Peter wrote:

> Shark, fresh tuna, skate, marlin are all quite 'unfishy' or at least
> untypical fish. Look for fish that is really really fresh - if it's smelly
> or looks dull, leave it alone. You could try flounder or sole, fried with
> little cubes of bacon - MUST be fresh to taste good, though.
>
> Things to avoid, probably, are eel, mullet, mackerel, halibut ... in other
> words oily fish - these are best smoked i.m.o. and not fried or boiled.
>
> Salt water fish have it over fresh water fish. (don't get me wrong, I love
> trout and salmon myself - but they can be very rich).

I agree with everything written above, but let me just add my favorite white
"non-fishy" fish: sea bass. Also, I never thought of salmon as being fishy;
its taste is different than what I associate with "fishy," though I agree
with its being rich. YMMV.

Bob

Bob wrote:

>I agree with everything written above,
> but let me just add my favorite white
> "non-fishy" fish: sea bass.

Sea bass is my 'all-time' favourite, and I used to buy it all the time.
I believe it's an endangered species now. At any rate, it's seldom
available. For some reason I just can't get interested in tilapia,
although several of my friends love it. The last time I bought some, I
ended up putting it in a chowder. I didn't even like it that way. I
like catfish just fine.

Elaine