Re: Food Thread : Mon Jul 29, 2013 10:11 pm  

WIZEB wrote:

Had mackerel this morning for brekkie with some bread and Lurpak spreadable.
Was feeling a bit ropey after yesterdays celebrations but I got it down.
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Mackerel?

From where?

They're hardly jumping out of the sea on the Holderness coast

Re: Food Thread : Tue Jul 30, 2013 5:53 am  

cod'ead wrote:

Mackerel?

From where?

They're hardly jumping out of the sea on the Holderness coast

You were a banker on being aghast.

Visited Roach's on Witty Street.
Got mackerel, smoked haddock, crab cakes, smoked haddock mozzarella and spring onion fishcakes, mussels, king prawns and calamari.

To be fair it's all frozen cr@p but I'll enjoy anyway.
Wouldn't mind trying a bit of your fresh mackerel, stuffed with garlic, red chilli, spring onion with a splash of olive oil, baked in oven at a pre-heated 180 for 15 mins.

Re: Food Thread : Tue Jul 30, 2013 6:25 am  

WIZEB wrote:

You were a banker on being aghast.

Visited Roach's on Witty Street.
Got mackerel, smoked haddock, crab cakes, smoked haddock mozzarella and spring onion fishcakes, mussels, king prawns and calamari.

To be fair it's all frozen cr@p but I'll enjoy anyway.
Wouldn't mind trying a bit of your fresh mackerel, stuffed with garlic, red chilli, spring onion with a splash of olive oil, baked in oven at a pre-heated 180 for 15 mins.

Mackerel in its raw (as opposed to smoked) state does not freeze well at all. I don't particularly like the stuff, I find the flavour too strong except when eaten raw as sashimi or cured in salt, sugar and dill as Gravad Max (see what I did there?). Mackerel starts to deteriorate as soon as it's pulled from the sea. I wouldn't even use it for bait if it's more than 24 hours old and I put it straight onto ice as soon as it comes over the gunwhale.

If you are going to buy frozen macherel, buy fillets, preferrably butterflied fillets. Cook from frozen in a lightly oiled, heavy base frying pan. That's the only way to stop them turning to absolute mush.

Roach's are good but if you want frozen shellfish, try Chong Wah Chinese supermarket on Union Street

Re: Food Thread : Tue Jul 30, 2013 6:32 am  

cod'ead wrote:

Mackerel in its raw (as opposed to smoked) state does not freeze well at all. I don't particularly like the stuff, I find the flavour too strong except when eaten raw as sashimi or cured in salt, sugar and dill as Gravad Max (see what I did there?). Mackerel starts to deteriorate as soon as it's pulled from the sea. I wouldn't even use it for bait if it's more than 24 hours old and I put it straight onto ice as soon as it comes over the gunwhale.

If you are going to buy frozen macherel, buy fillets, preferrably butterflied fillets. Cook from frozen in a lightly oiled, heavy base frying pan. That's the only way to stop them turning to absolute mush

Bit of a fanny so don't know if I could do it raw.
They were fillets I purchased and yep very strong salty flavour.
Just do them in oven for convenience but make sure back kitchen door is ajar.

Re: Food Thread : Tue Jul 30, 2013 7:09 am  

I needed to top up on some spices for my lime pickle so called in at my local Morrison's and was delighted to see they now list their own spices alphabetically. I couldn't resist going into "Countdown mode"



I've heard Tesco have a far greater range of alphabet spices, so I may pop into the next one I find

Re: Food Thread : Tue Jul 30, 2013 7:01 pm  

WIZEB wrote:

Bit of a fanny so don't know if I could do it raw.
They were fillets I purchased and yep very strong salty flavour.
Just do them in oven for convenience but make sure back kitchen door is ajar.

I like the mackerel raw as Coddy says in a sashimi - goes well with tuna & salmon on a rice bed in a chirashi for example

like you two, I come from an east coast fishing port and poo pooed the idea of eating raw fish until I tried it in a chinky buffet restaurant by chance a few years back and have been hooked on it ever since

good for the brain cells apparently WZ !

Re: Food Thread : Tue Jul 30, 2013 7:23 pm  

sanjunien wrote:

good for the brain cells apparently WZ !

I've got none left to be good for.

Re: Food Thread : Tue Jul 30, 2013 7:26 pm  

WIZEB wrote:

I've got none left to be good for.

yep.....................all that booze, typical jock !

Re: Food Thread : Tue Jul 30, 2013 8:39 pm  

sanjunien wrote:

yep.....................all that booze, typical jock !

Jock?

Elvis Presley spent more time in Scotland than WIZEB ever did

Re: Food Thread : Tue Jul 30, 2013 9:56 pm  

cod'ead wrote:

Jock?

Elvis Presley spent more time in Scotland than WIZEB ever did

True but I did spend the first 6 months of my life there before I was kidnapped and delivered to East Yorkshire.
Scotlands loss was Englands gain.