Tony U 36 Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 (edited) With the Captain on this Dorado is numero uno for me as well; great eating and a great sportfish, second best fresh Mackerel straight out of the sea and cooked on a beach barbecue or fire. Edited January 5, 2007 by Tony U Tony After a certain age, if you don't wake up aching in every joint, you are probably dead. Link to post Share on other sites
Ken L 989 Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 we've only got velvet swimming crabs over here & our leather jackets are grubs that live under the lawn. Leather jackets = Trigger fish. Species caught in 2020: Barbel. European Eel. Bleak. Perch. Pike. Species caught in 2019: Pike. Bream. Tench. Chub. Common Carp. European Eel. Barbel. Bleak. Dace. Species caught in 2018: Perch. Bream. Rainbow Trout. Brown Trout. Chub. Roach. Carp. European Eel. Species caught in 2017: Siamese carp. Striped catfish. Rohu. Mekong catfish. Amazon red tail catfish. Arapaima. Black Minnow Shark. Perch. Chub. Brown Trout. Pike. Bream. Roach. Rudd. Bleak. Common Carp. Species caught in 2016: Siamese carp. Jullien's golden carp. Striped catfish. Mekong catfish. Amazon red tail catfish. Arapaima. Alligator gar. Rohu. Black Minnow Shark. Roach, Bream, Perch, Ballan Wrasse. Rudd. Common Carp. Pike. Zander. Chub. Bleak. Species caught in 2015: Brown Trout. Roach. Bream. Terrapin. Eel. Barbel. Pike. Chub. Link to post Share on other sites
Zigs 4 Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 Leather jackets = Trigger fish. Leather jackets = Crane flies, ask Elton. Link to post Share on other sites
Zigs 4 Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 hiya ziggy, i saw some velvet swimmers in our mercadona supermarket at xmas, they were 19€/kilo (about 13 quid)ive not tried them, ive eaten ordanairy shore crabs though, the velvets must be top nosh or something??? cheers dave. 19e/kilo ? for Eltons sake, we've thrown back hundreds of them ! some of them huge as well, best try the next granddaddy we catch then. did you hear Rick Stein using your screen name last night ? he wasn't sure if he could say that on telly, but he did anyway. Don't tell Newt. Link to post Share on other sites
FearTheHands 0 Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 I'd forgotten all about samphire! My vote also goes to samphire (pronounced 'sam-fur' btw, not 'sam-fire' as irritatingly done so by certain people!) Not with butter neither, although very nice I have to say. Try it with malt vinegar instead - fantastic. Shellfish: Cockles (Not the awful rubbish pickled in turps they sell in supermarkets, but freshly hand picked & steamed for 2 or 3 minutes) Close second are carpet shell clams. Cooked properly they have a fantastic taste. Keep trying them, I'm sure you'll learn to love them! Fish: Red Gurnard or Black Bream, difficult to choose. Knowing my luck if I were a buddhist I'd come back as myself ... Link to post Share on other sites
Zigs 4 Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 My vote also goes to samphire (pronounced 'sam-fur' btw, not 'sam-fire' as irritatingly done so by certain people!)Not with butter neither, although very nice I have to say. Try it with malt vinegar instead - fantastic. Shellfish: Cockles (Not the awful rubbish pickled in turps they sell in supermarkets, but freshly hand picked & steamed for 2 or 3 minutes) Close second are carpet shell clams. Cooked properly they have a fantastic taste. Keep trying them, I'm sure you'll learn to love them! Fish: Red Gurnard or Black Bream, difficult to choose. Wotcha Glenn, i know where to get the sam-fur (not to be confused with the vulcan, pon far) if you want it. we got lumps of it, round the back. Link to post Share on other sites
Tony U 36 Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 Samphire??? you mean Common Glasswort Salicornia europea or Marsh Samphire, not Rock Samphire, Crithmum maritimum loads of Glasswort in the North Kent Marshes, its lovely a bit like Asparagus. I find Rock Samphire tastes like 'a mixture of celery and kerosene' though it was a popular vegetable in Shakepeare's Day. Tony Tony After a certain age, if you don't wake up aching in every joint, you are probably dead. Link to post Share on other sites
ColinW 0 Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 pronounced 'sam-fur' btw, not 'sam-fire' as irritatingly done so by certain people! We always called it "sampi" ! Still tastes the same. Link to post Share on other sites
ColinW 0 Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 Samphire??? you mean Common Glasswort Salicornia europea or Marsh Samphire, not Rock Samphire, Crithmum maritimum loads of Glasswort in the North Kent Marshes, its lovely a bit like Asparagus.I find Rock Samphire tastes like 'a mixture of celery and kerosene' though it was a popular vegetable in Shakepeare's Day. Tony You'd do well to find a rock up my neck of the woods! Link to post Share on other sites
Zigs 4 Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 Samphire??? you mean Common Glasswort Salicornia europea or Marsh Samphire, not Rock Samphire, Crithmum maritimum loads of Glasswort in the North Kent Marshes, its lovely a bit like Asparagus.I find Rock Samphire tastes like 'a mixture of celery and kerosene' though it was a popular vegetable in Shakepeare's Day. Tony thats the one, called glasswort as it contains potash & used to be used in glass manufacturing. grows in the intertidal zone of marshes, rock samphire grows on the rocks & harbour walls above the tide and tastes, as you say, like diesil & dettol with a splash of pernod. Link to post Share on other sites
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