Food Facts #2: Go FISH!

[not2late]

Freshwater Fish
Carp, Tilapia, Catfish, Trout (rainbow), Nile perch, Eel, Striped bass

Saltwater Fish
Salmon, Sea bass, Sturgeon, Trout (steelhead), Char, Turbot, Mahimahi, Milkfish, Yellowtail, Amberjack, Breams, Fugu, Tuna

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Low-fat Fish (0.5-1%)
Cod, Flounder, Halibut, Monkfish, Rockfish, Skate, Snapper, Tuna (bigeye, yellowfin, skipjack), Turbot, Escolar, Orange roughy, Ruvetta/walu

Moderate-fat Fish (3-7%)
Anchovy, Bluefish, Catfish, Salmon (pink, coho), Shark, Smelt, Sole (dover), Striped bass, Sturgeon, Swordfish, Tilapia, Tuna (bluefin, albacore), Whitefish

High-fat Fish (8-20%)
Arctic char, Carp, Chilean sea bass (AKA Patagonian toothfish), Eel, Herring, Mackerel, Pompano, Sablefish, Salmon (Atlantic, king, sockeye), Shad

from On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen by Harold McGee

[MotherOfGizmo]

Re: Food Facts #2: Go FISH!

Wow, I was surprised to see that Chilean sea bass is a "high fat fish!" I never would have guessed that.

I've always wanted to try monkfish. Next time I see it I will, they don't carry it often around here.

[Bugaboo]

Re: Food Facts #2: Go FISH!

mmmmmm...Sturgeon...when I was a kid we had a boat moored in Scappose, Oregon and my parents used to fish for this on the weekends. Ugly things but so so soooo tasty!

You can eat smelt???? We always used it as bait...I didn't know you could eat it.

[MotherOfGizmo]

Re: Food Facts #2: Go FISH!

This site has a recipe for fried, baked and stuffed smelt, so I guess you can eat it!

http://www.seafoodfish.com/html/smeltrecipes.html

or even smoked

http://www.themediadrome.com/content...ned_smoked.htm

[not2late]

Re: Food Facts #2: Go FISH!

Monkfish is very nice, MoG. It's very mild and the flesh is firm---has the texture of lobster. They don't carry it too often here either, but whenever I see it I buy it.

[sadie147]

Re: Food Facts #2: Go FISH!

Wow, I was surprised to see that Chilean sea bass is a "high fat fish!" I never would have guessed that.

I've always wanted to try monkfish. Next time I see it I will, they don't carry it often around here.

I've always wanted to buy monkfish too..I hear they call it 'poor man's lobster' because of it's taste...I see it here once in a while, i'll have to look up some recipes and see what i find.

[rybread]

Re: Food Facts #2: Go FISH!

I've had monkfish before, and didn't like it. Surprising, given that I could happily subsist on fish and shellfish alone if I had to.

[MotherOfGizmo]

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Sadie, I've heard the best way to prepare it is to brush it with melted butter and garlic and grill it. When I do manage to find some I think that's the way I'l gonna try it.

[Pau]

Re: Food Facts #2: Go FISH!

Monkfish! I love it!!!! And I tell you my "lobster" recipe:

Boil some water with a tomato, half onion and a bay leaf.
Salt the monkfish and spread with olive oil and paprika powder or red pepper powder (as you prefer). Put it into the broth (tied as if it was roast meat) and let it boil. When it´s done (in 20 minutes) let it cold and cut in slices. Serve with mayonnaise.