Do You Like Fish?

Cod With Tomatoes and Black Olives by @LadyDuck
By Anna
@LadyDuck (472074)
Switzerland
September 4, 2015 9:08am CST
When I traveled in the United States I have noticed that fish is less popular than meat, turkey and chicken. I am Italian and I like fish, almost any kind of fish and shellfish. Today I have bought fresh shrimps. I am going to serve them for dinner, but I have not yet decided how to prepare them. Do you have a favorite recipe to prepare shrimps? The photo is mine, cod with tomatoes and black olives.
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@sofssu (23662)
4 Sep 15
I love fish.. not the very small bony ones though. I love to make a nice spicy curry with fish,. I love fried fish too.. bu Then Iam off fried foods for now.
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@sofssu (23662)
5 Sep 15
@LadyDuck I love it hot an spicy do you like baked fish?
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@LadyDuck (472074)
• Switzerland
5 Sep 15
@sofssu I like baked fish, I also love spicy food, but I have stomach problems so I need to be careful.
@LadyDuck (472074)
• Switzerland
5 Sep 15
I also prefer big fish because of the bones. Curried fish is good, but I have to avoid too spicy food and I know that fried food is not the best for our health... but it's delicious.
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@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
4 Sep 15
Fish and crabs and clams and lobster are very popular in this part of the US, but it is because there is a large local fishing industry. I don't really like fish very much, but I do serve some kind of fish at least once a week or so. I like beef and turkey best, chicken is alright but it tastes like chicken, you know?
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@LadyDuck (472074)
• Switzerland
5 Sep 15
Yes, chicken tastes like chicken. Lobsters and crabs are very expensive here, they come from the US and Canada. In Italy there are shrimps, clams and mussels and one of my favorite fish, the swordfish, it's just like a big steak without bones.
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@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
4 Sep 15
I hopped on here reading "Fish" on the title. Yes, I love that - fish and even shrimps (we call them prawns, here). Whatever, The dish that you have on the image looks quite Yummy and healthy - as you have black olives too along with COD. In most of Indian community, we prefer to have fish (and shrimps) as a curry with lots of spices. As I am barred from taking any spices, I have it fried or even baked. However my favorite when it comes to shrimp is shrimps in coconut water. Normally, they make it sweet, but I prefer to have it salty with pepper added. The COD that is available here, is a little expensive and also has a strong smell. But I know, it is quite a very good thing for health due to O3 and Anti-Oxidants. The black olives - I have not found them around in the local market. The ones that are in jars (packed) are imported and hence beyond my reach.
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@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
5 Sep 15
@LadyDuck Yes, we follow British English here in India as English is not our native language. I dont know too much about Italian food, but going by what I have seen on Tele (at my dad's place) or even the recipes, it seems, that they have a great nourishing food set.
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@LadyDuck (472074)
• Switzerland
5 Sep 15
I love fish and I prepare fish almost three times a week. I see that in India use use British English, I remember that shrimps are called prawns in England. I like them prepared with coconut. I buy the black olives in Italy, I am only at 5 km from the Italian border. They are very inexpensive there and my husband loves olives.
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@LadyDuck (472074)
• Switzerland
5 Sep 15
@thesids Now doctors have discovered that the Mediterranean diet is good four our health. Italians eat Mediterranean from centuries, fish, olives, vegetables, pasta and bread, it's good food.
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@jkct02 (2874)
• Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
6 Sep 15
I like fish, especially Salmon. I can eat it sashimi style or pan fried it. I like Tuna too.
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@jkct02 (2874)
• Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
6 Sep 15
@LadyDuck Where do you usually have sushi and sashimi? I guess Japanese food is popular enough to have at least one restaurant in all the world's major cities.
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@LadyDuck (472074)
• Switzerland
6 Sep 15
I also like sushi and sashimi, salmon and tuna are great for those preparations.
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@LadyDuck (472074)
• Switzerland
6 Sep 15
@jkct02 We do not have Japanese restaurants close to our house, so I prepare my sushi, at least I know they are made with fresh fish.
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@cgalavia (1436)
• Philippines
5 Sep 15
Fish is famous here in the Philippines.We even have a national fish which is a milk fish and I super duper love it.We always have fish usually lunch or dinner.
