Fish Enigma

ShiddyArze

What is it about eating fish, or is it just the company I keep, but I feel like its a discusting habit or something, I would be embarrassed to eat a mackerel sandwich at work, the boys would be slagging me for the day, it was the same at school. I love fish, and would eat probably 4 or 5 different fish a week. I feel like this has to be some kind of filthy habit rather than a healthy diet?

The Sidewards Man

Yet you ride them op.

I like fish, I love mackerel...but sandwich?

Rayne Wooney

It's usually the smell, I had the displeasure once of sitting in a canteen one morning where a woman was microwaving her aquatic lunch despite it filling the room with an unbearable odour, turned me off fish for months

B.A._Baracus

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

It's usually the smell, I had the displeasure once of sitting in a canteen one morning where a woman was microwaving her aquatic lunch despite it filling the room with an unbearable odour, turned me off fish for months

Geez. you read my mind mate. I was just going to post the same about someone microwaving fish in the small kitchen in work last year. They would stink the whole place out.

But op, eat what you wanna eat. Anyone who slags you for eating a fish sandwich is an ejjit.

Stigura

Fish are disgusting things, OP. They drink the same water they do Everything else in. They drop their guts and their loads in it. Then they imbibe it.

Is it any wonder they stink?

And you put those dirty fcukers in ye sarnies?

That's just wrong.

B.A._Baracus

Stigura wrote: »

Fish are disgusting things, OP. They drink the same water they do Everything else in. They drop their guts and their loads in it. Then they imbibe it.

Is it any wonder they stink?

And you put those dirty fcukers in ye sarnies?

That's just wrong.

Lies :pac:
What if I offered you a toasted fish finger sandwich now huh? HUH!? ... you'd bite my fingers off (pun intended lol)

Stigura

See you, B.A ..... Ye ever tried walking into a chippers in a place like Hull and asking for a dose of cod 'n chips? They'll look at ye like ye Special. Ask why ye'd want to put cod in ye mouth. Because cod are bottom feeders. They eat all the other fishes turds. Urgh!

They recommend haddock. I'm not falling for that one though. Same sea. Haddock in front of the one in my sandwich has to 'go' sometime ..... Fcuk That!

gctest50

Be grand, just get the passengers out of it :

KungPao

Well ive just become a pescetarian out of guilt more than anything so fish is now my only meaty pleasure (wahey).

Fish is amazing, and shrimps/prawns. It is weird how little fish we eat in this country, and peoples reaction to someone eating it.

Esel

This thread smells.

FanadMan

Freshly grilled, fried or smoked mackerel is so beautiful in a sandwich. Add some lettuce, some cucumber shavings and fresh cracked pepper and its heaven between slices of bread.

However, reheating fish in a microwave in a small kitchen is a hangable offence! No matter what you do, the smell lasts for days.

Alf Stewart.

Stigura wrote: »

Fish are disgusting things, OP. They drink the same water they do Everything else in. They drop their guts and their loads in it. Then they imbibe it.

Is it any wonder they stink?

And you put those dirty fcukers in ye sarnies?

That's just wrong.

I like steak, and never seen a portaloo in the cows fields yet.

Them bastards just lift those tails, then projectile arse-spray dung and pee over the very same sods of grass they munch on a few mins later.

Steak ftw.

Shint0

KungPao wrote: »

Well ive just become a pescetarian out of guilt more than anything so fish is now my only meaty pleasure (wahey).

You can still experience some meaty textures by going completely vegetarian and going the whole way. Just saying like

Pinch Flat

I can never get it that as an island most people hate fish - go to Spain, Portugal, France and its a huge part of their diet. Just had this conversation with a work colleague and he was visibly gagging when I was telling him about the amazing fish paella I had in Spain on my holidays last week.

Worked with a Spanish girl who couldn't understand why you can get very little fish in Ireland in supermarkets etc.

Just can back from Spain on holliers and love the supermarket fish counters - lobsters, crab, shrimp, langoustines, periwinkles, clams and about a dozen types of fish - lovely.

I can only put it down to the fact that we have some of the best beef and lamb in the world - grass fed gives it amazing flavour.

Shint0

Pinch Flat wrote: »

I can only put it down to the fact that we have some of the best beef and lamb in the world - grass fed gives it amazing flavour.

...or because of some associated enduring latent guilt complex. Fish was usually only consumed here once per week on Fridays.

Pinch Flat

Shint0 wrote: »

...or because of some associated enduring latent guilt complex. Fish was usually only consumed here once per week on Fridays.

But surely the same in other predominantly catholic countries, Spain and Portugal in particular?

Interesting read here from t'interweb

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2012/04/05/150061991/lust-lies-and-empire-the-fishy-tale-behind-eating-fish-on-friday

seamus

Fish is just gross, it smells awful, it tastes awful and has a horrible texture that's somehow slimy and crumbly at the same time.

That's the only explanation.

previous user

Do you like fish sticks?

ShiddyArze

Just as I suspected, loads of fish hate on here too. I wonder how many of the haters have actually tasted fish, or different types of fish? I'd say they just got put off by the smell.

suicide_circus

I love fish I have to say.

The fact that most Irish people only eat it when covered in batter is a national embarrassment. And it took Italian immigrants to sell it to us with chips. For an island nation with some of the largest territorial waters in Europe, our disconnect from the sea is baffling and sad.

Collie D

This thread and the weather has inspired to head out to Howth for the day and stuff myself silly

kylith

Love fish. Love it, love it, love it.

