Whats the worst you've eaten?

[paulie]

Whats your worst fish eating experience? - taste wise that is, not food poisoning or anything.

Mine is a wrasse - first fish I ever caught a couple of years ago.

Just pure mush and no taste. :yucky:

I made a soup with the carcass - tasted ok - after adding lots of vegetables, cream and fish stock cubes :rolleyes: (Well it would wouldn't it!)

I went out fishing with a commercial fisherman who used wrasse for pot bait. He reckoned the larger ones are nice to eat when caught in winter and then preserved as the flesh is a lot firmer.

Don't think I'll try them again though.

Paulie

[Jamie Donnelly]

my very first mullet. not sure if i cooked it long enough, or the fact is came out of a river 4 miles inland, it didnt taste very nice. i will try another if i catch it of the beach or pier.

Jamie

[Cascars]

Pike, soused in spiced vinegar. It was an old recipe my mum found years ago and had to try. It was disgusting, I'd rather eat tripe, yuk!

[richierobins]

I like wrasse, but then, I like tripe too.

[Jamie Donnelly]

how do you cook wrasse??

Jamie

[richierobins]

Scale them & gut them.

Dip them in flour. Fry in butter or olive oil. Serve with new spuds, mushrooms etc.

Or serve them with a sauce of fresh toatoes, basil, onions and garlic.

Or use them in a fish stew.

Or use them in fishcakes.

[Jamie Donnelly]

i watch rick stein use them to make fish stew, along with conger, hard back crabs and other stuff.

i dont see why we shouldnt try one...

Jamie

[Rob]

Wrasse are not the best tasting fish, but I suppose any fish is edible to a certain extent. I hate fish but I have brought home and cooked for the missus:

Pollack
Garfish
Bass
Mackerel
Whiting
Pouting
Flounder
Plaice
Dab
Golden Grey Mullet
Ling
Dogfish
Pike

She has scoffed the lot and enjoyed them so there isn't a lot that I would term as yuck. Next on the hit list is Conger, if she enjoys that then there isn't much left to catch. Anyone for Goby Fishsticks?

[crazyplums]

garfish :yucky: :yucky: :yucky: :yucky: :yucky:

[Jamie Donnelly]

no mate, gar fish is really really nice!!!

grilled then eat it with mayo, salad and crusty bread. god it tastes sooo good!!

[Jamie Donnelly]

Wrasse are not the best tasting fish, but I suppose any fish is edible to a certain extent. I hate fish but I have brought home and cooked for the missus:

Pollack
Garfish
Bass
Mackerel
Whiting
Pouting
Flounder
Plaice
Dab
Golden Grey Mullet
Ling
Dogfish
Pike

She has scoffed the lot and enjoyed them so there isn't a lot that I would term as yuck. Next on the hit list is Conger, if she enjoys that then there isn't much left to catch. Anyone for Goby Fishsticks?

how did you cook the pouting, dog and pollock?

Jamiie

[Rob]

If you can get past the green bones, garfish is very nice done in the steamer, similar to trout apparently. I tasted a bit and gagged, but then I do that with all fish so can't say.

I did actually bring it home to freeze down for winter bait, but the wife saw it and cooked it while I was out. :)

[Rob]

how did you cook the pouting, dog and pollock?

Jamiie

Pouting has to be a good size, otherwise it's boney. Same for pollack.

Dogfish I skin and bake in the oven wrapped in foil with a splodge of white wine, pollack and pouting can be grilled, steamed or baked but they don't fry too well I find because the flesh is really delicate.

[Jamie Donnelly]

thanks mate, what is the best cooking sized dog, pollock and pout??

Jamie

[paulie]

Agree with Garfish being really nice - I think its similar to mackerel in taste and texture

I think people get put off fish when they see the guts and the smell the smell during or before preparation. But garfish when cooked has a delicate flavour.

I would try wrasse again but only if someone else who knew what a good way of cooking it was and cooked it for me. I wouldnt want to take another one from the sea considering the time it takes for them to grow.

I really want to taste conger - there seems to be a a lot of people who are not keen and other who say it is an acquired taste and then some who love it.

One day I will catch one

Got to try everything at least once - or twice - or three times I reckon before you can really know if you like a fish or not.

paulie

[Jamie Donnelly]

same, you have to try some thing once!!

[esox.man]

The worst fish I have eaten was a pike of about 7lbs that I cuaght when I was about 11 years old. (it seem massive at the time). I soaked the pike in salted water for 12 hours then baked it for about 40 minutes. It tasted of mud, hence I only eat fish caught from the sea. :)

The best thing to do with fish caught from our inland rivers / lakes etc is to put the things back where they came from. Try telling this to our eastern european friends who eat all they catch. :schmoll: :schmoll: :schmoll:

[salmon]

Wrasse are not the best tasting fish, but I suppose any fish is edible to a certain extent. I hate fish but I have brought home and cooked for the missus:

Pollack
Garfish
Bass
Mackerel
Whiting
Pouting
Flounder
Plaice
Dab
Golden Grey Mullet
Ling
Dogfish
Pike

She has scoffed the lot and enjoyed them so there isn't a lot that I would term as yuck. Next on the hit list is Conger, if she enjoys that then there isn't much left to catch. Anyone for Goby Fishsticks?

cant see cod on the list mate???or is she still awaiting one of the invisible buggers?

[Chris]

The worst fish I have eaten was a pike of about 7lbs that I cuaght when I was about 11 years old. (it seem massive at the time). I soaked the pike in salted water for 12 hours then baked it for about 40 minutes. It tasted of mud, hence I only eat fish caught from the sea. :)

The best thing to do with fish caught from our inland rivers / lakes etc is to put the things back where they came from. Try telling this to our eastern european friends who eat all they catch. :schmoll: :schmoll: :schmoll:

strange that i eat pike and carp,and find them not bad?
but river pike and carp can if not prepared propely taste muddy?

[Tyn]

The worst fish I have eaten was a pike of about 7lbs that I cuaght when I was about 11 years old. (it seem massive at the time). I soaked the pike in salted water for 12 hours then baked it for about 40 minutes. It tasted of mud, hence I only eat fish caught from the sea. :)

The best thing to do with fish caught from our inland rivers / lakes etc is to put the things back where they came from. Try telling this to our eastern european friends who eat all they catch. :schmoll: :schmoll: :schmoll:

That is why in the past, when eating pike and carp was popular, large houses had a 'stew pond'. This was a clear 'sweet' pond which river fish were put in to 'detox' for about 4 weeks prior to eating.

As a rule of thumb, if the French eat it, I don't - in other words, Gar and Wrasse are off the menu!

