"Chuck" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 23:03:29 -0800, "Nexis" > wrote:
>
>>
>>"Peter Huebner" > wrote in message
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>>> In article <q2zAf.982$MJ.91@fed1read07>, says...
>>>>
>>>> Halibut is VERY mild, and is delicious both fried and broiled...not to
>>>> mention baked and grilled.
>>>>
>>>> kimberly
>>>>
>>>
>>> There might be local differences. The halibut I remember from my
>>> childhood
>>> was
>>> an oily fish with an unpleasant slimy consistency. Maybe it was the way
>>> my
>>> mother used to boil it. I was only ever able to eat it smoked later on,
>>> or
>>> it
>>> would make me gag.
>>> North Sea halibut, a flat fish, about 3" thick in the centre and 2-3'
>>> long?!?
>>>
>>> -P.
>>
>>Sounds to me like it was a freshness problem, really, rather than
>>regional.
>>Alaskan Halibut is very mild, slightly sweet, and is amazingly easy to
>>prepare in many delicious ways. My personal favorite is sautéed with
>>butter
>>and lemon pepper, then drizzled with a sauce I make from blood oranges and
>>lemons and butter. Sooo good.
>>Pastor John's wife Bonnie, in Anchor Point Alaska, made halibut in a
>>casserole type thing with veggies and cheese and a creamy sauce. It was
>>divine.
>>
>>kimberly
>>
> I was bringing a crippled airplane to the lower 48 a few years ago..
> got delayed (the word "stuck" wouldn't be appropreate) in Ketchican AK
> Had Halibut 3 or 4 times.. alternating with crab legs... damn that
> was a good trip.. I agree on the mild flavor.. I felt it to be like
> flounder.. just thicker,,, and better
> Must go back..
> Chuck (in SC)
Yes, the best I've ever had of Halibut and Salmon were in Alaska. I miss
living there alot of the time, especially summer nights. Winter nights, I
can live without! lol
When I was on Kodiak, we had a big fire going at the campground and one of
the guys who'd just come in on a Salmon run had taken a lovely King Salmon,
cleaned it and stuffed it with lemon and shallot, then wrapped it in foil
and stuck it right in the glowing embers. It was the best Salmon ever.
kimberly