tough butterfish?
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Topic: tough butterfish?
Posted By: TheSnapperWhisperer
Subject: tough butterfish?
Date Posted: 08 Sep 2003 at 11:03am
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Hi lads. My girlfriend cooked up a butterfish last night and it was really tough and chewy. It looked cooked through. It had been cooked quite slowly in flour and butter. I have had this problem before with butterfish. Is it likely that the fish was cooked on too low a heat? Or are some fish just tough? |
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Posted By: Tomsta
Date Posted: 08 Sep 2003 at 1:19pm
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May I suggest you send your Girlfriend for a few cooking lessons....?? It's important to have a partner that can cook.... You should know that!!!! Then there's the really good ones who know how to fillet the fish, clean the boat and crack open a cold one while you rest and watch the Rugby after a hard day at sea... Hell... now I'm in Trouble ... Here comes the misses...... Don't take Life Too seriously... you wont get out of it Alive!!!! Tomsta |
Posted By: KingfishSi
Date Posted: 08 Sep 2003 at 1:23pm
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You'd better hope Krissy doesn't catch you talking like that Tomsta... how much will you pay me to keep me mouth shut??? About the fish, I don't know why it went like that, how long was it cooked for Reidfish? ------------- Keep knockin', nobody's home. |
Posted By: Redfinger
Date Posted: 08 Sep 2003 at 1:40pm
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Reidfish , she is not your girlfriend - she is your fiancee!! Be afraid , very afraid. |
Posted By: Tomsta
Date Posted: 08 Sep 2003 at 1:47pm
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Hey Si, After I got back from my Fathers day fishin mission yesterday, Krissy came down pretty much straight away with a Cold Beer in one hand, a kid in the other and gave me a hand to get the boat sorted..... Choose wisely My Friend!!! Life is Too Short to be Un Happy!!! |
Posted By: KingfishSi
Date Posted: 08 Sep 2003 at 4:26pm
You are one lucky man Tomsta Too true, life is short - fish hard! ------------- Keep knockin', nobody's home. |
Posted By: Paul M
Date Posted: 08 Sep 2003 at 4:30pm
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Never had that problem mate, and as you know we end up eating a lot of butterfish down this way. To be honest I can't imagine how you could make butter fish tuff unless you burnt it to a crisp. Normally its very soft. |
Posted By: Barrie
Date Posted: 08 Sep 2003 at 5:07pm
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Reid..was it fresh or frozen as this can make a difference to some fish, I dont know anything of Butters but it may be why not too many of them are eaten in the north. In the south there is only a choice of Butters or Cod. Next time try wrapping it in tin foil as that will often soften things like that up |
Posted By: Eric de Vries
Date Posted: 08 Sep 2003 at 5:20pm
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Reid. Ditto never had a problem, however one can taste the difference between small and large butters. Small ones are better tasting. As the name suggest 'Butterfish' as soft as butter I guess! cheers eric |
Posted By: KingfishSi
Date Posted: 08 Sep 2003 at 5:22pm
Just don't eat the lips and assholes and you should be sweet ------------- Keep knockin', nobody's home. |
Posted By: Bushpig
Date Posted: 08 Sep 2003 at 6:13pm
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BUTTERFISH, you really are a sick bunch. Why the hell would anyone eat them anyway. Next thing we will find out is spero's eat blind eels as well. ------------- I would rather laugh with the Sinners, than cry with the Saints |
Posted By: Redfinger
Date Posted: 08 Sep 2003 at 7:09pm
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Have to agree Bushie - Reid why are you spearing sea turds? Wgtn company excepted (they have to spear something apart from Tarakihi - now there is a fine eating fish) Nice cray though Reid - 1.97kg red - Beauty Russ |
Posted By: Woody
Date Posted: 08 Sep 2003 at 7:36pm
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Hi Reidfish, The only way I have cooked them is to wrap them in tin-foil. Put onions, a slice of tomato, salt & pepper, a slice of lemon, any herbs you like, and cook them in the oven or on the BBQ. Usually come out great. Cheers |
Posted By: Paul M
Date Posted: 09 Sep 2003 at 10:00am
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Butterfish/Green bone are considered one of the top eating fish in New Zealand. Fillets sell at up to 17$ Kg, not far from Terikihi and far above many other types.
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Posted By: TheSnapperWhisperer
Date Posted: 09 Sep 2003 at 10:03am
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Bushpig, you're nuts. They are one of the best fish in the sea. Most people I feed it to go "wow! I haven't had fish this yummy before!" - because very few are caught by line fishermen and the shops up here rarely get it (quota just issued in the South of the North I believe). Was very very fresh (about 6 hours dead) so maybe it just wasn't cooked well enough through? I guess I'll have to cook the next one instead of letting the missus do it. Tried marinating some koheru and butterfish the night before in lemon, garlic, olive oil, and orange, but the orange was a bit overpowering. Woudl be Ok with kingfish, I guess. |
Posted By: KingfishSi
Date Posted: 09 Sep 2003 at 10:18am
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Hi Reidfish, try tangelo instead of orange next time and see what you think. Shouldn't be too overpowering then. ------------- Keep knockin', nobody's home. |
Posted By: The Dog
Date Posted: 26 Sep 2003 at 3:14pm
| Butter fish hmmm ,im with bushie on this one why would ya ....Surely the fishin aint that tuff is it/ |
Posted By: Eric de Vries
Date Posted: 26 Sep 2003 at 4:01pm
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BFH Are you a bit slow at work mate, or a good cook! Couldnt help notice you contributing the fish recipes on this site. Must be your night to do the cooking eh! Nothing wrong with 'ye old butters' Kids love em too. eric |
Posted By: Mars
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2004 at 12:51pm
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Butters are normally very soft fleshed. Are you sure you hadn't peeved her off recently Reidfish, and she wasn't serving you up part of your favourite wetsuit? Mars |
Posted By: Bender
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2004 at 12:59pm
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LMAO Mars ------------- Nobody has ever come up with a great idea after a second bottle of water. |