[blueskip]

Definetly ray wings! they stank like ****, & tasted like an old mattress (maybe thats where the ****y smell came from)!:nonono:
blueskip

[excel]

you must have eaten the wings fresh, Evil !

freeze skinned wings for a couple or three days to kill the ammonia , then they are lovely !







www.kentcharterfishing.com

[Wavedodger]

I really want to taste conger - there seems to be a a lot of people who are not keen and other who say it is an acquired taste and then some who love it.

paulie


tried conger once few years ago, it was caught by a neighbour so was lovely and fresh
I hated it :yucky: :yucky: :yucky: very earthy taste and very very chewy:yucky:

[Norrie]

Definetly ray wings! they stank like ****, & tasted like an old mattress (maybe thats where the ****y smell came from)!:nonono:
blueskip

When we were in Weymouth in 2005, we all went for a chippy...McGuires I think it was.....we'd eaten there before, absolutely outstanding...I had had the Cod,and the Haddock previously.....superb to say the least.
So, this night, (mainly to wind Davy H up a wee bit :)) I thought I would try the Skate......god, it was repulsive...Mush with sliced pencils in it !!!!! Never again !!!! :(:(

Thank god the cook had put a bit Cod on the plate too, as he told me later, I'd ordered the last Skate portion, AND it was a tiny one at that.....:(

That taught me !!!!........:)

[Dave Oldman]

trout....horrible it was.tasted like dirt,never again.....dave.:yucky:

[Norrie]

trout....horrible it was.tasted like dirt,never again.....dave.:yucky:

Rainbow is horrible, and bland ,unless its smoked.......but I think Wild Brownie is one of the nicest fish of all to eat !!!! :);)

[i hate whiting]

whiting actually tastes and smells like ****, never again.

love bass tho yumm oh and cod

[Kevinliverpool]

Whiting is sweeter than cod, just a bit soft. Always love to take a few 1lb+ whiting home.

[keith n]

would far rather have a whiting than a cod

dont know about the worse i have tasted but the most dissapointing was bass , nice texture but very bland - tasteless even

cant beat mackeral , fresh out the water , gilled or fried and stuck on a barm - hmmmmm lovely ( and they fight better than bass aswell)

[JeremyFisher]

Definetly ray wings! they stank like ****, & tasted like an old mattress (maybe thats where the ****y smell came from)!

Had a similar experience with shark steak, the smell was so bad it made me wrech:yucky:

[paul morgan]

Had a similar experience with shark steak, the smell was so bad it made me wrech:yucky:pout is pretty awfull

[Jamie Donnelly]

whiting actually tastes and smells like ****, never again.

love bass tho yumm oh and cod

yea is does smell, but after gutting and washing, its fine.

really look for my thread "Best way to cook Whiting" and try that, it is just the best way!

Jamie

[Audrey S]

Skate, bleurgh :yucky: :yucky: :yucky: :yucky:

[wooky114]

Sheeps Brains in Saudi Arabia.... YUK

[littlebabybird]

skate from a chip shop last week, it was so nasty, very small and stank and it was £4.75 . i have caught and eaten thorn back ray before and loved it.

[JumboHaddock]

Raw Perch for breakfast in Estonia(certainly got rid of the hangover.
Wormy Cod from southern thick oily batter chippys:yucky:

[NeedlesCodmaster]

treyed 1 many years ago tates like seaweed.bass crap to tastelees rubbish.whitting,plaice are my fav

[Audrey S]

I forgot to mention Sheila from Guz, oh hang on this is the wrong thread, ,, , , , ,

Ubd

[bigfish]

I forgot to mention Sheila from Guz, oh hang on this is the wrong thread, ,, , , , ,

Ubd

Think I had a taste of her too!:bleh: :lmao:

[Audrey S]

Think I had a taste of her too!:bleh: :lmao:

Brunette, about 12 stone, 4' 6" tall, smelt of coal, I think she worked in the docks, yep you've met her too ! :lmao:

Ubd

[caster]

Can't beat organic fish pastie, softens up the bristles before you shave

[Audrey S]

Can't beat organic fish pastie, softens up the bristles before you shave

Is that whats marketed in my local superstore as "cunnilingus" shaving foam ?

Ubd

[caster]

Is that whats marketed in my local superstore as "cunnilingus" shaving foam ?

Ubd

That's the stuff...........it was on the tip o' me tongue:yeah:

[Nos4r2]

Gurnard. I caught one last year and cooked it. It was the most flavourless fish I've eaten-might as well have been eating unflavoured TVP.

[rayking]

Whats your worst fish eating experience? - taste wise that is, not food poisoning or anything.

Mine is a wrasse - first fish I ever caught a couple of years ago.

Just pure mush and no taste. :yucky:

I made a soup with the carcass - tasted ok - after adding lots of vegetables, cream and fish stock cubes :rolleyes: (Well it would wouldn't it!)

I went out fishing with a commercial fisherman who used wrasse for pot bait. He reckoned the larger ones are nice to eat when caught in winter and then preserved as the flesh is a lot firmer.

Don't think I'll try them again though.

Paulie



mine to is wrasse , tried it once , never again :uhuh: :uhuh: :uhuh:

[Kleftiwallah]

Cooked Conger on the B.B.Q. after a good marinading. My beloved and I thought it was good and so did my sister in law - but only untill I told her what it was, then she went right off it. Curried conger is a dream.

I should like to try doggie but do not have the knack of getting the skin off, anyoneone willing to give instruction?

How does cascars present his garfish when winter fishing?

Sainsbury's had yellow sticker cooked mussels for 50p a box, any good as bait as it has already been cooked?

Any other shell fish to keep an eye open for when it comes to 'yellow sticker' forays? Cheers, and hope everyone has a guid new year. I do miss Andy Stewart and the White Heather Club!!!!!!!Tony O-P.:fishing:

[Jamie Donnelly]

i should think they would be a good bait, but may be for ground bait???

[Cascars]

How does cascars present his garfish when winter fishing?


Eh? I never mentioned Garfish:unsure:

[hui 5016]

The Worst Thing Is """tripe""

[Nos4r2]

I should like to try doggie but do not have the knack of getting the skin off, anyoneone willing to give instruction?




I find it comes off easily if you fillet it and fry it skin side down in a crap old pan. The skin has always fallen off the fillet really easily.

[Tozer]

The Worst Thing Is """tripe""

Thats why they put it in dogfood :yucky:

[blankerman]

worst has got to be wrasse.tried it 32 years ago and can still remember what it tasted like:yucky:
don't like any strong tasting or oily fish,their taste is just too overpowering:schmoll:

[wilba]

blankermans wifes breakfast






i cant remember eating any fish i dont like

[The VooDoo Bus Man]

I once tried curried fried sardines! They came out of a tin and my mate was a curry adict so we tried to fry them with the oil from the tin!!Ended up with curried flavoured mush. I might add this was whilst on exercise with the Royal Marines in Brunie in the middle of the jungle and the tin of sardines was in the ration pack.

