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Salted Alaska Cod.
Topic Started: Jan 5 2016, 07:10 AM (504 Views)
Durgan
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http://www.durgan.org/2016/January%202016/4%20January%202016%20Salted%20Alaska%20Cod/HTML/ 4 January 2016 Salted Alaska Cod.
Purchased 3 pounds of salt fish cod fillets and made one pound into a fish stew.($6.99/lb) The fish was soaked in cold water for 24 hours and the water changed about four times to reduce the salt content. A pot was mixed with 1/2 cup of vinegar,carrot/cucumber juice,tomato juice, diced baked potato, garlic bulb diced. Enough juice was added to completely cover the fish chunks. It was brought to a boil, then the heat reduced to simmer for about 20 minutes. The cooked fish was such the it broke into flakes at a touch.The end product was absolutely delicious. Simple to make and becomes a meal by itself.
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FuzzyO
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You ask the fishmonger for a whiff.
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campy
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And then you go and buy the frozen one. Sitting out all day? It has to stink.
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FuzzyO
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No, it is on ice.
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agate
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Looks and sounds delish Durgan. I have never had salted fish. Must be because I am a prairie girl.
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campy
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Jan 6 2016, 07:44 AM
No, it is on ice.
Ice gets the bacteria when it melts.

Fish is like eggs. They harbor bacteria.
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Smell the fresh omes first? How do you do that?



"I'll have THAT cod filet?" He lays my choice out on paper on a scale. "Can I have a whiff," say I. He hands it across the counter and I breathe deeply.

I rarely buy the pre-packaged ones but if I do, I use my little fingernail to poke through a corner of the saran where the fish ISN'T and smell. If no bad smell, I buy the fish. If it stinks I put it back or, if brave, hand it to the fish manager for a whiff of his own. (Easier than taking it home, opening it, finding it spoiled, having to revise my menu, and having to return the fish the next day.)

I used to buy fresh trout frequently. I could tell by the eyes if fresh. Clear eyes = fresh trout.
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All fish displayed in a supermarket has to have been frozen. There is seldom if ever such a thing as fresh commercial fish. As soon as fish is harvested it is processed and frozen asp. The display counter in a supermarket simply lets the fish thaw and the intent is to suggest that it is fresh- not so.

The thing to do is to buy frozen fish or salted. Unfortunately all the fish in my shopping area is packed and shipped from China, which I will not buy.
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Durgan
Jan 6 2016, 09:31 AM
All fish displayed in a supermarket has to have been frozen. There is seldom if ever such a thing as fresh commercial fish. As soon as fish is harvested it is processed and frozen asp. The display counter in a supermarket simply lets the fish thaw and the intent is to suggest that it is fresh- not so.

The thing to do is to buy frozen fish or salted. Unfortunately all the fish in my shopping area is packed and shipped from China, which I will not buy.
That makes sense.

I see stuff marked 'previously frozen' and it's always on sale.
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