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Old 03 April 2013, 10:04 AM
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Originally Posted by RA Dunk
why the **** are we even importing fish when we have our own locally caught stuff on our door step
Probably cheaper
Old 03 April 2013, 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by urban
Probably cheaper
We're still paying over the odds at the counters though, at the prices were being charged it should be local fresh caught fish we're getting.
Old 03 April 2013, 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted by RA Dunk
We're still paying over the odds at the counters though, at the prices were being charged it should be local fresh caught fish we're getting.
I agree on both
Old 03 April 2013, 10:48 AM
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Well I don't like Pollock at all. Just tastes shyte. Cats only

I've been surprised it has featured on some of the TV "Master Chef" and similar shows.

Haddock for me

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Old 03 April 2013, 11:07 AM
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Originally Posted by riiidaa
Pollocks?



Try this from Tesco.


Old 04 April 2013, 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by David Lock
Well I don't like Pollock at all. Just tastes shyte. Cats only

I've been surprised it has featured on some of the TV "Master Chef" and similar shows.

Haddock for me

dl
Well I have never yet eaten Shyte but we had some really nice Pollock last night. It was caught just off Brixham which probably makes a difference.

I have tried just about every possible local fish and that is a very large variety too. Have not found one yet that I don't like.

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Old 04 April 2013, 04:31 PM
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Go to your local supermarket and check the fish counter. I regularly buy whole (good sized) bass for £2 each. Or bream for £4. Salmon is nearly always on offer too and cut to order. Mackerel is always super cheap too; plenty of good stuff available and its all very easy to prepare and cook. Most fish is good enough to need very little ponsing about with. However a decent Chablis or Sancerre always helps it go down nicely.
Old 04 April 2013, 05:01 PM
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Hang on, you live in Cornwall,on the coast and you buy your fish from a bloody supermarket.
Old 04 April 2013, 05:55 PM
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Just laziness really.
We've got one or two local places, actually owned by same families own the the trawlers

Been in few times, but its another journey

Also iv seen them hoovering up the catch (everything ) as close in as you like ,almost off the end breakwater here, which is somehow a bit unsporting

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I went with the huss last time at the chippy, prefer to the rather predictable cod

Cheaper too
Old 04 April 2013, 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Chip
Hang on, you live in Cornwall,on the coast and you buy your fish from a bloody supermarket.
The stuff I mostly buy (not the salmon!) is caught locally (or I won't buy it). It's harder to buy from a fishmongers than you'd think but when I get the chance, I do buy from them; still usually landed in Plymouth though although sometimes Newlyn but local stocks have been very low recently.

I used to do veg stuff too - you'd think it's easy to buy from a farm? Nope, almost all of it goes up to Evesham's packhouses then comes back down again to the supermarkets and wholesalers! So our veg is from a veg box scheme from local farms.

We do try as hard as we practically can but it doesn't always work.
Old 05 April 2013, 07:41 AM
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The best fish that I ever tasted was line-caught Chinook Salmon in Victoria BC back in the 1970's.
I find Morrisons supermarket fresh fish to be of good quality and recommend their Haddock.
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Our fishmonger buys his fish on the early market when the boats unload and sells it on the same day. Can't beat it as you might expect.

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