[Tony Banks]

Not keen on coaley myself, especially if they are more than a few hours old.
Haven't experimented with them very much, other than fried with a little flour around them.
They have an unpleasant after taste in my opinion.
Regards TB

[Bradford lad]

Sand Ells Lads Taste Like W D 40 Believe Me

[SuperBassMaster]

cant be doing with eatin crab myself, and lobster is over rated too

[i hate whiting]

ye i hate crab and all shell fish, proper fish all the way

[Bagstar]

Sand Ells Lads Taste Like W D 40 Believe Me

Have you been eating WD40 then???:g:

[blueskip]

Tasted like a lump of tyre, that had been marinaded in p**s, & fried ammonia, I still gag at the thought of it!:yucky:
blueskip

[David Gould]

Any fish / shell fish that had GARLIC within 20 feet ...
I'm not French , Asian or a bleeding vampire .

[lobsterkid]

:) I'm a great seafood fan . Just love the stuff even squid. But see Octopus. Had it while on holiday in crete. Thought i would try it to blend in with the locals. God it was awful. Never again. :yucky:

[DJMCJERICO]

I can only eat cod and the odd prawn, The Mrs is the same.
Even walking past a fish stall in the market can make my stomach churn at the smell.
But watching people cook fish on the tv makes me dribble so one birthday the Mrs decided to cook monkfish :yucky: :yucky: :yucky:

[Jamie Donnelly]

what?!?!?! so you fish, cant stand fish, it makes you sick, but you dribble when its on the t.v....

thats screwed up!?!?! lol

how do you fish?!

Jamie

[DJMCJERICO]

Just the smell of market stalls makes me feel sick, cuting fish and handling fish is no problem, I can even cook fish for other people, but I can't eat it.

Just been reminded that I also eat scampie and squid, I go through phase's of eating cockles and winkles too.

[Tony Banks]

Come to think of it the worst I have tried is the big white welks, boiled it for 20mins like any other shell fish, but it looked terrible and tasted awful.
There is a market for them, so there must be a better way of cooking them I think!
Rgds TB

[Goosey]

Yes, a lot of the coarse fish can taste muddy, but it's all about the preparation. I remember a TV chef met a landowner with a huge trout lake who declared he'd never eat them as they tasted of mud. (I think it was Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall come to think of it). Anyway, HFW placed one of his trout in a modified fast-flowing clearwater cattle trough for a few days and then cooked it. The result was that the muddiness had disappeared and the trout was declared 'delicious'. (But HFW is a chef!).

I had zander in Belgium and it was fantastic!

[jax]

I had zander in Belgium and it was fantastic!

Zander IS a real nice tasting fish. That's why there is hardly any left in the dutch canals and rivers.

[i hate whiting]

Yes, a lot of the coarse fish can taste muddy, but it's all about the preparation. I remember a TV chef met a landowner with a huge trout lake who declared he'd never eat them as they tasted of mud. (I think it was Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall come to think of it). Anyway, HFW placed one of his trout in a modified fast-flowing clearwater cattle trough for a few days and then cooked it. The result was that the muddiness had disappeared and the trout was declared 'delicious'. (But HFW is a chef!).

I had zander in Belgium and it was fantastic!

it was a grass carp, they eat carp in loads of european countries so it cant be that bad, some of the people HFW cooked the carp fro said they would order it in a restaurant again.... and they were toffs

[Jamie Donnelly]

whats a toff??

whelks are lovely, you need to cook them right though. i cant beleive you boiled it for 20mins!

you boil it for 3 minutes, then take it out the shell. you slice them up like mushrooms fairly finely. then add them to stir fries. god they taste good!!

Jamie

[igo.t.crabbs]

ive eaten raw tripe, boiled pigs feet, raw eggs, black pudding & i love raw tuna and mackeral in sushi. but jellied eels.................ive tried on many occassions, but no way

[igo.t.crabbs]

whats a toff??

whelks are lovely, you need to cook them right though. i cant beleive you boiled it for 20mins!

you boil it for 3 minutes, then take it out the shell. you slice them up like mushrooms fairly finely. then add them to stir fries. god they taste good!!

Jamie

only a toff would 'thinly slice a whelk to add to stir fry'.




eat the bugger cold straight out a vinegar pot and add pepper.

[Jamie Donnelly]

only a toff would 'thinly slice a whelk to add to stir fry'.




eat the bugger cold straight out a vinegar pot and add pepper.

sorry mate, i like quality food, its doesnt have to be expensive, but fresh, local and natural.

you must be one of those people that eat ready meals and drink "pop" for dinner?

Jamie

[i hate whiting]

i sometimes eat ready meals and drinnk pop for dinner....

a toff is basically a snob.

[Tony Banks]

whats a toff??

whelks are lovely, you need to cook them right though. i cant beleive you boiled it for 20mins!

you boil it for 3 minutes, then take it out the shell. you slice them up like mushrooms fairly finely. then add them to stir fries. god they taste good!!

Jamie

How about a little more guidance on big welk stir fry, and I might give them another go! What else can you do with them?
Rgds TB

[Jamie Donnelly]

well, you could make a lasange.

as above, boil them and take out the shell. slice them.

then make a fishy sauce. use some flounder or whiting (any fish, except mackerel, or oily fish.)

put the fish fillets in milk for 1 hour, then slowy heat up. cook the fillets for a few mintues in the milk. then take the fish out. now make a roux sauce, some butter in a pan, add the same amount of flour and mix. then slowly add the fish milk.

add leek, onion and carrot and cook this sauce for 30 to cook out the flour taste. then add some nice cheese.

then build up the lasange, using the fish fillets, whelk and sauce then lasange sheet. build 3/4 layers.

put cheese on top and put in the oven for 30/35 mins at 190.

Jamie

[Peeler Crab]

I don't know, I'll just ask the wife.

[Jamie Donnelly]

you dont know what??!


Jamie

[geffaz]

well, you could make a lasange.

as above, boil them and take out the shell. slice them.

then make a fishy sauce. use some flounder or whiting (any fish, except mackerel, or oily fish.)

put the fish fillets in milk for 1 hour, then slowy heat up. cook the fillets for a few mintues in the milk. then take the fish out. now make a roux sauce, some butter in a pan, add the same amount of flour and mix. then slowly add the fish milk.

add leek, onion and carrot and cook this sauce for 30 to cook out the flour taste. then add some nice cheese.

then build up the lasange, using the fish fillets, whelk and sauce then lasange sheet. build 3/4 layers.

put cheese on top and put in the oven for 30/35 mins at 190.

Jamiejd that sounds good! (no white wine in the roux?)

[Jamie Donnelly]

if you want to add white wine add it. the great thing about cooking is you can add what ever you like.

unlike baking.

Jamie

[woodsy]

i sometimes make seafood spagetti, with sqiud, cuttlefish prawn, firm fish cockles etc, i bought some welks as a experiment, stir fried with garlic and tomato sauce(real), they were wonderfull, just slice them up thinly, bit like very expansive abalone.

