On 3/6/2011 9:19 AM, Portland wrote:
> What is Tilapia like? I'm not a big fish eater, but they sell them
> from a tank at the nearby supermarket, and I was thinking of giving
> them a try. So they shouldn't, since they're so fresh, they shouldn't
> taste fishy at all?

The Tilapia will probably be the generic white fish of the future. It's
main strengths is that it's a cheap and eminently sustainable seafood
substance that's not too objectionable in taste.

Tilapia was imported into Hawaii to help keep the vegetation down in
irrigated crops. I don't know how good the fish were at this job but
they sure took a liking to the climate here and now they have pretty
much taken over and choked our brackish waterways all over the state.
Mostly, we disdain tilapia because it lives in filthy water and the idea
of eating one is pretty revolting.

It think sooner or later we'll all be eating tilapia in fish sticks and
fish sandwiches - anywhere you need a nondescript whitefish material.