Cooking fresh fish

[phill_itofish]

Every time i cook my catch it curls up in the pan! any idea how to stop this! have tried scoring the skin!!

 

[KeithB]

I skin, batter & deep fry mine! yum yum!

 

[phill_itofish]

I skin, batter & deep fry mine! yum yum!

lol thats what i though ! look like i better buy a fryer

 

[KeithB]

Aye I was made to buy a one just for fish, she was sick of changing the oil after I'd used it.

 

[Lowrider]

Every time i cook my catch it curls up in the pan! any idea how to stop this! have tried scoring the skin!!

Press it down???
Or don't have the pan so hot.

 

[The Great Wallsendo]

Press it down???
Or don't have the pan so hot.

aye - medium heat...otherwise it'll scorch and curl up

 

[phill_itofish]

tried both of them lads!! it only happens when i cook fish i've caught, stuff i've got from asda is never a problem!! think i'll just get a fryer lol

 

[The Great Wallsendo]

perhaps that's the difference between fresh fish and shop bought....

 

[greggthe1]

I would'nt know mate.......can't catch any fresh fish I do have a mate who kindly gives me some and i batter cod and bass or trout and such i score, rub with herby stuff and cook in foil in hot oven for 10-12 mins

 

[The Great Wallsendo]

I'm reliably informed that Rockling makes good eating

 

[5150]

If you watch Rick Stein he usually comments on how fresh the fish is when he cooks it and it curls up...

 

[RossW]

Curly fish

Curly fish

It's a good sign if it curls up. It means the fish hasn't been through rigor-mortice and the muscles haven't relaxed ready for decomposition. Yum-yum.

 

[Vamp]

I'm reliably informed that Rockling makes good eating

And why would any one even think of eating a slimy rockling wieghing in at 4oz's

 

[The Great Wallsendo]

And why would any one even think of eating a slimy rockling wieghing in at 4oz's

caught one well over 1lb the other month

 

[Vamp]

still wouldnt eat it,why not eat a wrasse instead atleast something on it

 

[phill_itofish]

It's a good sign if it curls up. It means the fish hasn't been through rigor-mortice and the muscles haven't relaxed ready for decomposition. Yum-yum.

so its not that i cant cook lol

 

[Vamp]

most of the fish i catch,i bake in foil with a nob of butter or grill,cod stuff like that

 

[Topfly]

Some fish like haddock and mackeral, are best over the gunwhale and into the pan,but cod imho taste better after rig has set in , taken out of the fridge after a day or two,brought to kitchen temp before frying/cooking. Decent size cod taste better if they have been frozen for a few weeks. everybody has their own ways i suppose. Wallsendo youv'e been watching too mutch ray mears lol. poor little rocklings

 

[The Great Wallsendo]

Some fish like haddock and mackeral, are best over the gunwhale and into the pan,but cod imho taste better after rig has set in , taken out of the fridge after a day or two,brought to kitchen temp before frying/cooking. Decent size cod taste better if they have been frozen for a few weeks. everybody has their own ways i suppose. Wallsendo youv'e been watching too mutch ray mears lol. poor little rocklings

I'll try it out and make a post next one I catch

 

[KeithB]

Follow me Tony, we'll have enough to feed the whole forum.