[geffaz]

worst fish ive eaten was in Laos, a little (wot looked like a mahseer)
looked pretty good on the plate surrounded by salad and drizzled in a
hot chilly souce! got stuck into it only to find half way through eating it it hadnt been gutted!!! i promptly through my guts up in the nearest gutter

[whopper]

worst fish ive eaten was in Laos, a little (wot looked like a mahseer)
looked pretty good on the plate surrounded by salad and drizzled in a
hot chilly souce! got stuck into it only to find half way through eating it it hadnt been gutted!!! i promptly through my guts up in the nearest gutterMan thats rank...eurgh!:yucky:

[Mike Geoff]

Met a German guy in the W Sahara last year,reckoned he could speak Berber,anyway we went to get some food from a street stall,he ordered grey mullet,which i think is a bit dodgy at the best of times hanging round sewerpipes,he told me that he had asked for it to be cleaned,when it arrived it did look good and he proceeded to tuck in with his hands +bread,it was then I noticed a green liquid seeping out of the fish(gall bladder or bile duct?)which he dipped his bread in thinking its some Moroccan sauce,his face then contorted and in a German accent he exclaimed with a mouthfull of green slime"Ach dis iz bitter"i bloody cracked up and decided to order BBQ chicken

[tight-liner]

I was going to say i cooked a bass before but i would be telling lies.Got my ma to cook it as shes got heaps of cooking books.(dont bother writing oh mummys boy)
The bass turned out mushy could,nt eat it:yucky: .First i thought was ,where i caught it, an outlet of a power station,maybe the chemicals in the water.
But another angler said definetly not that as hes eating a few from there must be the way i cooked it(mas fault):clap2: not mine.
Seen tv programe the other day the boy filled the bottom of his tray with salt an covered the fish in salt,aye heaps.This is ment to hold in the juices as it forms a cast that then has to be broken when ready. Have to try once more.
Ats the worsed ave eating.Would,nt try mullet or wrass no way meant to be tasteless might be ok in a sauce, but i wont try it as there are better fish there to eat.TIGHT-LINES .DAZ.

[Jamie Donnelly]

bass is really firm. i filleted one and just fryed with a sweet chilli salsa. god it was the best tasting fish i have ever had!!!

[mesito]

1/ Take several bucketfulls of effluent from as near to discharge pipe as possible and allow to settle and steep for a week.
2/ Drain off liquid and retain for stock.
3/ Mix effluent "cake" with equal parts of rubber solution and crushed chalk.
4/ Before above "sets", stir in several tablespoons of mature pilchard oil (or cod liver oil as substitute).
5/ Form into fillet sized wedges and coat with macerated fish gut.
6/ fry gently in wd40 with a teaspoon or two of household ammonia.
7/When fork barely penetrates and remains vibrating in upright position, then they are done.
9/remove form heat and drizzle retained stock thickened with plaster of paris over and serve....

Still tastier than last time I had Wrasse

:yucky: :yucky: :yucky: :yucky: :yucky: :yucky: :yucky: :yucky: :yucky: :yucky:

[Norfolk Boy]

flounder

can't cook it, just remains a mush

[shepsy]

in miami a few years back went with my old man (who lives there) to his favoit
thai resturant

i ordered crab, when it came out i had the two largest green back crabs i had ever seen, and they were soffties, your ment to eat the whole lot, had a nibble
and nearly thru up on the table, not sure if it was the taste or the thought of eating peelers :yucky:



sheps

[blueskip]

That's the stuff...........it was on the tip o' me tongue:yeah:

An absolute snorter that one!:lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao:
blueskip

[mesito]

flounder

can't cook it, just remains a mush

Fillet it, leave in fridge for couple of days and gently grill with knob of butter and little lemon juice.

[Lobber]

Get really sick off poorly stored/cooked shellfish and the hate will stay with you a lifetime :yucky:

[doyt]

had deep fried oysters from a chinese once man but they were rotten! :yucky:

[jay666]

had deep fried oysters from a chinese once man but they were rotten! :yucky:

Ewwwwwwww!!!!:yucky: :yucky: :yucky: :yucky: :yucky:

[Bonjour]

I will eat pretty much any seafood, some are better than others. Brill is a particular favourite of mine, whereas Wrasse, pout and smaller pollack are pretty flavourless/textureless in their own right but are OK in mixed dishes with other fish.

The thing I will NEVER eat again is the cheap tinned shrimps I got at a French hypermarket, they were packed in Thailand and the shrimps were only about 3 times the size of a maggot. The flavour was not great but not obviously bad. About an hour or so later I was violently ill and spent the next 24 hours throwing up and feeling like death. Since then just the thought of tinned shrimps makes my throat itch :yucky: (it's doing it now).

[Jamie Donnelly]

hahahaha unlucky!!

[geffaz]

poison from sea food is not good!
had some deep fried prawn in thailand (the food is pretty good in se asia so
dont take my unfortunate storys as any sort of advertisment)
long story short, ate some deep fried prawn, had a few beers
crashed out! woke up about 5,am with massive stomach cramps
blinding head ach and feeling sick, rushed to the toilet wher i instantly
threw up again and again, then it started coming out the other end
FAST! this went on for wot i can only imagine to be about 2hr! to the point of me
not having the energy even to raise my self to the taps to get a sip of water
seems i passed out! got awoken by a very concerned hotel cleaner
holding her knose, and waving her arms saying in pidgeon english
I GET DOCTOR! (i must of been one hell of a sight curled up naked in a fetal position surrounded by a big slimmy puddle of puke and runny sh*t)
I spent 24 hours in the local hospital on a drip due to massive de-hydration
and i was right as rain! if a little hungry!
even over heer i still find my self smelling each indavidual bit of shell fish before i put it in my mouth!

[Jamie Donnelly]

gef, thats F***ing sick!!

im never going to look at you in the same way...lol

Jamie

[David Gould]

My late father in law, a Canadian from Pegs bay area had a diet mainly of fish and real meat right from the word go when he was born in 1923 till he turned up his toes a few months ago.

Whilst on his last visit to us seven years ago we took him out to a local hot spot renowned for its quality fish ,according to many of the local Chamber of Commerce members and self imagined tree shakers of PETERBOROUGH .

He was not the sort of guy to mince his words.

We walk in to the place towards our booked table and Eric says in a large Canadian voice " JEEZE DAVE it smell worse than'a hooers drawers ..I ain't eatin any of that crap , this aint fresh fish its weeks old . FRESH SEAFOOD don't smell hardly."

" Come on lets go and see what crap you Brits eat for steak " , as he walked out the restaurant .

I discovered just how right he was when my lass and I went to Canada for five weeks , what we get as top quality food here would just about make the pigswill bin over there.

[Robski]

Had a large rainbow trout from the lakes the other week... might as well have been eating peat and ferns with it as thats what it tasted like.... ever had one like that b4 was awful... can't bring myself to eat the others in the freezer even though the wife has cooked 2 more since and said that they were fine.

[Goosey]

Robski, perhaps try the trick of, once it's thawed, salting for a few hours before cooking. It's used on coarse fish to draw out the muddiness?

[Robski]

mmm did think of that .. but this was first time i ever experienced this over te years, it was strange. i gave a few away to a friend and said about the taste.... told me they were sweat as anything LOL s**s law i had the only one. It was the largest ( me being greedy an all) so i guess had been in lakes longest.

