well gentrified, so I usually go for something rubbish and plentiful like Calamari if I am not on the Haddock.

Bass are overated rubbish ( dont get me started on the the old Bass/ Sea bass terminology fuckin bollocks either )

Shark/Swordfish etc - I dont touch them anymore- cos theyse not as plentiful as they were and rarely/ if ever are cooked properly

The way ahead is marine Invertibrates for mass consumption

 

[chooch]

Bass are overated rubbish

I've had some excellent bass down this way- done very simply, but a beautiful fish.

The way ahead is marine invertebrates for mass consumption

Current biggest crop - shrimps - are a fucking environmental disaster for the most part.

 

[zoltan]

I've had some excellent bass down this way- done very simply, but a beautiful fish.
Current biggest crop - shrimps - are a fucking environmental disaster for the most part.

Thats the downer with shrimps - the current method of crudley raking the seafloor rips it to bits

 

[pogofish]

Thats the downer with shrimps - the current method of crudley raking the seafloor rips it to bits

Not just that, you also have to consider the vast amount of coastal land round the Indian Ocean (particularly) being dug-up for lagoons to farm them & the production issue - Young's, the UK's largest producer is now airfrieghting its entire UK landings to Thailand for shelling & packing, before flying them all back to Europe for final sale.

 

[chooch]

Not just that, you also have to consider the vast amount of coastal land round the Indian Ocean (particularly) being dug-up for lagoons to farm them

Aye. Bye bye mangroves

 

[Spion]

Bass are overated rubbish

Bass rules. But I've only eaten what I've caught.

Most of the stuff in the shops/markets is way undersize and I think that's very wrong. It takes about 5 years for them to grow to the size an angler is allowed to take home (16" IIRC)

 

[zoltan]

you could just eat carp

Slovak friends have a live big one in their bath right now and will have it on their Xmas day ( 24th I think )


( its an aquired taste )

 

[Mallard]

you could just eat carp

Slovak friends have a live big one in their bath right now and will have it on their Xmas day ( 24th I think )

Aren't they going to take a bath between now and then?

 

[WouldBe]

The way ahead is marine Invertibrates for mass consumption

Jellyfish and chips.