Advice on Cooking Fish

[ya falaha! 0]

I've never seen any oils that contain pork byproducts. Lard you mean? To be on the safe side only eat what your wife prepares for you for the time being. Don't eat any candy (other than chocolates) or gel products before your wife reads the labels. Like I said, she will know which foods contain pork gelatin and which do not. Maybe have her look into halal markets nearby or mail order.

i dont just talk about pork as meat as pork products enter in alot of foods and candies(Gelatine) and also oils so it is hard to know

and yes moody i will be in virginia but ther is no alot of muslim there!

[chaishai 1]

Akram's favorite food is fish. I personally do not like fish and therefore have never cooked it... or when I have it is terrible. (I tried to cook catfish ewwwwwwww) Can anyone who has their husband here now, tell me what fish they prefer here in the states. I know the fish in Egypt are different than the ones we can find here. Any help on what fish is comparable would be great. Also, ANY ADVICE on how to cook it....

where can you get WHOLE fish?? can you tell I have no clue here...

my husband and i eat mediterranean fish here.... bronzino (mediterranean sea bass), tilapia from the the mediterranean when we can find it. not that i dont think its not better to buy local fish, i do - its fresher - however bronzino is the most delicious fish in my opinion as is the tilapia from the med vs local.

local fish we like are red snapper, grouper, mullet.

we eat every fish whole except the grouper and mullet which we eat in steaks. we arent really big on filets but we do have filets sometimes. and we love chilean sea bass.

we get whole fish at our farmers markets which have fish counters. we never buy it at the supermarket they dont have the selection.

our favorite way to serve whole fish is to either fry it in olive oil, grill it or broil/bake it and then pour a sauce over it that we make with lemon juice, garlic, parsley and white wine (the white wine isnt really necessary). sometimes we add hot peppers. sometimes we also make an asian sauce, or a carribean style sauce but we always fry, grill or broil. when i was in the carribbean they made delicious whole fish by making three 1inch cuts on the sides and then taking foil and brushing it with melted butter, then they sprinkled salt, pepper, mccormick seasonall and badia season mix on it. then they made a pocket with the foil put the fish inside and put it on the grill it was fabulous. we bought the spices but we didnt try it yet. maybe this week!

[chaishai 1]

ok my wife dont eat fish too at all . i told her i wont eat meat there for awhile after i come till i make sure it has no pork so i wouldnot have any choice but fish and since she dont eat fish or cook it so she need to learn too

you could teach her by cooking it when you get here? (i didnt read all of the postings yet but i dont doubt someone has already posted this)

[Jenn! 918]

Oh I love branzino! We ate that all the time in Italy - I'd just wrap it in foil with some olive oil, lemon and spices and bake it. I have not seen it here...I probably need to go to a fish market as I always buy my fish at the grocery store and they don't carry it.

Where do you live, chaishai?

Edited April 16, 2008 by Jenn!

[chaishai 1]

My husband does not like Salmon. I haven't cooked it but we watched some show about fishermen the other night and he said he doesn't like the fish with the pink inside. I'm afraid to cook him fish since everytime his sisters cooked it he got deathly ill. I mostly just take a nice piece of scrod, put in a casserole dish, cover with Ritz cracker crumbs and butter and serve with lemon on the side. Maybe I'll cook that one day and see if he likes it.

I am unable to cook a whole fish because I'll think it's staring at me and it'll give me a guilt trip. Same thing with lobster.....I don't have the heart to put them in the boiling water.

if he gets sick maybe hes allergic?!

my husband and i dont like salmon either only if it is raw ie sashimi.

[chaishai 1]

I've never seen any oils that contain pork byproducts. Lard you mean? To be on the safe side only eat what your wife prepares for you for the time being. Don't eat any candy (other than chocolates) or gel products before your wife reads the labels. Like I said, she will know which foods contain pork gelatin and which do not. Maybe have her look into halal markets nearby or mail order.

i dont just talk about pork as meat as pork products enter in alot of foods and candies(Gelatine) and also oils so it is hard to know

and yes moody i will be in virginia but ther is no alot of muslim there!

if you buy oil (or any other product) that is kosher ie with an U with a circle around it it will not have pork in it for sure. most of the major brands of oil have this symbol. there are other symbols also but this is the most widely used.

Oh I love branzino! We ate that all the time in Italy - I'd just wrap it in foil with some olive oil, lemon and spices and bake it. I have not seen it here...I probably need to go to a fish market as I always buy my fish at the grocery store and they don't carry it.

i dont even want to say what we pay for it it is ridiculous. but it is so unbelievably delicious. it is the perfect fish in my opinion, especially to eat whole - i think it would actually be a waste to filet it.

