Flounder as an eating fish

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 6:32 pm

Nothing wrong with flounders, always tasted ok to me and i used to eat them when i caught them from budds wall winking

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 6:34 pm

I must admit not one of my favourit fish for eating, but good fun on what would otherwise be a blanking day.
Cheers
keith big grin

Member Joined: Oct 29, 2009 Posts: 93

have caught many flounders from the pier &/or beach at southend & have always taken the sizeable ones for the pot.

They have a great flavour if cooked in butter & lemon juice & are a tasty addition to fish pie or stew big grin

Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 7:55 am

stillsy wrote:

have caught many flounders from the pier &/or beach at southend & have always taken the sizeable ones for the pot.

They have a great flavour if cooked in butter & lemon juice & are a tasty addition to fish pie or stew big grin

My lad caught this flounder from southend last year(well he reeled it in), took it home filleted it fried seasoned in a hot pan, said it was the best fish he ever tasted.

Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 12:46 pm

geordiesandman wrote:

just stumbled o this string while looking for flounder info/recipes. i caught a a few decent size flounder last night (headed and gutted them on the pier as soon as i caught them) and thinking of marinating them in orage and garlic over night and bakig them.

2 questions.

1. one of them was a 'left eyed' rather like a 'Fluke' but i thought these were only atlantic fish... any ideas?
2. one of them was full of what appears to be roe. is this eadible from flounder? and is there any way i can distinguish a 'full' female from a male, as id rather not kill a spawning fish if i can help it.

graham

Any chance it was a turbot??and did it have sharp teeth?

Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 3:04 pm

Don't know about left eye right eye, but if the roe is orange it's female if it's beige / cream it's a fella ; - )
Don't mess about with them, seasoned flour & a hot pan, you can't go wrong.

Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 4:02 pm

MickMull wrote:

Don't know about left eye right eye, but if the roe is orange it's female if it's beige / cream it's a fella ; - )
Don't mess about with them, seasoned flour & a hot pan, you can't go wrong.

Brings back some good memories winking

Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:05 pm

Could hardly believe my eyes there's a flounder recipe in today's Mail.
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4 Medium Flounder
50g butter
2tsp capers
12 cherry toms chopped
12 olives chopped
finely grated zest of 1 lemon
6 sun dried tomatoes finely chopped
handful of fresh parsley
OR BASIL ROUGHLY CHOPPED
1 1/2 TBSP OLIVE OIL
SALT & FRESH BLACK PEPPER
Salad & new pots to serve

Make 3 slashes in the dark sides of the flounder & put onto an oiled baking tray.
Season well & dot with butter. Grill for 10 - 15 mins until the skin is beginning to brown & the flesh is opaque & just cooked through.
Meanwhile mix the other to make a salsa spoon over the fish & serve. happy

Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:23 pm

Sounds nice winking

Member Joined: Apr 11, 2009 Posts: 24 Location: Whitstable

Danny_Boy wrote:

Hi there. Does anyone eat flounder? All the recipes and reviews I have read say what an unpleasant taste the fish has. Compared to say lemon sole or turbot I imagine it will face pretty stiff competition - but is it really that bad?

Fish more for the sport than the pot, but nice to occasionally take something back for dinner!

All the best - Dan

Steam them with some sliced spring onion, garlic and lemon juice and they are fine, not as nice as other flatties but they are fine.

Regular Joined: Jul 26, 2009 Posts: 343 Location: Surrey

MickMull wrote:

Could hardly believe my eyes there's a flounder recipe in today's Mail.

The paper must have been bought up by Jamie Oliver. Read the Guardian dear boy.

Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 6:59 am

Sorry but flounder always taste of iron filings or battery acid, not a fish I would keep for the table, the only upside is that they do save you from a blank now and then
Cheers
keith big grin