Unfair to class these fishy products as disgusting - that depends on personal taste I guess.
Scampi is on of the greatest items which is generally a cheat, unless very expensive, being an amalgam of varying type of fish, with a small piece of langoustine. They were originally known as Dublin Bay prawns which are larger than the usual ones once found in fish markets. Cat fish an dog fish, at one time thrown back overboard, was of landed usually fed to cats and animals. It is often used as a cod or haddock substitute nowadays. Like wise Monk, mostly head, little eatable flesh and thrown away or fed to animals. It became a 'Yuppie' fish and is now expensive. Why are many people less discerning and fall for all manner of sales baloney?
hi. to day i bought some cross buns from asda. they was like a lump of un cooked dough, do you have to put them in the oven?
are they partly cooked, or just horrible?
Yes Baz tinned and fresh
yes horribleEwhhh have you tried them yet?
Wendy
loverly fresh row. ihave not seen any here, will look,when i go to town nextYes Baz tinned and fresh
yes horrible
Surprised that you got them through customs having watched Nothing to Declare.Oooooh love roe, fresh or tinned , cant get it here in Oz but have brought a couple of tins home when we have been back to Brum , Wendy
Surprised that you got them through customs having watched Nothing to Declare.
G'day sport (just to prove I can speak Aussie).
Bob
jamdone,
Yes, you can still get it - also known as huss - in UK fish & chip shops, though always cooked to order & quite often not in stock. It's my other half's favourite. I don't think it is as popular as it was a few years ago. And skate, her other favourite, has lost some of its popularity too.
Maurice
I too love roe,much better & cheaper then caviar. I once ordered Taramasalta (Greek roe dish ) & it was bloody awful. God knows what they put in itOooooh love roe, fresh or tinned , cant get it here in Oz but have brought a couple of tins home when we have been back to Brum , Wendy
I remember Huss and Rock Salmon when I lived in SE London, in the late 70s. I'd never heard of it but accepted it because it was what the natives ate. It was OK.
Do chippies in Brum still serve Roe ?
Hi Maypolebaz,
Yes mate they still do, you can have either tinned or fresh whatever you prefer.
Lozellian.
I love fish roe but the taramasolata i had in Greece was vile, yuk.Well, some Greeks still love their taramasolata as does my other half, and she's bought roe here, Pete. Must exist in the UK, unless they put it into cat food - the best place in my opinion!
Maurice
loverly..not too keen on tinned viv. but fresh.yum yumLooooooove fish roe in any form. We used to get both soft and hard roe from a shop at the junction if Kingstanding and Dyas Road in the 50s and 60s. Soft roes in toast - delicious. If I served that up to my family now they’d all heave! My daughter loves the hard roe though, so we two sometimes have that together. Viv.
Ah, Alan, that lovely halibut, but very expensive. My late mother-in-law used to do the the books for a branch of Mac Fisheries and it then came free as one of the perks of the job. Sadly that was many years ago and it is not a fish you find here in the southern Med. But it is a beautiful fish. (Is there an emoji for licking your chops?)
Maurice