Pickled herring etc

[hilts]

We have a strange attitude as a nation to fish consumption considering we are an island. We should really be eating more and guarding our stocks rather than exporting.

Expensive
Doesn't fill you up
Mercury
Plastic
Human shit


Well done all concerned we should have a huge supply of cheap healthy food but we fucked it up.

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

Yes.

I regularly eat tinned sardines, mackerel, tuna and salmon. On sandwiches.

Occasionally eat fresh sea bass and trout.

I like haddock and cod in chippy.

On holiday abroad (rarely owing to work and domestic responsibility) I like every local served fish.

Be careful with the tinned stuff, got a really bad dose of food poisoning from tinned Salmon. John West you cunts.

 

[Bill Walker]

Full of Mercury and micro plastic.

Don't eat fish.

What a load of Pollocks.

 

[dronefromsector7G]

Yes or no?

Fish and seafood consumption - and by that I mean beyond chippy tea - and seafood availability and consumption seems to be dying off. I am a person who really enjoys les fruits de mer - even from a tin - but youngsters seem not to like it. Before beans on toast I'd have tinned pilchards in tomato sauce on toast for example. For an island nation our relationship with fish even just as a protein has been odd and in decline for a century - why? Is it changing taste or a strong meat lobby?

My missus can’t believe how an island nation such as ours can be so anti-fish (other than chippy fish) compared to other countries. I have just started back on tinned fish for the health benefits. Tried mackerel with katsu curry and it’s great and only 95p

 

[idahoblues]

My missus can’t believe how an island nation such as ours can be so anti-fish (other than chippy fish) compared to other countries. I have just started back on tinned fish for the health benefits. Tried mackerel with katsu curry and it’s great and only 95p

Let’s face it, you little Island fuckers are some seriously stupid people

 

[KS55]

Cant beat it. Had some Roll Mops last week and under the threat of divorce and/or death from the Mrs, Herring roe on toast with lemon and parsley for breakfast. Absolute heaven. Still got 4 more frozen blocks in the freezer.

Oh, fantastic. Where can you get blocks of herring roe?

 

[Tuearts right boot]

Oh, fantastic. Where can you get blocks of herring roe?

A decent fishmonger will have then. Too niche for supermarkets.

 

[KS55]

I love all fish and shell fish. I relished fresh eels in Berlin, none of that jellied cockney rubbish, and enjoyed Dourade in a beach hut in Essouira. We have a guy with a van who visits our local market each week: he has a wide range of stuff from the east coast.
When I was a kid, M/cr had loads of MacFisheries, the retailer, but they seem to have all gone now. Our waters teem with herring which Russian factory ships hoover up and Spanish trawlers used to nick all the Hake from the Irish box having bought the licenses of our fishermen. Madness. Not sure what Brexit did to that. Some areas of the Atlantic which were bereft of cod have made a comeback thanks to US fishing bans, so there is always hope. New Zealand gave ownership of its fish to the fishermen who have successfully launched preservation rules to protect their families’ future. British gov, take note.
Vote for the Fish party.
PS 1. Sardines on toast with Indian pickled lime is gorgeous.
2. Try boiling up some rhubarb (minimal water) with a touch of orange juice, sieve off the juice and use on trout. Promise you, I am not bonkers.

 

[KS55]

A decent fishmonger will have then. Too niche for supermarkets.

Thanks but no fishmongers anywhere near here. I’ll try on line.

 

[bluemcr]

Thanks but no fishmongers anywhere near here. I’ll try on line.

Try the Fish society