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hi heres a recipe that came from ...whatever we had left ...skin and bone smoked haddock fillits...cut into cubes ...place in a dish pour over a tin of cellery soup( mushroom works well too) grate some cheese with some fresh breadcrumbs over the top and cook in the oven for 30-40 mins ..its delicious served with a hot garlic baguette
enjoy..

good on u nick!

Although not oily, tuna is good with lime, coriander and chilli. It's a very meaty fish, a bit like pork, rather than 'fishy'. Can grill it or cook it in foil.

Salmon is nice cooked in foil/paper with lemon slices - you can put anything you like within the 'bag' to flavour the fish. Or you can bake/roast whole trout (get fishmonger to gut it and take off the head if you prefer) stuffed with fresh thyme and lemon slices.

The most important thing to remember is not to overcook fish.

Helen

I saw the article today - Not too bad really. I also had a letter printed in The Daily Echo - under the title Use your brains and share a lift.

ok nick, no prob. good luck. yep its been miserable most of the morning!!! im sure verwood gets the brunt of it!!! lol

Thanks Snoozy - I am going to see if I can blag a load of freebies from Community Mags and then hand them out to our stockists.

Cheers

Nick

PS Is it raining with you at the mo. It's pretty manky here !!

hi nick, i still have a copy, your welcome to have it. and no u didnt go on i found it very interesting. cheers. let me know if u would like me to send it. ta kim.

Snoozy - I haven't seen it yet !!! I tried to get a copy from Poole Tourist info, but they are having the place done up and had no copies.

I hope it wasn't too embarrasing - I tend to shoot my mouth off a bit about food, and have even been removed from Makro, because I complained about the appalling standards of their food one day.

So I tend to be thought of as a gobby little so and so !!

I just love food and hate the way it is treated over here.

Now I better shut up or I will start again

Cheers
Nick

hi claire, i love seafood, all sorts, im a great fan of rick stein and have had the pleasure of a meal in his restaurant in padstow. he has a lot of books on the market, all very helpfull on all sorts of fish and how to prepare and serve, although as said most local fish mongers do all the prep 4 u!!! good luck!!! kim.

Couldn't agree more with Nick; I was the face of ORCA - the Ocean Recovery Campaign run by the WWF. I've worked with them for quite some time as my background is Zoologist/fishing. If we could just get used to cooking properly and be less dependent on recipes, fish like macerel (a personal favourite whilst fresh) and whiting would be used more. With the tiniest bit of experience, we can get used to using dab for plaice, whiting for cod etc. Sadly, these spp. are thrown back when dead; it'd be far healthier for the sea if these resources were more satisfactorially harnessed. It's quite a political issue but no less imortant for that. If we harvested/spoiled the land as we do the sea we'd see a great difference in policy. Beyond the conservational angle, there're loads of delicious fish which aren't stocked except for very local markets which could be enjoyed rather than imported frozen horrors. I nelieve we should support our fishermen and our seas

hi nick , just read artical about u in the local paper, very interesting. good to put a face to the name.kim. dorset.

I must admit I'd never heard that one - As for Salmon, why are they saying it's okay to eat only 3 or 4 times a year????? - Are they trying to muscle in on the Salmon Market???

Tis a good strategy after the BSE scares in the US. Deflect the attention elsewhere !!!

Oh could it be another scare like the plastic bottle one that I started?

As for cod ... we hear over here that it's because the seals are eating too much cod, so kill more seals. But killing seals is totally unacceptable so ....

One has to wonder why this American report about the dangers of farmed salmon has just hit the headlines here, when in was poo-hoo'd in America back in August 2003.

Again, it would seem, that a University study and report has been maybe a little blown up out of proportion and taken out of context.

IMHO

Well said Nick

Although I am trying not to sound like a Save the World campaigner, try to avoid Cod/Haddock etc until we have increased the stocks again - All it would take in theory (Does that ever work) is everyone stops eating Cod for 1 year and go to something else - There are 1,000's of excellent fish around - In Poole the Bream is very good and local, dogfish is excellent and chunky like Cod.

Find a fishmonger and ask them, they are the experts. Don't ask at Sainsbury's etc, they are not experts. You don't buy a Computer from a Shoe Shop !!!

They also have the skills to fillet etc. Butchers are the same, they spend all day doing that - The people behind a counter at Sainsbury's or whoever don't.

Let's get back to experts and stop using the BIG Boys.

Yes indeed, a little bit of politics for you, my names Nick and good night !!!

Mary since you left these shores our latest "health scare" is with farmed salmon. Two people have posted on this site recently about it, one under US Cover Up and the other a fishmonger's wife who wrote passionately about the affect it is having on her husband's trade. I thought you might be interested to keep up to date. I am certainly still buying it, but a lot of people are not.

Salmon fillets are so easy to cook and really delicious and good for you. I like to sear them in a very very hot pan so that the outside is crispy and brown but the inside is very rare and succulent. Now that they farm salmon it's very reasonably priced in UK (and our Sainsbury's very often had salmon fillets on special offer on Sundays for some reason)

Have you tried Kedgeree? Stir fry together boiled rice, chopped boiled eggs, peas, spring onions, poached haddock, curry powder to taste and a squeeze of lemon juice. Just adjust the quantities according to the number of people and everything else according to taste. It is delicious and easy. Just be careful with the rice. Either boil it and fry it immediately or if you are using previously cooked rice make sure it is cooled down fast after boiling(this is when the bacteria has a field day) and reheat it thoroughly.

fish pie is always a good family dish. I poach the fish in some milk, haddock, cod ect. use the milk to make a white sauce, add loads of fresh chopped parsley, lemon juice and seasoning to tast. add the flaked fish with some defrosted prawns and some hard boiled egg chopped. Top with mashed potatoe, add a little grated chees on the top and bake in the oven. My kids love it.

Thanks everyone for your help. In reply to googs, I am really not that worried about chinese, indian etc I am just looking for nice and easy recipes that I can cook as a family meal.

Thanks!!

Hello Claire Have you ever tried star gazy pie this uses herrings mackerel etc in a pastry crust there is a nice recipe on cornish-ancestors.co.uk/ home.html
Mackerel is also nice stuffed with lemon and herrings covered in an apple sauce with cider or a mustard sauce. Try looking at Rick Steins books he will give you lots of ideas

hi clare Oly fish recomend Martin Blunos dish on thursdays prog seared salmon with olives basil easy!! .well worth the effort

hi clare
i have tons of recipes for fish but as you want it maybe for health reasons i suggest either grill your fish or buy a bamboo steamer which cost about £3-£4 and can be used for ANY food
let me know your preferences i.e chinese,indian etc and i'll pass you some recipes on
googs