Well, I went to our fishmonger today and finally found some tilapia
fillets (frozen) - so after all the discussions about it, I am going to
find out what it tastes like at last!
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Chatty Cathy

Michael "Dog3" Lonergan wrote:
> Chatty Cathy > :
>
>> Well, I went to our fishmonger today and finally found some tilapia
>> fillets (frozen) - so after all the discussions about it, I am going to
>> find out what it tastes like at last!
>
> You are going to love it! Jill and I both eat a lot of tilapia. I like
> mine baked with butter, herbs and spices. Tilapia is also great fried in
> panko crumbs.

Thanks for the ideas! I wanted to buy enough for at least two
"experiments" but I only saw one package of them (that has 3 nice
looking fillets) - I obviously wasn't fast enough I have decided to
keep them for the weekend, so I will have time to "make a decision"

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Chatty Cathy

"Michael "Dog3" Lonergan" > wrote in message
6.121...
> Chatty Cathy > :
>
> > Well, I went to our fishmonger today and finally found some tilapia
> > fillets (frozen) - so after all the discussions about it, I am going to
> > find out what it tastes like at last!
>
> You are going to love it! Jill and I both eat a lot of tilapia. I like
> mine baked with butter, herbs and spices. Tilapia is also great fried in
> panko crumbs.
>
> Michael
>

Yes, Panko is especially good on tilapia! I don't know if Cathy can get it
where she lives, though. If not, maybe even cornflake type crust would
work. There are so many ways to prepare tilapia; even mayo, capers, onion
and lemon is good. Tilapia, Mayo, lemon, wrapped in banana leaves is good,
too. Even beer battered and wrapped in a tortilla with cabbage and lime
juice with salsa is delicious.

So many options, so little time!

kili

Chatty Cathy > wrote:
>Well, I went to our fishmonger today and finally found some tilapia
>fillets (frozen) - so after all the discussions about it, I am going to
>find out what it tastes like at last!

It tastes like fish. Just like fish. Nothing about it
that distinguishes it in any way from fish. It's the
median fish. It's not really fishy, not really mild,
not really firm, not really light, not really oily, not
really dry. It's fish.

And it's the future of human food. When the oil runs out
and long-distance rapid transport becomes unfeasible every
devolutionary village will have a large fish-farm breeding
these all-but-indestructible swimming high-efficiency
protein factories.

--Blair

In article >,
Blair P. Houghton > wrote:

> It tastes like fish. Just like fish. Nothing about it
> that distinguishes it in any way from fish. It's the
> median fish. It's not really fishy, not really mild,
> not really firm, not really light, not really oily, not
> really dry. It's fish.

I went to the closest supermarket to buy cod for fish and chips. The cod
was far past it's prime when I got it home. I took it back, and all the
cod was far past its prime. The grocer suggested tilapia.
I battered and deep fried the tilapia. It tasted OK to me. My wife hated
it. If I could have sold her on tilapia, we'd eat far more fish and
chips than we do.

leo

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kilikini wrote:

>
> Yes, Panko is especially good on tilapia! I don't know if Cathy can get it
> where she lives, though. If not, maybe even cornflake type crust would
> work. There are so many ways to prepare tilapia; even mayo, capers, onion
> and lemon is good. Tilapia, Mayo, lemon, wrapped in banana leaves is good,
> too. Even beer battered and wrapped in a tortilla with cabbage and lime
> juice with salsa is delicious.
>

To be honest, I haven't seen panko here...

> So many options, so little time!

I know, I know LOL.


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Chatty Cathy

Michael "Dog3" Lonergan wrote:
> Chatty Cathy >
> :
>
>
>> To be honest, I haven't seen panko here...
>
> If you have an Asian market nearby they should either stock it or be able
> to get it for you.

Thanks for the info, Michael. We do have Asian-markets around here that
we shop at sometimes, and I will have a better look next time I go...

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Chatty Cathy

Leonard Blaisdell > wrote:
>I went to the closest supermarket to buy cod for fish and chips. The cod
>was far past it's prime when I got it home. I took it back, and all the
>cod was far past its prime. The grocer suggested tilapia.
>I battered and deep fried the tilapia. It tasted OK to me. My wife hated
>it. If I could have sold her on tilapia, we'd eat far more fish and
>chips than we do.

It's not anything like cod. Cod is a light, flaky
whitefish. But it probably makes an interesting
fish-stick.

--Blair

In article > ,
Blair P. Houghton > wrote:
> Leonard Blaisdell > wrote:

> >I battered and deep fried the tilapia. It tasted OK to me. My wife hated
> >it. If I could have sold her on tilapia, we'd eat far more fish and
> >chips than we do.
>
> It's not anything like cod. Cod is a light, flaky
> whitefish. But it probably makes an interesting
> fish-stick.

I do know what cod tastes like. I've only eaten one tilapia in my life
and am unlikely to taste more. The important part of my family hates it
and I don't argue. But it was cheap and so am I.
Which reminds me, I believe tilapia live in extremely poor water. I know
Lahontan Cutthroat Trout do and although I love trout, Lahontan
Cutthroat tastes poor because of the alkaline water they live in.
They're not even good pickled. They overpower the pickling agent.

leo

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Michael "Dog3" Lonergan wrote:

> You are going to love it! Jill and I both eat a lot of tilapia. I like
> mine baked with butter, herbs and spices. Tilapia is also great fried in
> panko crumbs.
>

Couldn't find any panko crumbs so we fried the tilapia in butter in
"normal" bread crumbs that I had seasoned with herbs.

We decided it would definitely be worth having again, will try baking it
next time

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Cheers
Chatty Cathy - who was very relieved that it did taste like fish.