I've occasionally brought it for lunch in work, but only in a form that can be eaten cold because much as I love it, the smell does tend to linger.

Johnnyhpipe

Louie: Hey I thought you said Troy McClure was dead.

Fat Tony: No, what I said is that he sleeps with the fishes! You see...

Louie: Uh, Tony, please, no. I just ate a whole plate of dingamagoo.

Shint0

Pinch Flat wrote: »

But surely the same in other predominantly catholic countries, Spain and Portugal in particular?

Interesting read here from t'interweb

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2012/04/05/150061991/lust-lies-and-empire-the-fishy-tale-behind-eating-fish-on-friday

Perhaps it takes us longer than others to shake off a legacy. I believe we, Irish, are still very unadventurous when it comes to food. There's still a lot of the meat and two veg mentality. Not saying there's anything wrong with that. People here possibly don't know how to prepare fish in an interesting way to make it more appealing. As someone else here referred to our coasts being full of varieties of different fish ironically which gets bought up by Spain and Portugal as we have certain varieties that they don't.

dasdog

A lot of the population eat with distrust and fear. I don't know if its conditioning by the packet culture or where it comes from. Irish food is mostly bland, hearty and uncomplicated.

Pinch Flat wrote: »

Just can back from Spain on holliers and love the supermarket fish counters - lobsters, crab, shrimp, langoustines, periwinkles, clams and about a dozen types of fish - lovely.

Octopus, razor fish, barnacles. I stare at Spanish/Portuguese supermarket fish counters in awe and jealously.

ShiddyArze

Deleted User wrote:

I like fish, I love mackerel...but sandwich?

And yes, Toasted brown bread mackerel sandwich is delicious, try it. Small bit of mustard.

stoplooklisten

Just got a whole smoked mackeral from the market. yummy!

Pinch Flat

stoplooklisten wrote: »

Just got a whole smoked mackeral from the market. yummy!

Just after having some mussels for lunch. Yum....

KungPao

Tuna and grated cheese sambo for lunch, together with some leftover garlic bread. A tasty combo.

dr.fuzzenstein

Been canoeing and tried to catch some fish. Didn't catch any. Now eating sausages. Does that count?

Badly Drunk Boy

There are loads of foods that I won't eat but fish isn't one of them. (Except my irrational animosity towards salmon.) However, when I went to Barcelona years ago, I opted for a some fish dish at one stage. My ex had a great laugh at my attempts to eat it, having to take 10 bones out of every bite. I think that's another reason big people don't eat fish. It's the bones...

When I first saw the title of this thread I thought that it read "Fish Enema" and thought WTF!

Bloody dyslexia!:o

dr.fuzzenstein

previous user wrote: »

Do you like fish sticks?

That one went screaming over everyone's heads...

Esel

Elgar

Your Face

This thread is eely weird.

Shint0

Ya it's a load of carp but it cod be worse

Your Face

http://www.fishpuns.com/

Esel

Variations

There's a new book out, published by Fishtales a sister company of Penguin, called "Harry the horny halibut and his technicolour codpiece!".
It's a great catch and you'll soon be hooked!

Esel

[Deleted User] wrote: »

There's a new book out, published by Fishtales a sister company of Penguin, called "Harry the horny halibut and his technicolour codpiece!".
It's a great catch and you'll soon be hooked!

I will bate you until you're bait. Then I'll give you (to the) crabs.

Shint0

^^^

Hee-haw

dr.fuzzenstein

Why does Sean Connery not like lobsters?
"Becaushe they're shelfish!"

Pinch Flat

Thread is starting to flounder, tbh

ShiddyArze

You must be Codding me, this is a great plaice to share fishy puns.. Get down of that perch.

Shint0

ShiddyArze wrote: »

You must be Codding me, this is a great plaice to share fishy puns.. Get down of that perch.

Badum-tish!
Fish.
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dr.fuzzenstein

What do you call a fish with no eyes? A fsh. (darnit, only works phonetically)

Shint0

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

What do you call a fish with no eyes? A fsh. (darnit, only works phonetically)

Well eye laughed so it didn't tank

Cienciano

suicide_circus wrote: »

I love fish I have to say.

The fact that most Irish people only eat it when covered in batter is a national embarrassment. And it took Italian immigrants to sell it to us with chips. For an island nation with some of the largest territorial waters in Europe, our disconnect from the sea is baffling and sad.

You think fish not being popular is embarrassing? Strange

The Pheasant2

I wouldn't be picky in the slightest when it comes to eating - I'll eat whatever's put in front of me.

The sole (heh) exception to this rule is with fish. Can't stand the stuff. I'll quite literally vomit if I have to eat fish - and it's not from a lack of trying it or whatever...I have fish occasionally just to make sure I don't really hate it but I've yet to encounter any I enjoy.

Fun fact: the characteristic "fishy" smell comes from trimethylamine in the flesh. Precisiely the same compound that you'll encounter in cases of bacterial vaginosis...yum

Shint0

The Pheasant2 wrote: »

I wouldn't be picky in the slightest when it comes to eating - I'll eat whatever's put in front of me.

The sole (heh) exception to this rule is with fish. Can't stand the stuff. I'll quite literally vomit if I have to eat fish - and it's not from a lack of trying it or whatever...I have fish occasionally just to make sure I don't really hate it but I've yet to encounter any I enjoy.

Fun fact: the characteristic "fishy" smell comes from trimethylamine in the flesh. Precisiely the same compound that you'll encounter in cases of bacterial vaginosis...yum

TMI but interesting fact nonetheless. Tonight I fall asleep a little wiser. Thanks