/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.14924943]

What are some 'marginal' fish - ie, fish that are perfectly edible, but which are not considered all that desirable? I have been catching squawfish/pikeminnows this year because the state pays money for each fish caught, but they are full of bones, and the flesh is kind of oily and 'fishy.' But still, it's not that bad. They can be cut into smaller chunks and fried so that the bones break down, or turned into jerky, or boiled in stews until the bones dissolve. I'm having some fun trying different ways of processing these fish.

What are some other fish with similar characteristics? Edible, but not especially popular as food?

[Anonymous No.14924956]

>>14924943
Carp. Mostly Asians and black eat them

[Anonymous No.14924988]

>>14924956
I would have said stripers, and it's mostly chinese and dominicans who eat those. we don't have carp here, sounds like some weird eastern european thing

[Anonymous No.14925001]

>>14924943
i live near the great lakes and have had a lot of those kinds of freshwater fish.

walleyes, crappies, bluegills, bullheads, etc.

they all taste about the same

[Anonymous No.14925002]

>>14924943
In Straya - mullet.
Only people over 70yo eat it here. Its pretty nasty on its own but thrown into a stir fry/laksa/curry its salvageable.

[Anonymous No.14925007]

>>14924943
shark.

the meat is firm and meaty but it can either taste really bad like urine (because sharks pee through their skin.. urea) if not prepared properly, or like nice, sweet chicken if prepared properly.

[Anonymous No.14925016]

>>14924988
nah, asian carp is a massive invasive species in many places, inc the usa.

they can have a muddy taste like many freshwater fishes, but the kicker is their horrid bone structure which is a pain to fillet.

[Anonymous No.14925037]

>>14925007
I had shark once. My dad found it in the back of a freezer at a random grocery store in the rural midwest. Absolute last place you'd ever expect to find something as exotic as shark.

Was probably in that freezer for a long time. A friend later got a job there and found they had boxes of pancake mix that were older than he was.

The shark had the flavor and texture of an old tire.

[Anonymous No.14925044]

>>14925007
i've had shark in northern france once, it was really good actually, but i cant remember what they served it with, it was about 15 years ago

[Anonymous No.14925087]

>>14925001
>walleye
>not desirable as food
what?

[Anonymous No.14925091]

>>14924956
your photo would have been very relatable to me 5 years ago anon, but since then I've learned to stretch properly and my ribs no longer are an obstacle

[Anonymous No.14925106]

>>14925001
>Putting walleye in the same category as fucking bullheads.

Your tongue must be made out of stretched hog anus, you fucking philistine.

[Anonymous No.14925112]

>>14925106
to be honest, I added bullheads without thinking much. they're definitely a lot better than everything else on that list. everything else is really only differentiated by size.

also, add bass to that list.

[Anonymous No.14925116]

>>14925091
Teach me

[Anonymous No.14925360]

>>14924988
Chinese eat all kinds of fish that few others eat. For example, the ocean sunfish goes pretty much untouched in the Mediterranean. It's not considered much of a catch for culinary purposes. But in China, it is called the 'mambo fish' (翻車魚), and you can find them in most coastal markets. In fact, they are usually cut up so that the intestines, eyeballs, chunks of blubber, etc. can be sold separately for different recipes.

[Anonymous No.14925400]

>>14925112
Once you fry bullhead it doesn't taste much different than other panfish. Watch out for the barbs.

[Anonymous No.14925488]

Tilapia. It tastes like mud. Awful stuff, no wonder the Chinese eat it.

[Anonymous No.14925541]

>>14925488
That's mostly because commercial tilapia come from gigantic fish farms where they live in their own muck. Fresh/wild-caught tilapia (or ones you farm yourself under cleaner conditions) are actually rather tasty (which is why they became a big commercial species to begin with).

[Anonymous No.14925600]

>>14924988
striped bass? it's like at least $15/lb for fillets the fishmonger. damn good eatin.

[Anonymous No.14925972]

fresh sardines. Nobody wants them so you cant really get them but they are very good

[Anonymous No.14926221]

>>14925001
>walleyes
>crappies
>bluegills
Are you out of your mind? Walleyes are one of the best tasting fish I have ever eaten, and I eat crappies and bluegills all the time in the summer.

>>14925106
Fucking kek.

[Anonymous No.14926224]

>>14924943
How do they know how many u caught to pay u? U have to send them heads ?

[Anonymous No.14926230]

>>14925488

you don't understand fish at all. fish that grow up in mud, taste like mud. ALL FISH. After that they taste like water.

[Anonymous No.14926248]

>>14925001
Walleye is good, herring is meh though

[Anonymous No.14926271]

>>14926224
http://www.pikeminnow.org/how-to/how-to-register-and-check-in-fish

Basically you check in with a particular rewards station before you go fishing, and they give you an ID tag. Then you bring back whatever you catch by the end of the day, and they pay $10 per squawfish that you show to them.

[Anonymous No.14926281]

>>14924943
I don't know, I don't really like fish

[Anonymous No.14926299]

>>14926281
Well you picked the right thread to comment in

[Anonymous No.14926322]

>>14926281
/ck/ is a seafood board pleb, you'd better into fish before we kick you out of the club.

[Anonymous No.14926457]

>>14925002
try poaching it with some onions till the fat just begins to render. best fish

[Anonymous No.14926472]

>>14925488
I've heard people say the same thing about catfish and some other fish, but they always taste good to me.
Tilapia has had that awful flavor every time I've ever had it though.

[Anonymous No.14926506]

>>14925001
Crappies are fucking delicious you brain melted weirdo.

[Anonymous No.14926513]

>>14926506
No, they're a crappy fish.

[Anonymous No.14926545]

I caught a carp and a freshwater drum this summer. Ate the carp, but they have a shitload of bones and a bit of a burden to really prepare. I decided against the drum as I read due to not being as oily as most other fish their meat quickly dries while cooking.

[Anonymous No.14926564]

>>14924943
sunfish

[Anonymous No.14926594]

Tilapia. I know it's trash but I still buy tilapia filets occasionally and dump lemon juice, garlic, and parsley on them, shit's good for a $3 meal

[Anonymous No.14926673]

>>14926281
stunted tastebuds

[Anonymous No.14926706]

>>14925600
>paying $15 to fill your body with dioxins