raw fish anyone?

Carolyn · raw fish anyone?

I went to a seafood center and bought some sashimi tuna, raw oysters, shrimp and scallops. the tuna was rather bland. the scallops were great
tasting and I really liked the shrimp also. the scallops and the shrimp
tasted like the cooked versions which I have not had in a long, long
time. the raw oysters were good too. I've never had them before. do you eat any raw seafood? if so, what? any favorites? I've also tried raw wild salmon and it was okay.

lynnp

I love sashimi. I always make a dipping sauce/marinade of soy sauce, wasabi, sesami oil and rice vinegar...yummy!!

MissSherry

Mmm I love tuna sashimi. For dinner just last night I did this:

Slice raw tuna thin and in a bowl. Mix wasabi, soy, sesame oil, olive oil (to thin) and pour over the tuna. Let set for about 30 minues and dive in...

ReddyMcMeaty

I used to get raw salmon all the time when I lived in NY because the fish counter called it sushi grade.. I dont' here only because I haven't found a fish place yet.

Generally I'd roll it up the nori with avocado and ginger and stuff, sometimes just slice it up though. I like it a lot with the soya sauce and ginger, also with melted butter, thyme, rosemary, olive oil, salt and pepper.

Heather

I haven't tried it, but I will look for sushi grade. I live a long ways from any ocean so fish may not be exactly fresh and not very much selection.

What about thawed, frozen fish? Is that any good?

Jaybird

I haven't forayed into raw fish yet but have been wanting to for a while now. It just sounds appealing to me, especially stuff like oysters and shrimp. There is a fish market close by, I should check it out.

Carolyn

Has anyone ever had escolar? I've heard that it is a very fatty fish, and it's like eating butter. sounds yummy.

Jaybird

Never had escolar no. Like butter? Yum. My birthday is 2 weeks away and looks like we are going to a good sushi place to celebrate. Hurrah! I'll see if they have escolar.

Dave

I eat rae stuff at Japanese restaurants.

Personally I am cautious eating this raw stuff. I don't want to put my health in the hands of restaurants and fish sellers.

I have been poisoned by bad meat a few time sin my life at restauarants.

The last one put me in such excruciating agony, and a week off work! Confused

Jaybird

Oh, sorry to hear about the food poisioning. A whole week! Wow. I've had one case of food poisoning and luckily it was only 24 hours, with the worse part being over in the first few hours. The sushi place I'm going to is supposed to be top notch, so I hope that counts for something Smile

Didi · Raw Fish

My DH is Cook Island and in his family they eat a lot of raw fish. His mum taught me the recipe and you could modify it to fit into meat and eggs.

The original recipe uses tomatoes, spring onions and iceberg lettuce, but these could easily be omitted.

I use mackerel, but you could also use red snapper, tuna, etc. Cut the fish up into chunks, juice lemons and pour the juice over the fish (you could also use vinegar). Leave for 4 hours (I leave overnight). Get a tin of coconut cream (or coconut milk) and pour all over. This is also where you add in finely chopped tomatoes and spring onions and shredded lettuce. You can also add chilli if you like.

Happy

Dean

Didi,

Thanks for this info!

I hope you will post lots of raw fish recipes in the Raw Food forum in the Recipe section. Smile

Willeke

I didn't see this subject before, but have to react, We eat raw herring, it's wonderful. It's Dutch delicatesse. In summer it's called "green" herring, for then it hasd hardly any salt. Later in the year the herring is cleaned and salted at sea, and eaten raw - mostly with finely cut onions, but I don't take those now.

The proces is centuries old, they take out the intestines etcetera and leave only the meat on two side with a little piece of the backbone, which is still connected to the tail;.
The traditional way of eating is, you hold the tail, dip the fish in the onions and bite off a piece, and so on! You see that on all open air markets, it's one of the things I missed most when I lived abroad, and now I try to have it at least once a week, yummy!

Willeke

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brklx

I buy fresh sushi grade tuna at my fish store. They always have small pieces that they trimmed off and sell them for a third of the usual price. It is just as good, only doesn't have the pretty regular look people expect. I always call them first and ask if they have any tuna pieces,they aren't always available.

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