[knightynose]

cod its like eaten wet cardboard and sand eel tastes like sh**

[Robski]

cod its like eaten wet cardboard and sand eel tastes like sh**
never tried sand eel saw someone eat it on a program... watching their face was enough.

[Mike.Q]

I have never eating fish that I didnt like,and my favourite treat when I was at sea was raw baby queenies.Now they were nice.

[Robski]

mmm did think of that .. but this was first time i ever experienced this over te years, it was strange. i gave a few away to a friend and said about the taste.... told me they were sweat as anything LOL s**s law i had the only one. It was the largest ( me being greedy an all) so i guess had been in lakes longest.

Had another last night.... same even though i salted it for few hours.... cooked in oven with olive oil garlic thyme and lemon could still taste this strange under tone ( awful) -- none of the smaller ones ( under 3lbs marker) taste like this it is all the larger ones. maybe they were all from the same fishery. i did not mark them up when i froze them just wrapped em and placed in freezer draw.

[Tyn]

strange that i eat pike and carp,and find them not bad?
but river pike and carp can if not prepared propely taste muddy?

100 years ago when eating pike and carp was popular in this country, it was put in a 'stew pond' for 4 weeks before it was killed and eaten. A stew pond had sweet clear water and got rid of the mud taste - you are what you eat! Same applies to fish.

[alana]

sand eels make good eating ONLY if you can get them out of the sand at low tides. if they are caught in nets and /or stored alive before eating they taste like........something...............er!......... poo is a good description

[Robski]

sand eels make good eating ONLY if you can get them out of the sand at low tides. if they are caught in nets and /or stored alive before eating they taste like........something...............er!......... poo is a good description
how do you cook them? bit like white bait etc?

[marcus1975]

100 years ago when eating pike and carp was popular in this country, it was put in a 'stew pond' for 4 weeks before it was killed and eaten. A stew pond had sweet clear water and got rid of the mud taste - you are what you eat! Same applies to fish.


i had carp in Poland a few weeks ago and the method of killing left alot to be desired ,picked up by the eyes and into a carrier bag !!!! the people i was with (polish)couldnt understand why i thought it was so cruel .anyway the fish was just cut into steaks covered in breadcrumb and fried , the meat was kinda fatty and had tonnes of large and small bones in it which made eating the fish very hard so i wont be trying it again !!! just to much bother for me .
on another note they also had pike in the cage beside the carp which you had to pay for if you wanted one to eat .

The polish people were very friendly to me and they always bought the best of food and drinks for me when i was there which really meant alot to me considering how poor they were e.g they bought me a bottle of whisky when i was there for roughly about 15 pounds ,now there money is roughly 5-6 times less valuable than than ours !!!! i was buying vodka for 3 pounds , 25 fags for 1.20 pounds .

so i had a great time as you can tell :)

[alana]

to cook sandeels. cut off the head. squeeze out the guts. wash well and deep fry.......

[keef]

Just read quickly throught his thread, and enjoyed reading peoples views.
I think that preparation is paramount to how good we percieve the fish to be!
If you are presented with a neatly trimmed boneless fillet of fish, you are bound to enjoy it more no matter what the species

[Mike.Q]

The most horrible fish I have ever eaten was ,,black,ugly,anout 16" long,looked like an old boot,it was a round fish with a flat belly,and a big sucker on its belly.
Out at sea we used to cook up anything strange that we had not seen before,and this fish was horrible.I have not got a clue what it was,but I think I have heard the name lumpfish banded around before,
Any ideas?

[DJMCJERICO]

looked like an old boot?

Could of been a Sole :g:

[ChrisP]

Only ever tasted fish once when I was a kid, had 3 weeks in hospital after, found out I was allergic to all sea food and fish the hard way :unsure: :blink: :uhuh:

[Jamie Donnelly]

wow!! and you still go fishing?!?!

why!?! lol

[Norrie]

Dont know if I replied to this, and certainly aint going looking at 12 pages.....:giveup:

BUT, the worst thing I have ever eaten, is Skate...or Thornback Ray...absolutely horrible, like sludge with split pencils in it !!!!! never again !!!!:crazy::crazy:

And once years ago, in my coarse fishing days, I kept a small Jackpike, and filleted it and cooked it...tried a tiny amount, then binned it.....:)

My mate ( an Australian chef) was fishing with me, he caught and kept a 1/2lb perch on the same trip, and cooked it there and then, ate it, and loved it...seemingly they eat them all the time in Ozland !!!!:crazy::crazy:

[robfosters]

Fish I have tried and never would again are:-

Mackerel (seriously)
Sprats
Salmon
Trout

If a top chef who thought he knew it all told me that salmon is better than sea Bass, then I would take a dead bass and promptly slap him round the face with it. There is no competition. Salmon and mackerel IMO are very overated.

[i hate whiting]

The most horrible fish I have ever eaten was ,,black,ugly,anout 16" long,looked like an old boot,it was a round fish with a flat belly,and a big sucker on its belly.
Out at sea we used to cook up anything strange that we had not seen before,and this fish was horrible.I have not got a clue what it was,but I think I have heard the name lumpfish banded around before,
Any ideas?

could have been a remora not sure about spelling, have a look on the net

[mr blanker]

any fish with loads of bones in like herring and kipper

[paulie]

Fish I have tried and never would again are:-

Mackerel (seriously)
Sprats
Salmon
Trout

If a top chef who thought he knew it all told me that salmon is better than sea Bass, then I would take a dead bass and promptly slap him round the face with it. There is no competition. Salmon and mackerel IMO are very overated.


No Way! Mackeral, Salmon and Trout are amongst the best tasting fish. I especially like mackeral because they actually taste of something (unlike cod which I like aswell but they have very little flavour).

And they are easy to catch as well :)

Tastes in fish are acquired. Eat more, get used to it, then you will realise what you have been missing.

Too many adults are like kids who won't eat anything green.

Good to read everyones views.

Paulie

[lewis888]

No Way! Mackeral, Salmon and Trout are amongst the best tasting fish. I especially like mackeral because they actually taste of something (unlike cod which I like aswell but they have very little flavour).

And they are easy to catch as well :)

Tastes in fish are acquired. Eat more, get used to it, then you will realise what you have been missing.

Too many adults are like kids who won't eat anything green.

Good to read everyones views.

Paulie

Yep got to agree there, those are probably my three favourite fish to eat! I love mackeral, covered in pepper and smoked or bbq'd! And you can't beat a nice thick salmon steak from a fresh silver fish :D

[i hate whiting]

i cant stand salmon, dont think ive tried trout and mackerel is ok, but bass and cod are the best ive tried, swordfish is the best fish i have ever had tho, not many of them around here tho lol

[danix]

mullet....they eat $hit and taste of what they eat!

[Edgey]

i cant stand salmon, dont think ive tried trout and mackerel is ok, but bass and cod are the best ive tried, swordfish is the best fish i have ever had tho, not many of them around here tho lol

Presumably as well you don't like Whiting either?????

