Omelet wrote:
> In article >,
> brooklyn1 > wrote:
>
>>> Now, you'll probably buy the next monster sized roaster you see at
>>> a yard sale. Just for that once in a year cooking recipe.
>>
>> A porcelainized covered oval roaster makes an excellent fish poacher
>> (you never want to cook fish in aluminum) and can be used to cook
>> many other things too... everyone should have one, and they cost very
>> little.
>
> Why not cook fish in Aluminum? Many people have successfully cooked
> it in aluminum foil "pouches". Fish is not acidic afaik?

Good salmon-poaching court bouillon usually has white wine and/or something
acidic such as lemon slices...could that be the reason?