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Non Farmed Fish

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  • 20-12-2011 8:17pm
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    Kewreeuss
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    We are not great fish eaters in our house - Donegal catch every now and again would be it.
    Having guests, who are ethical eaters, I suppose you would call them, so I would like to buy some fish that hasn't been farmed.
    What kind of fish would that be? I mean I guess not salmon or trout or bass. Is plaice or sole farmed? What other sorts- and would I find it in Dublin or would I have to go to howth at the crack of dawn. Isn't there a fish market in the city - do they sell only imported farmed fish?
    Any information appreciated.
    Thanks


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    CJhaughey
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    Farmed fish here are Trout and Salmon, You do know that you can get Organically farmed Salmon?
    Bass is imported.
    Plaice and Sole are not farmed.
    You could try Herring or Mackerel?
    Hake is another nice fish.


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    kirw2n
    Registered Users Posts: 29 ✭kirw2n


    Kewreeuss wrote: »
    Isn't there a fish market in the city - do they sell only imported farmed fish?
    Any information appreciated.
    Thanks

    There's a fish Market in Smithfield by the name of Kish Fish. (google it for more info!)

    They're very good and will tell you all you need to know about what you're buying/origin etc~

    Try the smoked coley. It's Delish!


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    Hal Emmerich
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    kirw2n wrote: »
    There's a fish Market in Smithfield by the name of Kish Fish. (google it for more info!)

    They're very good and will tell you all you need to know about what you're buying/origin etc~

    Try the smoked coley. It's Delish!
    Do you know that that is full of colours??


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    Honey-ec
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    Hal Emmerich wrote: »
    Do you know that that is full of colours??

    Some smoked fish is, mostly the commercial stuff. Not all smokehouses use artificial colouring, though.


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    kirw2n
    Registered Users Posts: 29 ✭kirw2n


    Try the smoked coley. It's Delish![/QUOTE]
    Do you know that that is full of colours??[/Quote]

    way to bring the mood down!...

    Coley is a sustainable fish, coloured or not. :)


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    Hal Emmerich
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    kirw2n wrote: »

    Coley is a sustainable fish, coloured or not. :)
    So you don't mind eating that coloured crap?

    I felt sorry for an auld fella buying a few bits at a fish counter up in Asda one day...

    Auld fella:I'll have abit of that yellow one, abit of that pink one there....

    Poor lad thought he was buying abit of variety, it was the same fish just with different gunk added to it, I told him, he left it all there.


    OP, you can be really lucky somtimes and get abit of "caught" Salmon in Asda aswell.


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    CJhaughey
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    Hal Emmerich wrote: »
    OP, you can be really lucky somtimes and get abit of "caught" Salmon in Asda aswell.
    You can buy fish from sources other than Asda you know?


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    Hal Emmerich
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    CJhaughey wrote: »
    You can buy fish from sources other than Asda you know?
    It's the only place to get decent fish within 2 and a half hours of me.

    Everywhere else is farmed, manky looking, within an hour of of not fit for sale, sitting on the ice processed sh*te, I've looked, I'm sick of looking.


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    kirw2n
    Registered Users Posts: 29 ✭kirw2n


    Hal Emmerich wrote: »
    kirw2n wrote: »

    Coley is a sustainable fish, coloured or not. :)
    So you don't mind eating that coloured crap?

    I felt sorry for an auld fella buying a few bits at a fish counter up in Asda one day...

    Auld fella:I'll have abit of that yellow one, abit of that pink one there....

    Poor lad thought he was buying abit of variety, it was the same fish just with different gunk added to it, I told him, he left it all there.


    OP, you can be really lucky somtimes and get abit of "caught" Salmon in Asda aswell.

    Well, I get most of my fish in the Asia Market in town (Drury St~)

    Now THEY know good seafood!


    And never coloured either! so you should be happy about that~ ^_^
    try it out, they're also very friendly~


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    Kewreeuss
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    Thank you, I'll try Kish Fish first off.
    I went to a chinese store in Parkwest last year, I remember they had loads of fish but it was all frozen.
    I thought of another question: Has anyone ever seen octupus on sale here?


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    kirw2n
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    Kewreeuss wrote: »
    Thank you, I'll try Kish Fish first off.
    I went to a chinese store in Parkwest last year, I remember they had loads of fish but it was all frozen.
    I thought of another question: Has anyone ever seen octupus on sale here?


    Again, Asia Market sometimes has octopus in, but it depends on the season.. (a drawback of non-farmed seafood!)
    A helpful tip is their Facebook page! Just search for their name from your own Facebook to find it.

    They always reply to comments! So if you ask when/if they'll have fresh octopus soon, they'll answer.

    Also, I've seen octopus more commonly for sale at the fish counters of a couple of the Chinese/Korean supermarkets up by Parnell street. Have a gander!


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    Hal Emmerich
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    I seen Octopus in a Fruit and Veg shop one day, in the Freezer, gave me shivers!


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    Cardinal Richelieu
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    Hal Emmerich wrote: »
    I seen Octopus in a Fruit and Veg shop one day, in the Freezer, gave me shivers!

    You can get a dried version that you can snack on like chewy crisps:D


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    Carawaystick
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    Saw fresh octopus in either Nicky's Plaice or one of the other shops out Howth pier, was a lot of carp in yesterday too, so could be a Xmas thing


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    Cardinal Richelieu
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    Carawaystick wrote: »
    Saw fresh octopus in either Nicky's Plaice or one of the other shops out Howth pier, was a lot of carp in yesterday too, so could be a Xmas thing

    Carp is the Polish Turkey. The recent tradition in Poland since communist times is to buy an alive carp and club it to death in the bath at home. As you can guess the Polish government have tried to change that tradition this year by enforcing animal cruelty legislation.


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