"Dan Logcher" > wrote in message
...
> Terrorist Killer wrote:
> > On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 20:56:55 -0500, "Musashi"
> > > wrote:
> >
> >
> >>It's a tasty enough fish that I'm rather surprised people in your area
throw
> >>them away.
> >>M
> >
> >
> > Thank you Dan and Musashi, I'll have to try it now. The next time they
> > run here, I'll catch some and let you know.
> >
> > Yes, if fisherman here catch salt water catfish or Spanish macks, they
> > cuss like crazy, kill the fish and throw it back in the water. That's
> > why I've never tried one.
>
> I've always hated that practice of killing the by-catch. My last deep sea
> trip, they killed all the dogfish we caught. I understand why they do it,
> just don't agree.
>
> We catch a lot of skates around here, and I knew some guy who would kill
> them too. But its not like you keep catching the same one 10 minutes
later.
> I might eat the skate if I knew how to prepare it.
>
> --
> Dan

Skate is a fantastic eating fish.
Next time you get a hold of one (or more) cut off the wings, then poach them
(the wings).
In a saucepan, brown some butter with capers.
When the skate wings are done, the skin on both sides will peel off easily.
Pour the Butter sauce over the white scallopy meat and enjoy. You pull the
meat off both
sides the flat cartilage "bone". Try it once and you will be hooked.
For a more detailed recipe you can google up any recipe for Raie au buerre
blanc.

Dogfish are a different story. Although you can eat them, you'd have to be
able to dress them
out onboard because like many sharks their flesh starts tasting like amonia
pretty quickly.
I'd imagine their meat to be similar to the English "Tope" a small shark
often used as a cheap
substutuite for Cod in making "Fish & Chips" in England, ie; if you deep fry
them no one
can tll what they are.

Around the NY area, we throw away Sea Robins like they are garbage.
In Japan and in France and in many parts of the world they are a prized food
fish.

Musashi