Types of Fish

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  • Silentpadna
    Silentpadna Posts: 1,306 Member
    Tacklewasher wrote: »
    Silentpadna wrote: »
    Sturgeon rules.

    Just about any sushi is also right up there.

    Good with salmon, halibut, trout and catfish.

    Sturgeon is right up there with Bald Eagle or Snowy Owl....


    Yeah, not allowed to eat them where I can catch them.

    It's been pretty rare. Only had them at a couple of seafood restaurants in the Pacific Northwest, where I no longer live. But as good as there is.
  • katphi1618
    katphi1618 Posts: 120 Member
    I am not biased when it comes to seafood (except tilapia) although I do aim to eat a serving of salmon every week for the omega 3. The problem with tilapia is the male are much smaller than the female in nature but the female (obviously) are the only ones who make more tilapia so they feed horomones to the male to turn them into female so they’ll grow larger for the food market. My knowledge of tilapia was when I was researching raising them on my little farm for extra income. :-/ Take all information with a grain of salt so feel free to do your own research.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    katphi1618 wrote: »
    I am not biased when it comes to seafood (except tilapia) although I do aim to eat a serving of salmon every week for the omega 3. The problem with tilapia is the male are much smaller than the female in nature but the female (obviously) are the only ones who make more tilapia so they feed horomones to the male to turn them into female so they’ll grow larger for the food market. My knowledge of tilapia was when I was researching raising them on my little farm for extra income. :-/ Take all information with a grain of salt so feel free to do your own research.

    My initial research indicates that the opposite is true -- the male is preferred by producers because it grows larger. Do you have some sources you can share on this and how exactly male fish are transformed into female fish?
  • pamfin
    pamfin Posts: 169 Member
    Mackerel and Monk Fish are my favourite but don't mind Cod, Haddock or Plaice too.
  • davidylin04
    davidylin04 Posts: 26 Member
    In a dietary context, there is a difference between a fatty or oily fish and the rest. If you are eating fish for the omega 3 fatty acids, ALA, EPA, DHA, etc., you generally want to look at salmon, tuna, sardines, herring, mackerel, and trout. These are best prepared simply via steaming, broiling, or even grilling.

    Two or three normal sized servings a week is generally recognized and safe and recommended by dieticians - any more and you will want to consult a dietician as there are concerns around eating 'too much' fish.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Love fish, but the cost is a huge turn off! And it really doesn't fill me up at all.

    When I splurge, it's usually on sushi... some of my favorite fish (Dover sole, 'skate) are hard to find here and very expensive when they are.

    Don't really care for flounder and tilapia or the US 'sole', but I like salmon, halibut, cod, catfish (not sure how 'healthy' that one is for you). I don't like tuna at all unless it's raw.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Oh, skate is amazing. There's one store here that usually has it. Skate in brown butter sauce.

    Sole is great too, but definitely harder to find IME and expensive.
  • CowboySar
    CowboySar Posts: 404 Member
    I eat salmon, tuna, cod, halibut, trout, shellfish, anything I can find.
  • ktekc
    ktekc Posts: 879 Member
    I just made a chowder last weekend that had haddock, cod, scallops, clams, and shrimp...yummy.
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
    ktekc wrote: »
    I just made a chowder last weekend that had haddock, cod, scallops, clams, and shrimp...yummy.

    Can I have some?
  • UncaToddly
    UncaToddly Posts: 146 Member
    AnvilHead wrote: »
    Tiny_Dancer_in_Pink wrote: »
    I don’t know if Tilapia is bad for you but it tastes like dirt to me, so yea, bad!

    ^QFT. Tilapia wins the "most disgusting fish" award IMO. Yuck.

    The first couple times I tried it I would have said the same. It wasn't a flavor issue, it was a texture issue as it was just really mushy. I love crappie though too and have had crappie that was that way, especially catching them on their beds.

    We by the pre-packaged Tilapia filets from Costco and I like them. We typically do them up by pan frying them in a little olive oil or broiling them lemon-pepper style and they are fine.

    As for being bad for you, there CAN be inflammation issue if you were to eat a ton of it due to the amount of Omega-6 in it it but as part of a well rounded diet you should be fine. Knowing where your fish came from can make a difference too since it is farmed. Most of it is from China for obvious reasons (LOTS of space to farm) but it is farmed in well over 100 countries around the world.

    For us, we don't do a lot of fish, even though we like most of them. I don't do raw so sashimi is out for me. For us it is typically salmon (farmed or wild caught) or tilapia but we do periodically get Atlantic Cod, pollock and on occasion we will pick up some halibut if we go to the fish market. Shrimp and scallops too.

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