Do You Like Seafood?

WindSock

So many people seem to hate it. did for years too, except for shellfish. I am slowly beginning to take a shine to some types now though, perhaps my tastes are beginning to refine. What is it that puts people off it?









Awaits barrage of gee jokes...

Smcgie

No! Ill eat anything other than fish

thebigbiffo

battered and deep fried thanks...otherwise keep it!

Cookie_Monster

fish is great, except salmon

shellfish is even better

RobbieTheRobber

I have this argument regularly with people who say they hate fish and im like so you have tried all of them.

I just asked the internet and i got some figure saying 25000 varieties how can anyone hate all 25,000 different types of fishies.


Ps. Fish fingers is not a type of fish.

Karl Hungus

I love fish.

I had a fantastic smoked coley not so long ago. It was delicious.

The Agogo

Fish yes...but it has to be dressed uplike chicken

biko

Big sushi fan here.

RobbieTheRobber

The Agogo wrote: »

Fish yes...but it has to be dressed uplike chicken

like this

http://images.elfwood.com/art/j/a/jaid/peetree.gif

http://www.freakingnews.com/pictures/12000/Chicken-Fish--12090.jpg

Scarydoll

No way josé!

Pherekydes

Eat salmon, but beware of salmon eile.

This is a great thread for once, and I'm not codding you.

kfallon

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

fish is great, except salmon

+1 on that!
Love a smoked battered cod from the chipper, oh yes!

kfallon

Move this thread mods, this isn't the plaice for it!

Superbus

It's fine when presented right. But when you get it, and it still has it's eye (happened to me several times)... less than appetising.

Diageio_Man

A ray chips and curry sause is a winning combo imo.

Pherekydes

I hear sturgeon's roe is supposed to be good.

Cookie_Monster

Swordfish & Marlin steak are particularly yummy
Proper tuna steak is also fantastic

and parrot fish and prawns and mussels and scallop and crab and...

Love it all

Pherekydes

Cod liver oil...


...yummy. You can tell I was born in the 60s.

mikom

Seafood is ok, but please warm up before you eat it.
Don't want to pull a mussel.

we'llallhavetea_old

i like fish. love salmon.

tried prawns for the first time recently, i gagged. they tasted like the smell of a fishmongers, too fishy for me.

cleremy jarkson

Sea Bass is very very nice.

Gillington

I like Salman Rushdie

kylith

My uncle's a fishmonger so I was pretty much raised on seafood. I've yet to meet a fish, crustacean or bivalve that I wouldn't eat until it came out my ears (except carp; it's meh). One of my earliest memories is of shelling prawns on a family picnic.

I love fish

kfallon

we'llallhavetea wrote: »

tried prawns for the first time recently, i gagged. they tasted like the smell of a fishmongers

A fishmongers gee????

kylith

we'llallhavetea wrote: »

i like fish. love salmon.

tried prawns for the first time recently, i gagged. they tasted like the smell of a fishmongers, too fishy for me.

If it smells fishy it's not fresh. Prawns definitely shouldn't taste fishy.

pablodunlop

kylith wrote: »

I love fish

Do you love fish sticks?








sorry....

phill106

I like it generally, but good lord, who decided oysters was to be considered food. Cold slimy snot!ugh!

Dr. Baltar

Has anyone else noticed that the further a person lives away from the sea the more likely they are not to like seafood?

we'llallhavetea_old

kylith wrote: »

If it smells fishy it's not fresh. Prawns definitely shouldn't taste fishy.

really?! it was in marks and spencers cafe... in a sandwich... not good.

Minstrel27

I hate seafood. Apparently this makes me selfish.

nachoman

Seafood chowder with crunchy baby octopus, divine mana, slatterys on cable street do the best.

we'llallhavetea_old

kfallon wrote: »

A fishmongers gee????

i really wouldn't know...

WindSock

Dr. Baltar wrote: »

Has anyone else noticed that the further a person lives away from the sea the more likely they are not to like seafood?