[sharpshooter]

swordfish is the best fish i have ever had tho, not many of them around here tho lol

Swordies contain more paracitic worms than any other fish i have ever examined the insides of whilst gutting. Even on a freshly dead fish the smell when you open one up is gut wrenching. More like gutting a sheep than a fish (not that i have ever gutted a sheep lol) The inside of the stomach cavity is lagged in slime which has to be scraped and scrubbed off; and then there are the handfulls of worms :yucky:

Eat swordfish? I dont think so!! :) LOL

SS

[Why Worry Angling Charters]

Some Old bird I pulled in Icon Devas in Basildon....She was shocking!!

Ron

[blankerman]

Dont know if I replied to this, and certainly aint going looking at 12 pages.....:giveup:

BUT, the worst thing I have ever eaten, is Skate...or Thornback Ray...absolutely horrible, like sludge with split pencils in it !!!!! never again !!!!:crazy::crazy:

And once years ago, in my coarse fishing days, I kept a small Jackpike, and filleted it and cooked it...tried a tiny amount, then binned it.....:)

My mate ( an Australian chef) was fishing with me, he caught and kept a 1/2lb perch on the same trip, and cooked it there and then, ate it, and loved it...seemingly they eat them all the time in Ozland !!!!:crazy::crazy:


tried a perch that died when out fishing,all i can say is if you like cod or bass you'll love perch:)

[ringer]

The most horrible fish I have ever eaten was ,,black,ugly,anout 16" long,looked like an old boot,it was a round fish with a flat belly,and a big sucker on its belly.
Out at sea we used to cook up anything strange that we had not seen before,and this fish was horrible.I have not got a clue what it was,but I think I have heard the name lumpfish banded around before,
Any ideas?

it was a lumpsucker or scarclagger as we call them.you can buy their eggs in supermarkets that are sold as a substitute for caviar.the skin on the fish is about 10mm thick.on the trawlers we used to play football with any dead ones we caught.
http://www.marine-cameras.com/gallery/BabbacombeLumpsucker/DSC_6679.html

[bertybass33]

whiting because there is no taste to them :yucky:

[sharpshooter]

For me - Gotta be cod roe.
Still makes me gag just thinking of it :yucky:

SS

[alana]

the hard roe [eggs] is ok but i dont go for the soft roe [sperm] i wonder why??????????

[sharpshooter]

the hard roe [eggs] is ok but i dont go for the soft roe [sperm] i wonder why??????????

The (hard) Roe is bad enough Alan!! The soft roe (we call it 'Chitts' - probably because it tastes like 'chit' LOL) is simply a non starter for me mate :yucky:

The chitts landed here are sent upto birmingham and above. I'm told they eat it on toast!!!

SS

[pathfinder]

whelk........... :yucky:

[GSP21]

Tried squid once-it was like chewing dunlop remoulds!:blink:

[Crossbow]

Too many adults are like kids who won't eat anything green.
Paulie

i know plenty of kids who eat green things, trouble is it comes from thier nose.lol

worst ever is squid. dirty little things, best as bait nd not on the plate
Gota say i love bass and brown trout though

[weightmaker]

flounders are horrible and coalies arent called ****pokes for nothing

[geffaz]

any flat fish! plaice is the worst fugging awful!
give me squid and welks anyday!

[igo.t.crabbs]

in my youth i used to collect birds eggs, whilst climbing back down the tree with the collard doves egg in my mouth ( which was not uncommon ) , my chin hit a branch thus cracking the egg in my mouth. it was then realised that the egg had been in the nest for over a year. the taste and smell was unreal

[andy atkins]

How about bullhead, any takers...?

what about rockling, sounds like a bit of a scabby dish to me although i met a guy who said he liked them in fish cakes, he was a bit strange though!

[EoinMag]

Tried squid once-it was like chewing dunlop remoulds!:blink:


That'll have been overcooked then probably. You either cook it short and sweet or really long, there's a period in the middle where it's like rubber alright, but if you do it right then it's one of the nicest types of seafood going.

[Ulsterman]

My worst is pike. Tastes like mud

[fiskman6666]

Mackerel bought by the missus,in a fit of madness or pique,god tesco should be sued for selling it doh.

[CHEECH AND CHONG]

Hmm, tough question!!

my worst is skate from the superfast ferry buffet! (scotland to belgium). Then it has to be limpet and whelk as a joined 2nd place! (eat them cos i was starving in the middle of nowhere! never again!)

tried mullet, and pike straight out of the water and found them a bit bland although we we had nothing to jazz the flesh up with at the time.. def will try both again at home..

garfish is lovely tho! cant believe ive saw it on this thread. maybe it wasnt cooked properly?? try it smoked!

the fish that i wont be eating is anything from morrisons!! yuk! the 'fresh' mackeral is orange! even as bait its ****e!! avoid like a dose of the clap!

[bellboy1982]

Hmm, tough question!!

my worst is skate from the superfast ferry buffet! (scotland to belgium). Then it has to be limpet and whelk as a joined 2nd place! (eat them cos i was starving in the middle of nowhere! never again!)

tried mullet, and pike straight out of the water and found them a bit bland although we we had nothing to jazz the flesh up with at the time.. def will try both again at home..

garfish is lovely tho! cant believe ive saw it on this thread. maybe it wasnt cooked properly?? try it smoked!

the fish that i wont be eating is anything from morrisons!! yuk! the 'fresh' mackeral is orange! even as bait its ****e!! avoid like a dose of the clap!

I got Macherel from Tescos on Friday to use on Sat and it was like mush when it defrosted on Sat. The fish skin was just falling apart and the meaty goodness was flaking off easily!!!

[EoinMag]

I'd eat ammo before eating most of the mackerel that's being sold for human consumption in the supermarkets.

[crazyplums]

I'd eat ammo before eating most of the mackerel that's being sold for human consumption in the supermarkets.

lol, i was just thinking that !

[geffaz]

dam right! i got some from tesco for a last minute fishing mission!
hideous, way gone, complete mush! i took it straight back and had some
little twerp behind the counter telling me
"well sir its fresh this morning"
probably the speal he has learnt off by hart from his tesco induction!
"if you dont know fresh fish when you see it?"
at this point i cut the poor lad dead witha bit of finger waving !
no need to punish the poor YTS anymore (like stamping on kittens)
so slipped the open bag behind the tinned veg on the way out!
and hopfully punish the shelf stakers instead lol small victorys

"fresh" fish from a supermarket
wouldnt touch it with yours!

[salmonking]

in my youth i used to collect birds eggs, whilst climbing back down the tree with the collard doves egg in my mouth ( which was not uncommon ) , my chin hit a branch thus cracking the egg in my mouth. it was then realised that the egg had been in the nest for over a year. the taste and smell was unreal

that is just wrong!!!:wacko:

[BILLBO]

I would rather eat the packaging than shop mackeral. Dog fish is disgusting unless boiled for 4 hours and given to the cat, cos im a dog lover.

