EATING PIKE

[chesters1]

titter (whoops it contains tit ) some people just like biting ,still its nice to see tigger and fluffy on the same side for once ,just need mr M and it would be a good hand

when i say hand its cards not "job" you understand

 

before others pop up with a cory / chesters "ganging up" reply be assured we will both disagree with each other in some other topic

wouldnt it be boring if every post was clapping each other on the back saying how they agree with each other

Edited August 7, 2008 by chesters1

[ColinW]

sea fish is eaten because it tastes better IMHO

 

Absolutely! And, since nowhere in this country is more than a hundred miles from the sea, as soon as proper roads and the railways were invented, those who had previously had no choice but to pick the bones out of pike, roach and perch, took to eating cod, haddock and herring. It wasn't because eating pike, roach and perch was decreed sinful by those in society with more moral backbone. It was just because sea fish taste better. I'll repeat that since some people can't see that this is the most important point: SEA FISH TASTE BETTER.

Of course, in those days, sea fish were also very plentiful and cheap!

[Emma two]

since some people can't see that this is the most important point: SEA FISH TASTE BETTER.

 

Agreed, in most cases they do, although simply cooked Perch is far better than lots of saltwater species which end up offered for sale on the slab. Like lots of areas of life it comes down to taste, and thankfully humans are complex enough to demonstrate a wide range of it. As chesters indicates, 'back clapping conformity would be so boring'.

[Guest Rabbit]

Tigger has some serious issues regarding sex, I remember him and Rabbit getting all 'holier-than-thou' when I posted this last year.

 

No issues at all John and it wasn't only me and Tigger who thought your headline a tad strange, even if as you say you don't live with your daughter.

Edited August 7, 2008 by Rabbit

[gozzer]

No issues at all John and it wasn't only me and Tigger who thought your headline a tad strange, even if as you say you don't live with your daughter.

Actually I thought Tigger was a bit OTT yesterday evening and I said as much, perhaps he was right and you morphing into a troll, still no excuse for bad taste in headlines and then to repeat it some time later is odd, very odd.

 

I hope the "John" your talking about isn't me Neil.

 

The post your quoting is Corys, nothing to do with me.

 

And I resent the "troll" comments, I thought you knew better than that.

 

John.

[Guest Rabbit]

Absolutely! And, since nowhere in this country is more than a hundred miles from the sea, as soon as proper roads and the railways were invented, those who had previously had no choice but to pick the bones out of pike, roach and perch, took to eating cod, haddock and herring. It wasn't because eating pike, roach and perch was decreed sinful by those in society with more moral backbone. It was just because sea fish taste better. I'll repeat that since some people can't see that this is the most important point: SEA FISH TASTE BETTER.

Of course, in those days, sea fish were also very plentiful and cheap!

 

Actually that is wrong, sea food was disgusting before re-fridgeration, the salt treatment ruined the taste and folk actually preferred coarse fish. this was on the TV series the Compleat Angler or was it Complete? Anyway there you go , now you know

 

I can envisage worse effects to our sport if we start proclaiming no-one should eat course fish.

Spelling coarse correctly would add some weight to your argument.

[jeepster]

Actually that is wrong, sea food was disgusting before re-fridgeration, the salt treatment ruined the taste and folk actually preferred coarse fish.

 

Not quite true, most fish benefits from salting, I bought some pollack earlier today and salted it for a couple of hours before cooking it, the salting improves the taste and texture no end

Edited August 7, 2008 by jeepster

[chesters1]

not all sea fish was salted ,smoking and air drying was also used ,no doupt fresh water fish also had the same treatment if transported any distance

 

note it says fish and rivers

 

http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodfaq3.html

Edited August 7, 2008 by chesters1

[Guest tigger]

This threads gettin a bit borin now, can't someone open another thread with something else we can all argue about ?

[chesters1]

the decline in mermaids?

 

strangely oysters were a common food of the poor but i havnt found a reference to swan mussels or river mussels as a staple diet yet ,swan mussels would be an easy crop surely perhaps they taste muddy

Edited August 7, 2008 by chesters1