How to cook a whole fish for the first time without terrifying yourself
At a Chinese restaurant, with a flourish the server placed a whole fish on a platter in the center of the table. A male acquaintance reached across the table, plucked out the eye and popped it into his mouth.
"Delicious!" he said, chewing. The rest of us at the table recoiled, horrified.
That did it for me. Fillet my fish, please.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.A year ago I was in Vienna Austria and I wandered into an Italian restaurant for dinner one night. I had intended to order a pasta dish but they talked me into having the fish that was on special. This is what they served me (it is sea bass).
ATDayHiker
Level 7
Mar 14, 2019
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You have a stronger stomach than me, that would have alerted my gag reflex for sure!! LOL
Redheadedgammy
Level 9
Mar 14, 2019
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"Oysters taste like gonads dipped in motor oil," Dave Barry said.
I nearly puked the first time I ate a slippery oyster. "Try it, you'll love it," my date said. Gagging, I somehow managed to swallow.
Weird seafood is a hazard of moving to Seattle from the Midwest. Oysters, huge Geoduck clams, octopus... yikes.
I was in an Arab restaurant once, with some friends. And, while waiting for our meal, I spied a bowl of what looked like grapes sitting in the middle of the table. Next to it was a container of toothpicks. Since no one else would try any, and putting two and two together, I grabbed a toothpick, and began eating the funny-looking grapes. A waiter came by a little later, and noticing the bowel was empty, asked if we wanted some more pickled sheep's eyeballs. My friends fell out of their seats laughing, and I started to get a queasy feeling in my stomach.
davknight
Level 8
Mar 14, 2019
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I miss the nausea choice....LOL
As a kid we were served salted cod heads, I would only pick out the cheeks Mmmmm, but everyone else would suck those skull bones dry, Ewee, I still visualise those slippery lips being sucked up like a spagetti noodle then spitting out some fish teeth that were still attached. The only remains were bones and eyes on the plate
CourreurDeBois
Level 7
Mar 14, 2019
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@ CourreurDeBois
Eww! Disgusting.
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