notbob > wrote:

>On 2012-03-01, Steve Pope > wrote:
>
>> (Granted sturgeon are monster big fish, and you could probably
>> cut one at any angle and still end up with a huge slab of fish,
>> and it may not be apparent how originally you cut it up.)
>
>I was thinking "fillet", as in fillet flesh away from the skeleton.
>Wiki and my dictionary reveal my folly. Since true sturgeon are
>cartilaginous and have no bones, any cut could be correctly termed a
>fillet. My late FIL used to routinely catch, clean, and smoke the
>sturgeon native to the SFBA Delta. After he passed on, I often bought
>sturgeon from markets, mongers, etc, now loving fresh sturgeon. He,
>and everyone else I've dealt with, always cross-cut the fish. Also,
>I've never seen/heard the term fillet advertised or referred to. YMMV

Didn't you watch the excellent youtube video on how to fillet a
sturgeon? [there are a couple-- I watched the second one that
appeared on my search]

Jim