topic Re: Stupid Question About Fish in Recipes

Stupid Question About Fish

ScrapHappy — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 19:33:39 GMT

I'd like to eat more fish. I think I like a white fish, such as flounder and cod. That's really the only fish I've eaten. I've come across recipes that I'd like to try, however the recipes often call for a thicker piece of fish than anything I can find at the store. Fish market too. Especially cod. When I look at the fish cases, they're all thin pieces. The flounder I'd buy once in a while is the wild caught frozen at the grocery store. I eat it, but again, it's really thin. I find then when I fry it, it's really just all coating. Any suggestions?

Re: Stupid Question About Fish

LindaSal — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 19:46:48 GMT

@ScrapHappy It isn't a stupid question at all. What we like for a thicker white fish is either halibut or swordfish. Swordfish on the grill in the summer is my favorite. Salmon is a nice hearty fish too but it's pink, LOL.

Re: Stupid Question About Fish

skatting44 — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 19:48:00 GMT

Frozen Cod pieces are a little thicker when you buy at Costco . Just decrese the cooking time for the thinner pieces of fish. Say for example, I like fresh tomatos and peppers and onions over flounder or cod. I place olive oil in a pan then add the tomatos, peppers, onions and saute on the stove thill they are all soft and the cool them some before pouring over the fish filet then add white wine & butter and place in oven covered with aluminum foil . It does not take long to cook the fish. Or use a toaster oven.

Cod filets are good with same sauce as above or with plain jared spaghetti sauce poured over them and serve with rice.

Re: Stupid Question About Fish

Travone — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 19:50:59 GMT

Go to an actual fish market or store. They will be able to cut you what you are looking for.

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fthunt — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 19:56:46 GMT

Cod - personally I don't care for cod because it is thick & texture turn-off.....but you don't have to bread a thin cut - pan fry with spices & oil-butter -or - season the same and bake.

Haddock is my very favorite but not available everywhere I understand.

Recipe may suggest a thick piece of Cod but that doesn't mean you have to use thick.

Re: Stupid Question About Fish

Travone — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 19:59:33 GMT

Most fresh cod is tapered with a thicker end and a thinner end. What most recipes suggest is folding the thinner end so the entire piece is about the same thickness. That way the fish cooks evenly. I love cod......well actually I usually love all types of fish.

Re: Stupid Question About Fish

kaydee50 — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 20:00:11 GMT

We can't even find flounder anymore. My #1 choice of fish is salmon. There are so many different types of fish, try some!!

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Kachina624 — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 20:09:00 GMT

Flounder is a flat fish. You're never going to find thick slabs of it as its naturally thin.

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novamc1 — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 20:13:42 GMT

@kaydee50

We recently finished up a bag of frozen flounder filets bought at Costco. Much happier with Costco's frozen cod, red snapper and various types of salmon. The flounder was so thin that it felt like eating nothing at all.

Costco also has many ore "exotic" types of frozen fish, but it seems the selection varies constantly and new types suddenly appear, such as barramundi (Asian sea bass native to Australia).

A restaurant in Wash DC that my DH and I visited often when we first started dating had a dish that I absolutely loved---two thin flounder filets, with a crabmeat mixture packed in between and covered with capers and hollandaise sauce. I still crave that dish!

Re: Stupid Question About Fish

Lali1 — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 20:17:03 GMT

We love fish and eat it at least once a week sometimes more. Just be careful to look at the packaging as to where the fish comes from. My husband told me some disgusting info about fish that comes from China.

Re: Stupid Question About Fish

Mz iMac — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 20:19:18 GMT

@ScrapHappy The ONLY stupid questions are the ones NOT asked.

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AnjalenaQVC — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 21:10:02 GMT

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Re: Stupid Question About Fish

PickyPicky3 — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 21:12:10 GMT

I'd like to put in a word for boring, bland, farm-raised tilapia. So easy to cook. So tasteless that it works with any flavoring you can think of. And usually all the fillets are the same size (although on different days they all can be larger or smaller). And inexpensive.

I eat many kinds of fish, but when I don't feel like thinking too much, I buy tilapia.

Re: Stupid Question About Fish

Carmie — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 21:20:41 GMT

We have fish a few times a week. We could eat it everyday and sometimes we do, especially in the summer time. Not all fish can be sold in thick pieces because some fish varieties are flat and skinny.

Some mild tasting fish is Cod, Flounder, Grouper, Orange Roughy, Tilapia and Haddock.

You can use the same recipe as you do for thicker cuts, just reduce the cooking time.

Fish cooks very fast and you don't want to over cook it. Most fish will cook in about 10 to 20 minutes. As soon as it flakes with a fork, it is done.

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software — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 21:31:23 GMT

I live on the Gulf coast, grouper & amberjack are 2 of my favorites. Red snapper when available.

I'll eat catfish if it's locally farm raised. Catfish are bottom feeders, I will only eat a catfish from very clean water.

If you are looking at the frozen food section, try ocean perch. It's mild, can be fixed many ways.

Know where your fish comes from, a cod from Alaska is not the same as cod from the Atlantic. You may like one better than the other. I also buy fresh water fish locally.

Once you find a fish you like, you can fix it differently every time you cook.

Buy only wild caught or locally farmed

Re: Stupid Question About Fish

Mz iMac — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 22:00:19 GMT

@software wrote:
Catfish are bottom feeders,

^This

The reason why my parents will NOT touch or eat it. I was an adult (early 20's) the first time in my life I had fried catfish. Been in love ever since! The best tasting fried catfish I've had was in New Orleans.

The local Acme farm raised most of their fish.

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sunshine45 — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 22:06:56 GMT

my favorites are cod, flounder, sea bass, orange roughy, and rockfish. the cod filets that i purchase are pretty thick usually. i get our fish mostly from a seafood market. any recipe can pretty much be adjusted to handle a thinner filet of fish.

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GoneButNotForgotten — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 22:07:58 GMT

I think you're prudent to do that. Fish coming from China being a source of nastiness never occurred to me but I'd NEVER eat freshwater fish, no matter where it comes from. They could have ingested some nasty stuff that ocean fish aren't exposed to.

I love salmon but don't eat it any more; I live in the Northwest and we've polluted and depleted our salmon stocks to the point where Orca whales, who eat salmon almost exclusively, are on the brink of extinction. "All" we'd have to do to restore them are to remove a bunch of dams so they can get to their traditional breeding grounds.

But big business and farming interests would never let that happen; it might reduce their profits by a few million dollars so God forbid they lose a fw dollars in the interests of saving a natural resource.

OK; off my soapbox.

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AnjalenaQVC — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 23:00:55 GMT

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HerRoyaLioness — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 23:57:02 GMT

Haddock is usually a thicker fish. I always used it for making mock lobster and it was thicker chunks.

and I don't think you are "embarrassing " yourself by asking this! Sure, most everything is on the net, but the time that it takes to sort through the many times conflicting information can be substantial.
Here you can get a quick answer with many different real experiences.

For Heaven's sake, what else is this board for?!? Really rude comment.