[wriggitt]

Brown Trout from the River Trent at Rugeley, couldnt even mask the taste with tonnes of lemon

[Pugs]

A bunch of Daffodil's....for 3 pints...turns out there poisonous!

[smoothound56]

reservoir farmed rainbow trout......disgusting

[smoothound56]

I'd eat ammo before eating most of the mackerel that's being sold for human consumption in the supermarkets.

went to tesco to get some macks for fishing last week and as he lifted them up the guts split and mushy crap oosed from them, ...never guessed what the "fishmonger" told me.....

'its cause its breeding season and they are either laying eggs or fertilising'

...HAHAHA !!

reminds me of the EXPERT acronym

x...an unknown factor

spurt......a drip under pressure

[maggie]

eels and wrasse yuk !!

[diamond dave]

Rachel's cooking :yucky::yucky::yucky: :unsure:

[smoothound56]

eels and wrasse yuk !!

eels ???....delicious, skin and cut into 6" lengths and throw them on the barby.....mmmmmmmmmmmm !!!

or smoked eel is fantastic

[AndyS]

eels ???....delicious, skin and cut into 6" lengths and throw them on the barby.....mmmmmmmmmmmm !!!

or smoked eel is fantastic

Or skin, cut into one inch chunks and fry in garlic butter - fabulous.

For those of you who mentioned skate wings being smelly. That's the amonia they give off when they are too old. Eat them fresh and quickly or bin them!

[Flo]

Or skin, cut into one inch chunks and fry in garlic butter - fabulous.

For those of you who mentioned skate wings being smelly. That's the amonia they give off when they are too old. Eat them fresh and quickly or bin them!

leave them 24 hours in the fridge then poach them wings in milk gets rid of the ammonia taste and smell alright if you like milk.

[CWoody]

it's not exactly a fish but it lives in the sea...when I was in the canaries years ago I found a conch like shell on the beach. I took it to the hotel and the chefs said they would cook it up for me.....


I almost threw it back up at them :roll1:

ah, worst fish would be jellied eels by a MILE!!! now, they did come back up...over Kew bridge straight back into the Thames

[flatline]

Without a shadow of doubt, pellet fed stockie rainbow trout...no matter what you do with them they always taste like wet cardboard.

Next would have to be conger eel...how the hell people can eat them beggars belief, they taste awful to me. Now a nice fresh plaice or a dab...yum.

Best fish to eat has to be a fresh caught mackerel..straight from the sea, cleaned and on a spit over an open fire within seconds of it being caught.

[AndyS]

Without a shadow of doubt, pellet fed stockie rainbow trout...no matter what you do with them they always taste like wet cardboard.

Next would have to be conger eel...how the hell people can eat them beggars belief, they taste awful to me. Now a nice fresh plaice or a dab...yum.

Best fish to eat has to be a fresh caught mackerel..straight from the sea, cleaned and on a spit over an open fire within seconds of it being caught.

The raibow's taste great id you have them smoked. Near us we have a smokehouse called Springs and the charge yo about £6 per fish to smoke. Sounds alot but I put in two 5lbers and a 10lber from Blackwool farm and they tast beautiful.

They are however not seafish as you state. I completely agree with you re the mackerel and fresh plaice. How do you cook your dabs though? Pan fried?

[flatline]

The raibow's taste great id you have them smoked. Near us we have a smokehouse called Springs and the charge yo about £6 per fish to smoke. Sounds alot but I put in two 5lbers and a 10lber from Blackwool farm and they tast beautiful.

They are however not seafish as you state. I completely agree with you re the mackerel and fresh plaice. How do you cook your dabs though? Pan fried?

I have had a few r'bows smoked and it does vastly improve the taste, I agree. It's just the pellet fed ones I can't stand...had a few from Chalk Springs and they have all been delicious, they are fed a high shrimp content feed, changes the taste completely.

Dabs are just fried in a knob of butter and eaten with fresh garden peas and boiled new pototoes...maybe a touch of garlic. Slice of brown bread and butter and a large glass of something cold and white..a meal fit for a king, let alone a sweeper driver.

Mackerel...caught, cleaned and cooked straight away on a spit over an open fire...salt and black pepper added. Absolutely delicious...

Made myself hungry now....:whistling

[philtheskill]

congers more tough then most fish

[Issy]

MacDonalds Big Mac
MacDonalds Chips
Macdonalds Chickenburger
I fact anything from MacDonalds
Oh and Chub, ate some in Spain once, cotton wool full of needles and tastes like mud.:yucky::yucky:

[keyz]

Recently tried dogfish, is the worst fish ive ever tried absolutely minging had it before as a fishcake with chilli and was nice but on its own :yucky:

[sdewis]

The (hard) Roe is bad enough Alan!! The soft roe (we call it 'Chitts' - probably because it tastes like 'chit' LOL) is simply a non starter for me mate :yucky:

The chitts landed here are sent upto birmingham and above. I'm told they eat it on toast!!!

SS


It's actually quite nice. Plenty of chip shop vinegar, a sprinkle of salt and plenty of white pepper. They've got a very slightly bitter taste, but otherwise taste pretty much the same at hard roe, except a bit softer. You do your toast, butter it, pan fry the roe in butter then mash it onto the toast. yum

[salmonking]

It's actually quite nice. Plenty of chip shop vinegar, a sprinkle of salt and plenty of white pepper. They've got a very slightly bitter taste, but otherwise taste pretty much the same at hard roe, except a bit softer. You do your toast, butter it, pan fry the roe in butter then mash it onto the toast. yum

:wacko::eek::headhurt:

[SuperBassMaster]

It's actually quite nice. Plenty of chip shop vinegar, a sprinkle of salt and plenty of white pepper. They've got a very slightly bitter taste, but otherwise taste pretty much the same at hard roe, except a bit softer. You do your toast, butter it, pan fry the roe in butter then mash it onto the toast. yum

if its so lovely then why so much stuff to change the taste?

[a_bozzy]

Thornback ray, caught 1 yesterday in the swansea bay cod comp, i had never tried it before but gaffa and his father said that they liked it so they kept it, gaffas father cleaned it and gut it and i had a piece to try, I just cooked it and after 1 bite i thought it was foul and was like rubber i cooked it long enough and offered it to all my family but only my brother ate some and he said it was foul, im glad i tried it as i know now not to eat it again.:thumbdown

[Why Worry Angling Charters]

Thornback ray, caught 1 yesterday in the swansea bay cod comp, i had never tried it before but gaffa and his father said that they liked it so they kept it, gaffas father cleaned it and gut it and i had a piece to try, I just cooked it and after 1 bite i thought it was foul and was like rubber i cooked it long enough and offered it to all my family but only my brother ate some and he said it was foul, im glad i tried it as i know now not to eat it again.:thumbdown

They need to be frozen or kept on Ice a few days.Never eat a fresh Roker!

