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    Posted: 23 Feb 2014 at 6:48pm
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headed out over the manukau bar yesterday and got a few albacore and skippies and was wondering if anyone had any recipes they would be willing to share cheers
 
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Best skipy recipe. Cut your skippy fillets into chunks about 50 x 25 size. Put them on an 8/0 tied to your favourite rod and drop them into the sea at your favourite big snapper spot. Turn them into snapper and they will taste a whole lot better.
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haha was scared of that  but i will give it a try a few ways

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they say they make very nice sushime have heard this from a fair few people now
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Treat it well, bleed, gut, gill, pack on ice, take off the loins and remove blood meat. Cut the loins thin and serve with soy and wasabi, as sashimi is as good as it gets.
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skippies bait alberts good eating cooked any way and if bleed and kept well on ice will be good raw if not kept cold will be mushy 
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A mate bottles skippies - got the method off youtube I think. Involves skinning them before filleting & cutting out the red meat - he uses a pressurised boiler but apparently it works with a normal boiler - takes a bit longer. First time I've ever eaten it & I loved it - strong taste but similar to store bought tinned tuna. I reckon albacore might be better, and yellowfin better again if they still exist.
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cant beat albacore, reason its called chicken of the sea...

if you deep fry albacore in strips with batter its gorgeous, take the batter off the next day and you will think your eating chicken,
gave it to some fishing mates at my old work and they couldn't believe it was fish...

tried Skippy and it was so terrible i just about puked...
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I treat albacore like chicken and use it for tempura and curries. Just make sure you bleed them and get them on ice straight away.

For skippies I normally keep them as bait, but there have been some that I have bleed and tried marinating in soy sauce and sesame oil before grilling them on the bbq. Just make sure that you remove the dark red bits.
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Mate, your man BA is spot on with regards to having sashimi with the skippy.

We fished some Japanese a few seasons back and the bloke just about peed himself when we brought a bunch off the bungy cord onboard.

There was frantic action and half an hour later we were served by paying clients the most exquisite sashimi - the meat was literally still quivering. Cold, but not chilled and well bled but not fishy.

With regards to the Albacore - mate, invite me over and I'll knock your socks off.
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cooked skippy is yuck.
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I bottle fish regularly, and in my opinion the bottled skipjack is better than the bottled albacore - a nice rich flavour. Bottled kingfish is good too. PM me if you want a recipe.
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I once conducted a blind tasting with 4 fish types all dusted in flour and fried with butter - all caught that afternoon
Kahawai
Skipjack Tuna
Snapper
Terakihi
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2-Skippy
3-Terakihi
4-Snapper
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Fresh Skipjack loin Sashimi is all good!
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albis are chicken of the sea
skippys are the dog of the sea, even when blead and put on ice!
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Yea skippies are revolting. Eating them is a waste of good bait.
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Wrong, the last 2 posts!!!
Cut one into 4 loins, removing the blood lines. Marinade in lime or lemon, oil, garlic, ginger and a dash of Thai sweet chillie sauce for an hour then cook on barbie - yummy as. Also works well for albacore.

Bet you've never eaten Blue Mackerel, either another "bait" fish that tastes great. Thumbs Up
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Originally posted by Fishb8 Fishb8 wrote:

Wrong, the last 2 posts!!!
Cut one into 4 loins, removing the blood lines. Marinade in lime or lemon, oil, garlic, ginger and a dash of Thai sweet chillie sauce for an hour then cook on barbie - yummy as. Also works well for albacore.

Bet you've never eaten Blue Mackerel, either another "bait" fish that tastes great. Thumbs Up


And if it still tastes lke crap put more sweet chilli on it......
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nice in a curry I heard
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Japenese love dried skippy, use it to flavour soup. etc.

You can buy skippy flakes, which you can mix with your rice, for a nice fishy flavour.
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