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• Philippines
5 Sep 15
@LadyDuck there's also tilapia and galunggong
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@cgalavia (1436)
• Philippines
5 Sep 15
@LadyDuck It is
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@LadyDuck (472074)
• Switzerland
5 Sep 15
I remember that some of my Filipinos friends mentioned the milk fish. Fish is a healthy meat.
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• Bucharest, Romania
4 Sep 15
May I ask you something: why is it that people think that fish is not meat?
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• Bucharest, Romania
4 Sep 15
@LadyDuck Fish is also meat. It is sure not a vegetable
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@LadyDuck (472074)
• Switzerland
4 Sep 15
@Cristi_Ichim Okay, we know, but even the food pyramid mention fish as a separate category from meat and poultry are also separate. Of course they are all meat, just like apple and cabbages are all vegetable, but we separate fruits from veggies, berries, tubers and so on. It's just a way to be a bit more precise.
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@LadyDuck (472074)
• Switzerland
4 Sep 15
People consider meat the beef, fish is... well fish.
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@dodo19 (47336)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
4 Sep 15
I do enjoy seafood as well. I do enjoy eating shrimps, fish, and lobster. However, I don't get the chance to eat a lot of it, as it's not something my husband tends to really like. Even when we do have some shrimp or lobster, I'm usually the only one eating it. My husband won't eat. My kids won't eat it. It's a shame. Hopefully, that will change, but we'll see.
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@LadyDuck (472074)
• Switzerland
4 Sep 15
It's a shame, fish is healthy. We are only two of us at home and also my husband loves fish.
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@dodo19 (47336)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
4 Sep 15
@LadyDuck That's certainly good for you guys. I am hoping with time I may win my family over. Only time will tell.
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• Indonesia
5 Sep 15
I love most of fish available in my country. We don't have salmon here ( we can buy import salmon on supermarket, but the price is very expensive ), but I love gold fish, tilapia fish ( lokal fish in Indonesia ), milk fish, cat-fish and even salted-fish and many more.
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• Indonesia
8 Sep 15
@LadyDuck Perhaps in my country, salmon is the most expensive fish. It because we import it from European which is very far and the currency is very high compared to us
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@LadyDuck (472074)
• Switzerland
8 Sep 15
@redvakaurvaki Salmon is not expensive here, because it comes from Scotland or Norway that are not very far.
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@LadyDuck (472074)
• Switzerland
5 Sep 15
Catfish and salted fish is very good. Salmon we find in supermarkets come from the northern European states, mainly Sweden and UK, it's not very expensive.
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@Bluedoll (16773)
• Canada
5 Sep 15
You might hate me and find me ____. I guess I am a land lubber inlander. Shrimp are not fish?
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@Bluedoll (16773)
• Canada
5 Sep 15
@LadyDuck I don't know? I'll ask my fish. Goldfish and goldfish. They might understand this better than I do. As for fish I like sam, mr trout, white sometimes but hardly ever cod though it certainly is good for you. Won't eat dolphin or whale meat. They ain't fish.
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@LadyDuck (472074)
• Switzerland
5 Sep 15
@Bluedoll No, I do not eat dolphin or whale meat, this for sure, even if I remember that in Florida they called dolphin the mahi-mahi. I was shocked when I read dolphin on the menu, then they explained.
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@LadyDuck (472074)
• Switzerland
5 Sep 15
I know, if we want to be precise shrimps are crustaceans, but according to Cristian (below) every fish is meat... so why to bother?
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
4 Sep 15
here we are used to buying, cooking, eating the fish whole. (of course the scales, gills and innards are taken out first). i find white, deboned frozen fish too soft and tasteless.
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• Philippines
4 Sep 15
@LadyDuck but in terms of canned fish, i prefer plain tuna, plain mackerel and sardines in tomato sauce.
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@LadyDuck (472074)
• Switzerland
4 Sep 15
I agree, many time the white frozen fish has not a great taste.