[Jenn! 918]

Oh I love branzino! We ate that all the time in Italy - I'd just wrap it in foil with some olive oil, lemon and spices and bake it. I have not seen it here...I probably need to go to a fish market as I always buy my fish at the grocery store and they don't carry it.

i dont even want to say what we pay for it it is ridiculous. but it is so unbelievably delicious. it is the perfect fish in my opinion, especially to eat whole - i think it would actually be a waste to filet it.

I edited after you replied, but may I ask where you live that you're able to find it?

I also used to make whole orata - I looked up the translation and it's called seabream (never heard of it here). Also very good, but not quite as good as branzino.

I try to cook tilapia similarly, but it's just not the same.

[sarahaziz 0]

Tilapia, Smoked Salmon, Whole smoked Tuna Those are my favorite fish. You can look up middle eastern recipes, spices or other style recipes.

I think rubbing the spices on the fish and letting it marinate for 30 minutes makes it taste good then lemons/lemon juice on the side. Smoking it on a barbeque or just cooking on a skillet 5 mins each on each side or more depending how long it takes to fully cook the fish.

[chaishai 1]

Oh I love branzino! We ate that all the time in Italy - I'd just wrap it in foil with some olive oil, lemon and spices and bake it. I have not seen it here...I probably need to go to a fish market as I always buy my fish at the grocery store and they don't carry it.

i dont even want to say what we pay for it it is ridiculous. but it is so unbelievably delicious. it is the perfect fish in my opinion, especially to eat whole - i think it would actually be a waste to filet it.

I edited after you replied, but may I ask where you live that you're able to find it?

I also used to make whole orata - I looked up the translation and it's called seabream (never heard of it here). Also very good, but not quite as good as branzino.

I try to cook tilapia similarly, but it's just not the same.

i love sea bream and WISH i could find it here. I live near philly. I agree tilapia isnt the same esp. if its US tilapia - its just different!

I was thinking steak tonight but all of this fish talk is making me want fish!

[Badrs Love 0]

I love cooking fish. Badr eats most types of fish. We went to get fish last time I was with him and he knew what each of them were.

As for catfish, a little trick my grandmother taught me, soak it in buttermilk. I know it sounds wierd, but it works. It takes the moldy dirt taste away. I think they're bottom feeders so they taste like that. I usually take catfish filets with no skin and soak them in buttermilk for 30 minutes, then I take them out and cut them either into chunks or strips and then put them back into the buttermilk for another 3o minutes. Then I take out the pieces, coat them in a flour mixture and then fry them. They make great fish sticks. My 5 year old eats them. And the bite size chunks are great finger foods for parties.

[♥JP♥ 5]

I made fish last Saturday and it was really good. I picked up a package of Tilapia fillets from Costco and I marinated them in lemon juice, salt, pepper, arabic spice mix (bharat),and garlic. After a few hours, I coated them in flour which was seasoned with salt & pepper and deep fried them. They were really good.

I made a ton of side dishes too:

Hummos

Baba Ghanouj

Tabouli

Avocado salad (chunks of avocado mixed with lemon juice, olive oil, salt, pepper, garlic)

French Fries

Bagdonseyah (a sauce made from chopped parsley, tahini, lemon, serrano pepper)

We pigged out! I usually like Tilapia whole instead of fillets but right now I can't bear to eat anything on bones.

[sarahaziz 0]

I'm with you bridget I've never touched whole fish I only cook fillets, My dad will touch the eyes and all that mess! I mean seriously what do we have husbands for to do all that nasty stuff taking fish guts and eyes out.

Costco Vs Walmart which one is cheaper and holds quality? I've never been to costco.

[Gaby&Talbert 1]

I made fish last Saturday and it was really good. I picked up a package of Tilapia fillets from Costco and I marinated them in lemon juice, salt, pepper, arabic spice mix (bharat),and garlic. After a few hours, I coated them in flour which was seasoned with salt & pepper and deep fried them. They were really good.

I made a ton of side dishes too:

Hummos

Baba Ghanouj

Tabouli

Avocado salad (chunks of avocado mixed with lemon juice, olive oil, salt, pepper, garlic)

French Fries

Bagdonseyah (a sauce made from chopped parsley, tahini, lemon, serrano pepper)

We pigged out! I usually like Tilapia whole instead of fillets but right now I can't bear to eat anything on bones.

You should look into where they buy their tilapia. Other countries farm them in their waste water treatment ponds. (Human waste)

[Jenn! 918]

I'm not sure what to cook tonight....

I know! I think I'll make some tilapia. I saw some nice imported tilapia at the store!

[EgyptianLove 0]

I'm with you bridget I've never touched whole fish I only cook fillets, My dad will touch the eyes and all that mess! I mean seriously what do we have husbands for to do all that nasty stuff taking fish guts and eyes out.

Costco Vs Walmart which one is cheaper and holds quality? I've never been to costco.

costco has good quality for very reasonable prices.