Ling - good eating?

[The Great Wallsendo]

We all know what Cod tastes like...

Ling as a relative species is "just a geet lang Cod"...does it taste the same?

 

[SIXFOOTSTEVE]

A stronger taste mate ,caught a few but I always give it away so to be honest I've not even tried it ,Kieth loves it and Mr.Charlton also ,although his must be of the donated variety

 

[KeithB]

`Deep fried in batter!!! better than manky tastless cod, but not as nice as flatties shallow fried in flour - yum yum!

 

[Norman]

Is the flattie diet due to lack of cod keith?

 

[KeithB]

We get one or two cod, it does as a last resort when there's nowt else to eat

 

[Charlton]

ling has a far superior taste to cod, much sweeter and a much meatier texture, many anglers donate their ling to me as sixfoot has pointed out simply because they find it hard to fillett. Any donations greatly accepted.

 

[jason]

ling great for thai curries etc - they also make great pasties. MMMMMMMMM

 

[Oblickta]

brush the skinned fillets with a drop of olive oil, sprinkle with a pinch of black pepper and lemon juice and bake for 20 mins, yum yum

 

[Jaq]

You have to catch one first though Graham lol

 

[Oblickta]

You have to catch one first though Graham lol

Grrrrrrr

 

[sless]

catch,fillet and skin
done it loads of times

not that bad neither am i keith
hahaha

 

[KeithB]

Not bad at all, I had a go at filleting a dab yesterday, took your advice and just choped the heads off the other two .