• United States
5 Sep 15
I adore fish and seafood. Unfortunately, where I live in this country, all the fish is not fresh. No good.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
12 Sep 15
@LadyDuck whichever fish we buy,it should be fresh.It is good that you know how to buy fresh fish.
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• United States
5 Sep 15
@LadyDuck Yes I am in the middle of the country here Anna. No good. When I lived by the sea, very good
@LadyDuck (472074)
• Switzerland
5 Sep 15
Freshness is important, I am very careful where I buy my fish.
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• United States
5 Sep 15
I love fish, although I never developed the taste for salmon. My favorites are catfish, perch, and tilapia. Now when it comes to shrimp, I enjoy it so many different ways. Boiled in crab boil, fried, bacon wrapped around it and baked, sauteed with garlic and butter, and the list could go on for miles.
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@LadyDuck (472074)
• Switzerland
5 Sep 15
I finally prepared shrimp fritters, not too spicy, but a little bit. Perch is a very good fish, we have local perch from our lakes.
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• United States
5 Sep 15
@LadyDuck That sounds good. I like spicy food. Yes, it's one of my favorites, it isn't as common in Texas as it was in Louisiana.
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@LadyDuck (472074)
• Switzerland
5 Sep 15
@TexanTornado The shrimp fritters is a recipe that I learned at the Cooking School in New Orleans. I had a lot of fun there.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
7 Sep 15
I like fish okay but we only have it a couple of times a month. Once I have fish, I don't want it again for a while. My brother does the cooking so I don't really have any recipes to share.
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@LadyDuck (472074)
• Switzerland
7 Sep 15
Thank you Sharon. I have prepared shrimps fritters (New Orleans style), they were good.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
8 Sep 15
@LadyDuck Now, I love shrimp and that sounds so good!
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@Inlemay (17713)
• South Africa
28 Sep 15
No I dont eat fish or else I will die. HIGHLY allergic - it makes travelling to sea ports difficult and expensive, because other meats are dear.
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@LadyDuck (472074)
• Switzerland
28 Sep 15
This is a serious problem when visiting some countries. I know how food allergies can be dangerous. I am allergic to peanuts.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
4 Sep 15
I don't like every kind of fish, but I like to eat shrimps, crabs, salmon and cod. My husband doesn't really like fish and we don't eat fish very often. When my family and I visit the north of Denmark we buy fresh fish at the harbour, the shrimps are especially delicious.
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@LadyDuck (472074)
• Switzerland
5 Sep 15
I can imagine how good are fresh shrimps. When we lived in Italy and went in Tuscany for summer holidays, we bought fish from fishermen at the harbour. It was so much better than the frozen fish you can find in supermarkets.
@Manasha (2819)
• Pondicherry, India
6 Sep 15
yea, I like it very much and have the habit of eating it daily, however, today not possible due to diarrhea
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@LadyDuck (472074)
• Switzerland
6 Sep 15
I am sorry that you do not feel well. I wish you to be well tomorrow.
@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
7 Sep 15
I don't often cook shrimp as hubby will only eat shrimp cocktail.
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@LadyDuck (472074)
• Switzerland
7 Sep 15
Shrimp cocktail is not my favorite dish. There are so many more interesting recipes for shrimps.
@Hate2Iron (15727)
• Canada
4 Sep 15
I would just have to be the only one in the family who doesn't like fish. There is just one kind that hubby buys for me. It's lightly battered and is infused with lemon juice. But that is pretty much it. :( Even so, I'm not overly excited when I see it brought to the table. :(
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@LadyDuck (472074)
• Switzerland
4 Sep 15
I guess the only fish you like is the sole. All people I know that dislike fish eat soles, lightly battered and is infused with lemon juice.
@marlina (154131)
• Canada
11 Sep 15
I used to hate fish when I was a kid and now I like it, I don't love it, but I can handle it.
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@LadyDuck (472074)
• Switzerland
11 Sep 15
I did not like the fish very much when I was a kid, but growing older I learned to appreciate it.
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• Tel Aviv, Israel
4 Sep 15
i like only tona and hering (dont no how to write there names)
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@LadyDuck (472074)
• Switzerland
4 Sep 15
I suppose you mean tuna and herrings. I believe those fish are Kosher, while seafood is not.