RULE FOR SELECTING FISH.

Know Your Fish

 

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If the gills are red, the eyes full, and the whole fish firm and stiff, they are fresh and good; if, on the contrary, the gills are pale, the eyes sunken, the flesh flabby, they are stale.

The smell will tell as well.🥹

Know Your Fish

They say fish should swim thrice … first it should swim in the sea … then it should swim in butter, and at last, sirrah, it should swim in good claret.
– Jonathan Swift

All fish are rich in protein, vitamin B and minerals.  White fish are low in fat.  Oily fish such as mackerel, sardines, salmon, tuna, trout and herring provide vitamin A and D.  They also contain Omega 3, which scientists have found to be beneficial in preventing coronary heart disease.

Good to Know:

Dining on fish two or four times a week reduces the risk of heart disease by at least 14 per cent.

Eating it once a week, can slow down memory deterioration in older people by 10 per cent.

Blowfish or pupper fish or more popularly known as fugu is a popular dish in Japan and Hong Kong.

It is a very special delicacy because it is deadly poisonous if preparation is not up to scratch.  Fugu is apparently 500 times more toxic than a cyanide as it contains a deadly poison called tetrodotoxin.

Apparently several diners die each year from mis-prepared fugu.

• Fish such as herring and sardines, which called forage fish for being preyed on by other fish,  are a great souce of Omega 3 which may prevent coronary heart disease.

Did you know?

There was once a law that existed during Elizabeth I time that require her subject to eat fish on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

This must be the reason why the Omega 3 fortified English won the Armada. 😉

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Quick recipes for Fish:

FRIED FISH. MRS. J. S. REED.
Wash the fish and dry well. Take one-half pint of flour and one teaspoon salt; sift together, and roll the fish in it. Have lard very hot, and fry quickly. When done roll in a cloth to absorb all grease.
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Fish Cake/CODFISH BALLS. MRS. T. H. LINSLEY.

One pint shredded codfish, two quarts mashed potatoes, well seasoned with butter and pepper—salt, if necessary. Make this mixture into balls. After dipping them into a mixture of two eggs beaten with one-half cup milk, place them in a dripping pan into which you have put a little butter; place them in the oven; baste frequently with eggs and milk; bake till a golden brown.
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The best recipe for fish is grill them on charcoal.