Just watched it mate. he said its like cod. dont think i will be keeping any tho. :crazy:

 

it looked fantastic.

 

I've tried them. Fillet and poach I think. It's ok, but a bit flaky that's all. Not a bad taste or anything like that. Used them in fish pies as well. Don't know why people are so funny about fish - dogfish is nice as well if you just prepare it right.

 

Not funny about it: just i've always been told its awful! There are a couple of semi-tame seals in Newquay harbour that sit and wait for the mackerel boats to come in and cadge some. They wont touch a pouting if you toss them one but will take a mackerel out of your hand!

 

that guy eats anything and says its fantastic :crazy:

 

that guy eats anything and says its fantastic :crazy:

Most of it is. As far as pouting is concerned he did stress as did the skippers that it has to be really fresh to be at it's best. I to have poached it whole and used the flesh to bulk out a fish pie. The only thing I did cringe at were the raw limpets and the deep fried anenomes. However I believe the whole idea at promoting lesser known fish was very good and a worthwhile exercise. I would quantify this by saying that the guy makes his living doing this kind of thing and his book to go with the series is on sale in WH Smith price £30. So he is definitely going to make a few bob not that I begrudge him that. I have enjoyed all his programmes over the years.

 

old Chinese proverb goes something like,
IF ITS BACK FACES HEAVEN YOU CAN EAT IT.
except for Dogs heart and Wolfs lungs, which by all accounts the seals in Newquay harbour wont eat either.

 

Most of it is. As far as pouting is concerned he did stress as did the skippers that it has to be really fresh to be at it's best. I to have poached it whole and used the flesh to bulk out a fish pie. The only thing I did cringe at were the raw limpets and the deep fried anenomes. However I believe the whole idea at promoting lesser known fish was very good and a worthwhile exercise. I would quantify this by saying that the guy makes his living doing this kind of thing and his book to go with the series is on sale in WH Smith price £30. So he is definitely going to make a few bob not that I begrudge him that. I have enjoyed all his programmes over the years.

I enjoyed the program and think i will buy his book. Scotland next week.

 

Not funny about it: just i've always been told its awful! There are a couple of semi-tame seals in Newquay harbour that sit and wait for the mackerel boats to come in and cadge some. They wont touch a pouting if you toss them one but will take a mackerel out of your hand!

if they are used to being hand fed mackerel which is a nice tasting oily fish, there is no wonder they wont take a pout.

its like you eating proper chips from the chippy or frozen ones from netto!

 

Cool Program I thought.

I have eaten Pout but not often. Must be eaten Fresh imho. If you take it home and need to put it in the Fridge, you have had it to long and it would normally taste yucky.

 

Fresh pout in home-made, wholemeal breadcrumbs with a squeeze of lemon, are yummy. Served with mashed potato made with butter and double-cream, washed down with a bottle of chilled elderflower wine, they are delicious.

You only get a belly like mine if you really enjoy your grub.

 

great to see someone enjoying fishing on tv and showing that its not just fish and chips that the uk is good for.

 

I've eaten pout while I've been out on the beach fishing. Spring onion, garlic and ginger in the pan, add the fillets, tastes just great to me. Never taken one home though so don't know how well they keep

 

When I was a kid on the Isle of Wight, the local fishermen called 'em "Stink-alives", gilled and gutted them and salted them in a barrel to use as bait in their pots. They are OK in fishcakes as long as they are FRESH, as in still twitching!!

 

The only thing I hve seen him eat - and not like was sandeel - how come the launce were ok?

 

that guy would eat his own shoes........'dont believe the tripe!!!'

 

they were smoked, the sandeels were fried after being out half the day

 

that guy would eat his own shoes........'dont believe the tripe!!!'

I believe it.........I tasted most of what he prepared and cooked, fabulous. My missus is an excellent cook as well and we eat most of what we catch even if it is a little different. Good to see though most folk appreciated the programme.

Pout.......yes I was some what surprised that this was a focus, mainly becuse we were force fed it as kids, never did us no harm and maybe showed the old man was before his time...............or that he couldn't catch any cod!! :clap2:

 

Have you persuaded the old man that there are better eating fish?

 

I agree that the vital thing with this is to eat it absolutely fresh. I read somewhere that the stomach has very strong acids that start to react with the flesh straight away, so if you are going to eat it then gut it as soon as it's ashore and cook not much after that.

Phil

 

......The only thing I did cringe at were the raw limpets and the deep fried anenomes. H

Raw yes, but I'd give them a go cooked. After all, they've been eaten around the coast since prehistoric times, and Alan Davidson, who wrote THE best ever book on eating fish and seafood, gives a couple of recipes for limpet sauce and limpet stovies.

You just knew with Hugh that, after the fish, he'd have to go foraging on the beach. At least now none of us have an excuse to go hungry if we forget our butties next time!!!

Phil

 

Raw yes, but I'd give them a go cooked. After all, they've been eaten around the coast since prehistoric times, and Alan Davidson, who wrote THE best ever book on eating fish and seafood, gives a couple of recipes for limpet sauce and limpet stovies.
Phil

I'll pretty much eat anything but I had grilled limpets in Madeira and they were foul!

 

I thought the programme was great too and i'll be watching it all.

However I do think that Hugh has a reputation for eating 'his own shoes' as someone else put it and that therefore he is not necessarily the right person (entertaining as he is) to be trying to persuade others to eat fish other than cod that are more sustainable!!!!

Having said that its great to see fishing on C4 and to see the issue of fish stocks and alternatives on the box!:clap:

 

I enjoyed It ,good to See Some Sea Fishing Related Programmes On normal TV, instead Of Sky Getting It All The Time

 

When I took up this sea fishing lark, one thing I/we resolved to do was cook and eat each type of fish I was lucky enough to catch. Not taking anyone's preconceived ideas about what is good and bad.

Pouting was the first caught and I can say we liked it a lot, no idea why it was looked upon with so much disdain. Garfish is also palatable, but 14+ years in the mob and afew years in the middle/far East, whose to say my palate isn't shot? Cheers, Tony