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Title:Fishing Notes- Archived
Notice:See note 555.1 for a keyword directory of this conference
Moderator:DONMAC::MACINTYRE
Created:Fri Feb 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Sep 20 1991
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1660
Total number of notes:20970

124.0. "Fish Recipes" by IOSG::COOK (Martin Cook) Wed May 21 1986 06:33

Let me tell you a story. I have twin (younger) sisters that are rather fussy 
about what they eat. They don't mind 'some' fish - the expensive ones of 
course - like Trout, Salmon, Cod, Tuna... and would seriously distain the 
thought of 'cheap' fish like Mackeral, Herring and the nearly-white fish.

Here is a recipe that completely fooled them "This Tuna Fish is lovely"
they said one day when my wife presented them with a Starter based on
Mackeral! (we didn't tell them what it was untill AFTER they had swallowed 
the last mouthfull and asked for more.)

My wife calls the recipe "fish choker" - and is a typical fish dish from 
Guyana, S. America - and probably also from India. It disguises the taste of
any 'oily' fish like Mackeral and Herring and ??Shad??, adds some flavour to
the cheaper white-fleshed fish (salt & freshwater) and successfully hides the 
'muddyness' of newly-stocked trout that are straight from the stew-pond.

Recipe:

1) Clean your fish as appropriate (size according to number of mouths to 
   feed, species according to supply and taste) - leave the bone in place.

2) Grill, Bake, or Broil till cooked. (I ussually Grill my fish so that some
   of the oil is removed)

3) Allow to cool and then remove the bones and skin (its easy once the fish is 
   cooked) - you should end up with a pile of 'chunks' of flesh.

4) Peel and Chop an onion or two and lightly fry (use VERY little oil since 
   you are going to add your fish later - which has got oil in it)

5) Stir into the onions a tablespoonfull of Tomato puree and turn it about for 
   a few seconds - THEN add the fish.

6) Turn this whole lot about in the frying pan for a few minutes - till the 
   fish has all been mixed in with the tomato puree and got back up to a  
   reasonable temperature. (I usually just stir it for a bit and then cover 
   the pan and leave gently simering for a few minutes)

7) Serve with rice or potatoes or ANYTHING you fancy

Notes
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    - I have successfully 'chokered' 
    	Mackeral, Herring - oily - saltwater
    	Pollack, Coalfish - cheaper white-fleshed - saltwater
    	Rainbow Trout - straight from the stew-ponds
    	Pike (Esox. sp.) - white fleshed - freshwater
    
    - The onions are optional.
    - Lemon Juice and various herbs can be added if desired.

Martin Cook
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124.1Stuffed Trout ALA Jack !DONNER::HUNTERGo west young man, go westThu May 22 1986 00:3134
    Well Martin what a good topic you came up with I think I every one
    in thin conferecne coughs up a recipe or two we could start a
    fishermans cook book. any I think I have a good recipe to add to
    this note and here it is.
    
    
    Things need to start.

    1) Two large Trout of any kind, browns work real well.
    
    2) One package of wild rice.
    
    3) Two cups unseasoned bread stuffing.

    4) some chopped fresh vegies such as celery, onions, mushrooms,ect.
    
    5) About a half a cup of real butter and some water.
    
    
    Take your two clean Trout butter the inside and set aside. prepare
    rice per instructions except leave it alittle stiffer than usual
    this intails cutting back on the water alittle bit. boil about a
    half a cup of water and add the remaining butter then thorugh in
    the stuffing and vegies the mixture should be some what moist if
    not add more water then mix thie stuffing with the rice and stuff
    your Trout and bake intill tender. now this is my own recipe so
    you will end up with some extra stuffing also I left out seasonings
    such as salt, pepper and the like but I ALWAYS use just a touch
    of garlic. I may have left something out so if anyone has any questiong
    please ask I am doing this from memory and I am not a VAX you know.
    
    
                                           Jack
   
124.2Added ingredientsSPMFG1::CUZZONESPut me in, coach. I'm ready to play.Thu May 22 1986 09:577
    Jack,
    
    Your recipe reminds me of a baked stuffed sea-bass some friends
    served for Thanksgiving one year.  You might consider adding raisins
    to the stuffing mixture.
    
    Steve
124.3shad recipe....PD750::CORBETTKEKENNY CHINOOKFri May 23 1986 12:2320
    Well, I guess I have to throw in my favorite shad recipe.
    
    1)  Catch, gut, and debone the shad.
    
    2)  Lay it out, belly down, on a cedar shingle.  It must be cedar.
    
    3)  Melt butter and add a complete squeezed lemon.  The ones in
        in the plastic containers will suffice.  Pour this over the
        shad.
    
    4)  Add garlic salt (a pinch)  and freshly ground pepper.
    
    5)  Place cedar shingle with shad on barbeque.
    
    6)  Let it barbeque for approximately 10 minutes.  During this time
        continue pouring cooking sherry over the shad and shingle.
    
    7)  After 10 minutes, remove, throw away the shad, eat the shingle.
    
    
124.4Tip on frozen fishVICKI::DODIERFood for thought makes me hungryTue Jan 15 1991 11:1927
    
    	Since this is the only note I saw on cooking, I guess I'll post
    this note here.

    	While looking for a new recipe, I came across a tip for frozen
    fish. It said to NEVER EVER thaw frozen fish at room temperature. It
    said to either thaw it in the refrigerator or, if you're in a hurry,
    run cold water over the outside of the CLOSED bag.

    	At first I thought it really didn't make a difference. I have some
    cod in my freezer that I got last Sept. A couple weeks ago I had some
    and it tasted a little fishy. I had thawed it at room temperature. Last
    night I had more cod that was caught at the same time but thawed in the 
    refrigerator. You would not believe the BIG difference.

    	While I'm at it, I'll put in a recipe I used. It was excellent. I
    just substituted smelt for trout and made Smelt Amandine. It was really
    simple. No, I haven't been to Sawyer's yet ;-).

    	Season some flour and coat the fish with it. Put the fish in an
    egg/light cream mixture (1 egg, 1/4 cup cream) and then re-coat with flour.
    Fry fish in HOT mixture of 2 T. oil and 2 T. butter till golden brown
    on each side. In a different pan, brown sliced almonds (enough to cover
    the fish) in 2-3 T. of butter. Remove pan from heat and stir in 1 T. of
    lemon juice. Place almond/butter/lemon mixture over the top of the fish.

    	RAYJ