Fish for a non-fish eater?

[Swampyseifer]

Hey all,

I'e never really gotten on with fish, but the wife likes it and I cant help thinking that if I could find fish I like (or at least a fish meal that has a sauce/crumb/whatever that makes the fish edible) then we'd be cool and it would give us more variety in what we eat.

As far as I can remember I've tried Fish Cakes from a chipshop (hated), breaded fish fingers (hated), baked salmon (was bareable but not that enjoyable) and breaded scampi (was so so).

So really what I think does it is the fishy taste and smell.

I guess I need to look at freshwater fish (not sea fish?) and also white fish as I think I heard that is generally milder and not as fishy tasting?

Oh and also the sauce/crumb/whatever needs to be healthy...so even tho breaded scampi was the closest to a fish I would eat so far, I cant have it!

Thanks for any suggestions

 

[Swampyseifer]

Thanks to all of you for your suggestions...maybe I'll persuade the wife to go pick up something fancy for dinner on Friday!

Interesting that you don't like Fish fingers... maybe there's not much hope...

Thats what worries me! Fish fingers are surely the most unfishy fish product you can eat? they dont look like fish, they probably barely taste like fish...and yet I dont like them. could just be because I knew they were fish!

I'm the same as you. The 'fishier' and 'earthier' the fish the more I detest it.

I've tried various fish for dinner so that our lass can have a meal she enjoys. Sea Bass, Monkfish, Cod and Rainbow Trout all have worked out fine. The Rainbow Trout I was surprised with, I was suggested it by the fishmonger in our local supermarket. I pan-fried it with a lemon reduction with crushed rosemary potatoes. Not as fishy as I'd feared.

You do sound like you have similar taste to me. Fish I avoid like the plague:

Salmon
Tuna (in all it's disgusting, stinky forms)
Mackerel/Kippers

Thanks for the advice! I've heard of monkfish being a possibility before, so maybe i'll give that a whirl

Perhaps shellfish might be a way forward. Tempura batter around prawns? Squid and scallops haven't got a fishy taste and a firm texture too.

I've also found lemon sole to go down well with non-fish eaters.

Do you like tartare sauce? That compliments fish but masks the taste a little if used in copious quantities.

problem with prawns is that cooked, they look like they did when they were alive...call me a big girly-girl but that bothers me. Much the same with squid!