adventures with fish...

jitters

I've recently been trying to eat more fish, I'm hoping to have a fish course once a week. I've found some great recipies on the BBC's Good Food website (click). I cooked pan-fried trout with buttered spinach on the weekend - tastey.

On another note, how do you find the staff at the fish counter at your local supermarket? I asked the person at the fish counter at Tesco if she would remove the scales from the trout fillets and you'd have thought I'd slapped her with the fish, judging by the face she pulled!

RAS

Twinny99 wrote: »

Whats 'jug them'

Put the kippers in a large tall jug .

Boil water and pour into the jug. Leave until the kippers are all bent and the meat pulls away from the skin.

Cooked kippers and no messy grill. See katherine Whitehorn and Cooking in a bed-sitter.

It works and they are lovely

SailorSam

And the kippers don't stink the house out when you do them like that.

Fishcake_Random

Hello Lovely OS people,

I've never really eaten much fish but the bits I've had I have enjoyed. I noticed in my local Tesco the fish counter always have various fish fillets and whole fish reduced in the evening and I fancy giving it a try.
So I need some ideas on how to cook them, any ideas or suggestions gratefully recieved.

x x x x

Churchmouse

For fish like salmon fillets I like to cook it in the oven in a foil parcel. Butter the foil, lay the fish on it, season well, put a knob of butter on top ( not essential, but i like it) then bring up the foil and seal it well in a tent shape. Place on a baking tray and bake at 180 for about 20 minutes. It keeps it lovely and moist and doesn't overcook. Sometimes I put shredded ginger and red pepper, or other finely cut veg in the parcel on top of the fish. Lemon works well with white fish. In the 20 minute it takes to cook you can boil some lovely new potatoes and steam loads of fresh veggies, or put together a salad

Fishcake_Random

Wow thats even simpler than I thought!!!!! I have definately been missing out because some of the trouts they have for about 70p could feed me and OH nicely with a side dish/veggies.

Thanks ChurchMouse
x x xx

angeltreats

If the fish has skin, it's lovely when it's crisped up. Melt a bit of butter in a pan with a bit of oil (stops the butter burning), get the pan good and hot and fry the fish skin side down for a few minutes till it's nice and crispy, and finish off in the oven at about 180 for another maybe five to ten minutes, depending on how much it needs.

The thing is not to overcook fish or it will be dry and rubbery and horrible. You want to get it when it's just done enough. Tuna should be pink in the middle, like beef. If you have a kitchen thermometer it's very very handy for checking if the fish is cooked (you're looking for 63ºC), but if not you just want it to not be translucent any more. Apologies to Churchmouse but I think 20 minutes is too long for salmon in the oven, I'd cook it for about half that!

lucylucky

Had some lovely mackerel the other day.

Less than £3 for two lovely fresh fish which ended up on the BBQ

happyandy63

I get fish delivered. Its much cheaper and nicer than the supermarket. If you have a nice fish then salt, pepper and lemon is all you need. Maybe some garlic if you like. You don't even need to cook if you get proper fish (not supermarket) I make sushi sometimes and its fantastic and so easy(take a bit time though)

libbyc3

really stupid question now - I love fish but when presented with a whole one have no idea. aren't they really boney?
fillets I can quite happily cope with, but are expensive and it is mainly the whole fish - trout or mackeral usually on our reduced counter. probably because there as lots of people ignorant of what to do with them like me!