notbob wrote:
> On 2008-11-22, dsi1 > wrote:
>
>> You should try it. It's likely the future of fish - just as white
>> bread is the generic loaf so shall be tilapia be the generic white
>> fish.
>
> Talapia is a soft-flesh fish as opposed to catchfish, a more firm-flesh
> fish. The thing they both have in common is both fish can be farm raised on
> plant/veg matter rather than fish protein like salmon. Both have become
> insanely overpriced despite farm raising. I've seen talapia filets going
> for $8-9lb, whereas they used to be only $3-4lb a few yr back. Hot tip!:
> look in ethnic markets for whole talapia as cheap as $1.98lb. Steam/poach
> like oriental fish or deep fry like Mexicans do it. My first talapia was
> whole deep-fried. Excellent.
>
> nb

This is a good tip. I have seen the whole fish in ethnic stores for
years. It has only been recently that I've seen frozen prepared fillets
from national food companies and on restaurant menus. However, I could
catch as much free stinking tilapia as I would want from the stinking
waters of the Ala Wai canal on Oahu, of course, eating that might be
unwise from a health standpoint. :-)