Which fish should you NOT eat??

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 10:04 pm

hi there,

Are there any fish that you should really not eat?

Where are garfish in this league of things?

Cheers,

Rob. big grin

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 10:16 pm

wouldnt try eating sea scorpions or weavers

Dave big grin

Member Joined: Feb 04, 2009 Posts: 96

I wouldn't even touch a weaver not alone eat one lol

I wouldn't bother eating rockling and/or small pouts

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 10:27 pm

Garfish are lovely,but theyre green.

gut em,head and tail em,and barbee em

be adventurous

big grin

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 10:30 pm

if the photos owt to go by mike i think i will stay off them rolling on the floor

Dave

Joined: Feb 23, 2009 Posts: 1

The French seem to like Weavers ,cause they,re always on the fish stall.Pretty fish close up but a bit of a pain if trodden on(so says the wife who met one at Winchelsea last year)40 minutes of agony.No stamina these women!!! Anyone got a recipe?.

Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 4:06 pm

PMSL@JACKO

Ichanged into this when i ate a weaver!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

devil

Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 8:07 pm

Hi Guys

Had a good chuckle at some of your replies so thanks for that, and the answers.

Rob.

Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:15 pm

recipe for weavers.

It may sound a bit wierd but you will require:

1 x medium weaver.
1 x carrot
1 x stick of celery
1/2 an onion
2 cloves
2 cloves of garlic
salt & pepper to taste
1 pint of water or fish stock for better favour
1/2 a brick

Cut head off fish and discard - trim off all spines and fins - roughly chop all veg - add all ingredients to water/stock and bring to the boil - simmer gently for aprox 2 hours or until all ingredients have broken up and it resembles thick soup - strain through a collinder and EAT BRICK.

Enjoy

Mark

Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 10:48 pm

Ask the french.....they eat any thing............in my opinion you can eat any thing....if your prepared to spend ages fighting the small bones on smaller fish................one fish i would not prefer is mullet ........sewage pipes spring to mind..........i know some people will disagree...............

Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 10:50 pm

The japenese blow fish is an interesting fish..........would like to try this....

Member Joined: Mar 16, 2009 Posts: 40 Location: Pontypool

Conger?

Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 7:26 am

any fish thats been dead more than a fortnight.

Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 11:56 am

OK bit of sense from my own experience, don't bother with these:
1. Female smoothounds - taste yuck because they accumulate uric acid in their flesh. Actually so do big males but up to about 6 pounds they are not too bad.
2. Flounders - taste muddy especially those caught in harbours. Some folk eat them but why bother when there is plenty of good stuff.
3. Wrasse - Not that wonderful and full of bones.
4. Pollack - Actually the small ones are just about acceptable but once they get over about 3 lbs, they are virtually tastless so I don't bother.
5. Pouting - Occasionally you may get one which is not too bad but mostly they are rubbish.
6. All small fish - it is not playing the game or unsporting if you will and you will not get much meat off them. Chuck them back to grow to a decent size.

Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:20 am

Tadpole fish look nice n tasty,search forums for a pic lol, pouting i keep for fish pies,flounders fillet and soak in a water and white vinegar overnight gets rid of the muddyness,and remember the seas are terribly polluted so all fish have been feeding on a few nasties! Andy1i