[Antares 500]

Worst by far was ma in laws dumplins.....like chewin snooker balls..........chucked one out the window it bounced down the cobbles which all splintered then after hitting a passing bus and caving in the side it rolled down the hill and went straight through a solid oak door on to a rubber mat and hit the ceiling only to land by the middle bag and was sunk ...........be careful out there

[Gaffa]

They need to be frozen or kept on Ice a few days.Never eat a fresh Roker!

my half is in the freezer now as we speak!

[a_bozzy]

They need to be frozen or kept on Ice a few days.Never eat a fresh Roker!

well after trying it fresh i must admit ive been put off them and will doubt it if i will try them again, are they rubbery after they have been frozen or are they more fish like? also Ron why do they call them Rokers?

[Salar]

Rokers is an Essex thing. We call them thornback or thornies. I have never experienced a tough ray wing, they seem to just fall off the bone when cooked (or are you trying to eat the bone ? :ohmy: ) I always freeze ray wings or dogfish for at least two weeks then they taste superb with no hint of ammonia. If you eat them too fresh they will taste of ammonia. It was an old French saying that skate tasted better in Paris than they did in Calais, that was because it took a few days to get there and the ammonia leached out on the way, leaving the flesh sweeter.

[amhed himinagaybar]

in my youth i used to collect birds eggs, whilst climbing back down the tree with the collard doves egg in my mouth ( which was not uncommon ) , my chin hit a branch thus cracking the egg in my mouth. it was then realised that the egg had been in the nest for over a year. the taste and smell was unreal

i too used to collect birds eggs as a boy. once while attempting to "blow" a herring gulls egg, i blew a little too hard and broke the shell,ending up with a mouthful of fishy tasting yolk. wouldnt want one with me bacon in the morning!.:ph34r:

[phil_3370]

just wondering, are there any fish around the south coast that you can't eat?

obviously glowing 2 headed ones near dungeness wouldnt be adviasable but anything else?

[phil_3370]

sorry meant that as a new thread lol

[tagman]

Anything my local fish and chip shop sells, thats wrapped in batter and is called "fish". The last and final time i went there i managed to get a bit of gill cover in my Cod/whitefish thing (cod apparently) and a chip with a pea sized stone in it. MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!
Plus the what is classed as Large Cod isnt large by anyone elses standard, and the chips are undercooked and sh*t.

[smiley73]

the birds eye 'cod in parsley sauce' my better half presented me with tonight after a hard days skiving...

actually used to like them as a kid, not anymore :yucky:

i was never a fan of salmon, finding it highly over-rated until my neighbour handed me a chunk of the tail section of a fresh (within the hour) wild wye salmon.

couple of nice big cubes seared in hot oil with chunks of leeks, then a few beaten farm eggs omelette style, and sweet chilli sauce over the top.

slobbering now, the salmon was superb!!
its amazing the crap they try to palm you off with these days :dry:

be doing alot of sushi on the rocks this year, so ill get back with my findings.

al.

[AndyS]

Tried squid once-it was like chewing dunlop remoulds!:blink:

It had been cooked too long. As the old saying goes you cook squid for 3 minutes or 3 hours. Nothing in between!

[splatt]

Wild brown trout. I trekked 5 days into the bush in New Zealand and caught a couple of 3lbers. Water so clean you can drink it straight out of the river. Trout still tasted muddy, very disappointed. Ive tried freezing trout for a few months, seems to get rid of alot of the dirty taste

[multi169]

i made a dish for thw whole family arfter catching about 4 flounders from the river medina it was mank all i could tast was the warm muddy tast there was like half a flonder gone and about 3 and half peices left lol

[kdnewton5]

ballan wrasse cooked with garlic it was disgusting, or tope steaks

[fran the man]

i have in the past tried pollack, several times. the best eating size in my opinion would be 3-5lb, smaller tend to be boney and larger fish tend to be a bit more bland. simply pan fried with butter and eaten with bread and butter is the way to go!! i simply cant say ive caught and eaten a fish that i have not enjoyed. ive tried pike, sand eels, ling, conger eel. all very tasty with little more than the attention off a hot pan!

[anotherbarrelMrHooper]

Had razor fish in spain at a tapas bar.
Almost put me of eating all together.
Best tasting fish i think is weaver slowly poached in milk, the flesh is so soft and sweat.

[EoinMag]

Razorfish with garlic and butter have to be one of the best, they're up there with scallops.....I dunno about some of you people ???????:)

[Fester]

how do you cook wrasse??

Jamie

Best way to eat wrasse, is to boil water in a large saucepan, add a red clay brick, (it has to be a red brick!)

Add to it the wrasse and some root vegetables and boil for 30 mins. Drain well, and eat the brick!

Don't eat wrasse, please put them back.:nonono:

[EoinMag]

Best way to eat wrasse, is to boil water in a large saucepan, add a red clay brick, (it has to be a red brick!)

Add to it the wrasse and some root vegetables and boil for 30 mins. Drain well, and eat the brick!

Don't eat wrasse, please put them back.:nonono:

Please tell that joke again, see the last ten times I heard it they said to do it with a plank, your version sounds so much better.

[neil005]

Estuary caught Flounder taste worse than s**t in my opinion although just to clarify i've never eaten s**t!!!! :oops:

[Fester]

If you really really love fish so much, I'd suggest you stop sticking hooks in them and get yourself an aquarium.

Same goes for Dublin wrasse!:crazy:

[WARRIO165]

:sad:Took the wife to bridlington 2 years ago (she,s from down south you
know) for fish and chips that we had when we were kids on the club
trip when I was A lad, anyway they were overpriced and cr.p she said
you must have had it rough, and next time you take me out do,nt
build it up:nono:

[OH POLLOCKS !!!!!]

estuary caught flounders:yucky: whent down my local estuary and i caught a flounder and said are they nice to eat . my freind said yes there lovely .. all i could taste was mud :yucky: it was foul ......

[major]

rotten shark and skate that stinks of amonia,the locals love it :yucky::yucky::yucky::yucky:THE DIRTY B------S :laugh:

[EoinMag]

rotten shark and skate that stinks of amonia,the locals love it :yucky::yucky::yucky::yucky:THE DIRTY B------S :laugh:


I saw Tony Bourdain on his "no reservations" program saying that shark was the worst thing he's ever eaten apart from the goats anus in Africa that the tribesmen had cooked directly on a fire and was still covered in ****e.

It's a new year or a Xmas thing innit?

[FISHYSAM]

I Ate A Pouting, I Had More Bones Than Meat

[alasdair]

Been reading through this and a few things jumped to mind i thought i'd share.

An earlier poster mentioned rockling as a possibility but hadn't tried it. I can tell you all that it is a very pleasant fish to eat, you know, white flesh in large flakes which you put in your mouth and go "mmmmm... fish". Leaves the fingers oddly sticky though.

Limpets aren't that bad, taste better than squid at any rate (ie. limpet has flavour) Just don't eat their food sac - YUK

Any fish straight out the sea, wrapped in foil and thrown on the coals will be welcome by me, yet salmon is my least favourite.

Al

[thegooseman]

15% WHITEFISH probly potlie tastied **** sweetcorn best init i;ll try some of that when i start catchin