"Bryan" > wrote in message
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On Nov 10, 2:44 am, "Paul M. Cook" > wrote:
> "Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
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> >> I've made the perfect fish taco. Pity I was the only witness.
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> >> I used halibut dipped in conventional beer batter. Then deep fried and
> >> sliced thin. I made a sauce of 50% crema and 50% yogurt. I added lime
> >> juice to the sauce. Then I sliced some green cabbage very thin. Dip
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> >> tortillas in water for 2 seconds, grill for 30 seconds on each side.
> >> Assemble the taco as you would any taco i.e. sauce as a base, fish,
> >> cabbage then cilantro. Server with a squeeze of lime and chopped
> >> cilantro
> >> and finely diced sweet onions. Perfecto.
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> > I gave this some thought about a year ago. At the time I opined that I'd
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> > a "puffy" taco shell and a fairly soft fish (e.g., cod or sea bass) so
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> > the taco would have a nice textural contrast. I still like that idea,
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> > with crema and shredded iceberg lettuce instead of cabbage. I also threw
> > out the idea of using an offbeat sauce like salsa verde with harissa,
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> > I'm not 100% behind that particular tweak. Maybe just the same squeeze
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> > lime with cilantro and diced sweet onions that you used would be better.
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> I can attest to this:
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> Lettuce does NOT work. Only cabbage does.

Keep your stinking cabbage.
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> Soft fish is no good. Must be a firm fleshed white fish.

Regular ol' corn meal breaded and fried tilapia.
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> Puffy shells are for Marie Calendar's -

Something you are apparently familiar with.

> use corn tortillas flash grillled

Corn tortillas, fried. Fish, lettuce and a squeeze of lime. No
soaplantro.


You do not see fried tacos in Mexico. That is tex-mex. You also don't see
African lake fish in Mexico so lose the tilapia. BTW, that fish is raised
in sewer water. You know that, right or do you just like that industrial
flavor? And raw cabbage is very sweet. Fish tacos would be bland without
cilantro.

Go to Ensenada and see how they do it. Yours sound like crap.

Paul