On 1/16/2014 8:17 PM, Earl wrote:
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...
If they are that bad, I'd pass.

Most people do once they have a season of cleaning and eating the things
under their belt. Like I say, when I do end up with one, it's beause I
caught it looking for Bass..