I lived by the sea for many years and disliked fish until recently. I think it was the smell that put me off initially when I was a wee lad.

kfallon

we'llallhavetea wrote: »

i really wouldn't know...

It's gotta be quite fishy tho....

Minstrel27

Dr. Baltar wrote: »

Has anyone else noticed that the further a person lives away from the sea the more likely they are not to like seafood?

I have lived by the sea all of my life with the exception of three years and I cannot stand the stuff.

MonkeyTennis

I like most white fish, shellfish and squid etc. Carp is vile

super_furry

Fecking love it. I could give up meat before fish.

Banned Account

I love seafood - on holidays I'll eat it everyday and will often go for it in restaurants at home too. I rarely cook it for myself though - I think it needs a delicate hand and to be honest I make an arse of it.

Banned Account

MonkeyTennis wrote: »

I Carp is vile

'tis worse for dyslexics.

kylith

pablodunlop wrote: »

Do you love fish sticks?

I love fish sticks in my mouth. I am, however, not a gay fish.

we'llallhavetea wrote: »

really?! it was in marks and spencers cafe... in a sandwich... not good.

It won't do you any harm, but for proper, proper prawns you'd need to get some Dublin Bay prawns from, say, Fallon and Byrne, or a proper fishmonger. The M&S sandwich prawns are probably pre-frozen greenland ones.

cooltown

I love all kinds of fish! Just ate it there for lunch!

My name is URL

phill106 wrote: »

I like it generally, but good lord, who decided oysters was to be considered food. Cold slimy snot!ugh!

I was at an oyster festival yesterday in Carlingford.. They're nice enough when eaten on occasion with a nice pint of the black stuff.. wouldn't be their biggest fan though

KnifeWRENCH

Nope, don't like seafood. At least not any that I've tried anyway. Anytime I've tried fish I didn't like it at all.

But I've never had shellfish, so I suppose I'd try that sometime if the opportunity came up.

iguana

RobbieTheRobber wrote: »

I have this argument regularly with people who say they hate fish and im like so you have tried all of them.

I just asked the internet and i got some figure saying 25000 varieties how can anyone hate all 25,000 different types of fishies.

Exactly, just like people who say they don't like fruit and vegetables, as if "fruit and vegetables" was just one thing.

In general fish is yum, especially oily fish like mackerel and shellfish like mussels. Or a nice bit of finely cut salmon sashimi. I'm not wild on squid, I find it too chewy and not especially flavoursome. I'm sure there is other seafood that I don't like but it's not springing to mind at the moment.

Luxie

RobbieTheRobber wrote: »

I have this argument regularly with people who say they hate fish and im like so you have tried all of them.

I just asked the internet and i got some figure saying 25000 varieties how can anyone hate all 25,000 different types of fishies.


Ps. Fish fingers is not a type of fish.

Well, yes. No different to meat there are all different flavours and textures.

We seem to eat very little fish considering we're an island.

dasdog

super_furry wrote: »

Fecking love it. I could give up meat before fish.

+1. The only red meat which would come close would be Sirloin/T-Bone or perhaps some quality Lamb.

Crab, Scallops, Lobster, Perriwinkles, Cockles, Prawns, Baby Octopus, Squid, Mackeral, Trout, Swordfish, Tuna (steak), Sole, Plaice etc. We export the best and eat fish/seafood in it's least appetising format ourselves (breadcrumbed) because I think there is a fear of consuming flesh that hasn't been packaged or looks like it was once alive.

biko

Reminds me that I have some lovely prawns in the fridge I must eat soon.
nom nom nom

Ruu_Old

I eat probably more seafood than I should but I don't really eat much red meat at all so, either fish or chicken. A lot of salmon and tilapia.

bobblepuzzle

I love smoked salmon Other then that don't eat fish that isn't breaded or battered

IvyTheTerrible

I love seafood, pretty much everything.

It's more the case that a lot of people don't know how to cook it properly, that's the seafood I don't like, badly cooked.

Loopy

I could happily survive on a diet of seafood!
Big durty fish pie is my speciality..