On Thu, 16 Jan 2014 10:30:07 -0500, KC wrote:

On 1/16/2014 9:05 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Wed, 15 Jan 2014 22:08:15 -0500, KC wrote:

On 1/15/2014 8:29 PM, Tim wrote:
On Wednesday, January 15, 2014 7:17:10 PM UTC-6, KC wrote:
On 1/15/2014 8:00 PM, Earl wrote:

Tim wrote:

On Wednesday, January 15, 2014 6:25:09 AM UTC-6, Hank wrote:

On 1/14/2014 10:35 PM, wrote:



On Tue, 14 Jan 2014 13:11:25 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 1/14/14, 12:17 PM, wrote:

On Tue, 14 Jan 2014 11:57:38 -0500, "F.O.A.D."

wrote:

On 1/14/14, 11:50 AM, wrote:

On Tue, 14 Jan 2014 08:22:27 -0500, Hank

wrote:

The tilapia I have tasted had an off taste to it. I can't really

describe it but I didn't like it. My neighbor cooked up some

wild caught

tilapia for us and you could taste the difference (better). It

helps,

too, that he's a pretty good cook.

You can usually catch Tilapia in just about any pond or road side

ditch around here. I am not sure the chemicals in a golf pond

are any

better than what they have in Asian farm ponds. I guess they don't

have the anti-biotic load and that is a good thing.

I imagine the people are really worried about them taking over the

lakes.

Sort of like we've taken over the habitat from the woodland

creatures,

eh?

The way humans behave towards each other in terms of war, avoidable

famine, spread of diseases, et cetera, I'm not convinced we are the

"higher species." I've seen more cooperation from the squirrels and

raccoons helping each other eat along our tree line than I see

from humans.

Tilapia...cichlids...blech. I've pretty much given up eating "fresh

water" seafood, and I'm more picky these days about salt water

seafood.

It's too bad because fish has always been one of my favorite "eats."

If you know anyone in Central Florida see if they will get you some

"Specks" (folks up north would call them Crappie). That is a

plentiful

native fish in most Florida lakes and they are good pan fish.

In salt water, it is hard to beat a snook but you have to catch them.

It is illegal to buy and sell them.

Yes, I've caught both, and both are tasty. Up here, we buy fresh cod,

halibut, flounder, and salmon, the latter allegedly from Alaska.

Neither my wife nor I much like the taste of striped bass.

When I was a kid, I used to like to catch porgies. As a little kid,

I'd

go out almost every morning with a retired printer from whom my

parents

rented a cottage. He was a hell of a fisherman. I was too small to

clean

the fish, so whatever I brought back, he'd clean while I watched, and

I'd give at least two mealsworth to my mom to cook up. We used

sandworms

for bait. On the way back, we'd troll for stripers along a rocky

waterfront and sometimes get lucky.

One of my favorite fish in Florida was whiting, which we thought had a

fine delicate taste. Easy to catch, too. Our neighbor from across the

street, who was from the Philippines, would only take the heads, never

the filets. She made a soup of of them. It drove her husband nutso,

because the soup had the fish eyeballs floating in them, and the sight

of them made him queasy, or so he claimed. Also liked kingfish and

Spanish mack steaks, and all the flounder we caught under the boat

docks

at the marinas in St. Augustine. Florida has terrific salt-water

fishing. Up here, in the Bay, it is in comparison mediocre.

When I was up there Rock Fish were still rare and protected.

The best catch was croakers or sea trout if you could get away from

the blue fish. (fishing below Tangier Island on the cliffs)

When we had a decent price on blue fish we would get some but I don't

want to eat them myself. Usually we would just run from them.

Bluefish take a bum rap. They're fun to catch, if you're careful. If you



handle them carefully and cook them properly, they make wonderful steaks



and fillets. More tasty than any of the common cold water whitefish.

I guess they can be...



http://www.deandeluca.com/recipes/re..._onion s.aspx





"Bluefish is for people who want to know that they're eating fish, not

for those who feel that milder is better when it comes to seafood. Its

strong hearty Flavor, oily texture, and beautiful silvery appearance

are distinctive."

Maybe better smoked?



Never get the smell out of the smoker This is the strongest fish I

ever tasted...

I'm not planning on cooking or eating one in the near future, Scott. So my meat smoker will be safe. It's more suited for ribs and chops anyhow..

?;^ )


Good, never put fish in any smoker unless you want to ruin it for
anything else...

I do salmon in mine all the time and have never noticed a problem.


I only say that because Father in Law used to say that, and when it
comes to smoking meat, he was the King!

I know once years ago he lent his smoker to a guy who used it for
BlueFish, he just let the guy keep it and built the one I have now...

I have a feeling bluefish would foul a smoker so bad you wouldn't even want to put salmon in it.
They are a strong flavored (and smelly?) fish.