Just got finished eating some wild fresh "flounder" fillets, that looked very nice in the store, a bargain at $3.99 lb. We kind of remembered having flounder a long time ago that wasn't good, but we both enjoyed fresh caught flounder as children that was delicious.
Well, we went on a seafood diet today. Not the kind where you see food and eat it, but the kind where you make seafood and half of it ends up in the trash. We didn't even give any to the dog or cat, because the fish was soooo mushy, that the seasonings mixed in...and we don't give spicy, salty or peppery stuff to our furkids.
This flounder was grilled in the oven for around 12 min, no turning over. When I tasted it, I put it back for another minute or so to be sure it wasn't undercooked. Well...it didn't taste too bad, but the texture was like mashed potatoes, mushy and sickening really, made you want to gag. It fell apart so bad, that we joked about serving it and eating it with a spoon.
So, I went online to find out about flounder. They said that a lot of flounder sold was a less desireable "Arrowtooth" flounder. This fish is supposed to excrete an enzyme that breaks down the flesh, so when preparing it, it becomes pastey or mushy, regardless of how it's cooked or how long. They say sometimes the sellers mislabel fish, and even Turbot or Sole, can wind up being this arrowtooth flounder.
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Well, we went on a seafood diet today. Not the kind where you see food and eat it, but the kind where you make seafood and half of it ends up in the trash. We didn't even give any to the dog or cat, because the fish was soooo mushy, that the seasonings mixed in...and we don't give spicy, salty or peppery stuff to our furkids.
This flounder was grilled in the oven for around 12 min, no turning over. When I tasted it, I put it back for another minute or so to be sure it wasn't undercooked. Well...it didn't taste too bad, but the texture was like mashed potatoes, mushy and sickening really, made you want to gag. It fell apart so bad, that we joked about serving it and eating it with a spoon.
So, I went online to find out about flounder. They said that a lot of flounder sold was a less desireable "Arrowtooth" flounder. This fish is supposed to excrete an enzyme that breaks down the flesh, so when preparing it, it becomes pastey or mushy, regardless of how it's cooked or how long. They say sometimes the sellers mislabel fish, and even Turbot or Sole, can wind up being this arrowtooth flounder.
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