Anyway, I digress. As I entered on Saturday night they were serving up the last battered haddock (I presume) to another customer, yet there remained a breaded fish of some kind still sweating it out in the display area. Turned out it was mackerel - either that or a 10 minute wait for normal fish.
I've never had mackerel from a chippie before, struck me as rather odd, but I went for it and it was OK but rather strong tasting and I got to sample it over and over again that night with burps and eventually a bit of puke at around 3am.
I did enjoy the novelty though!
lol@ "10 min wait for normal fish"
sounds like off mackerel.
smoked mackerel can repeat on ya, but not fresh.
and puking too
i like the idea of chippies and supermarkets trying to get people onto mackerel, it's ubiquitous, healthy, really tasty, brilliant fish.....BUT, is so healthy cos its very oily, so it turns very quickly, even well refrigerated.....even frozen, mackerel degrades fast...
After one day the flavour strengthens, after 2 it starts to taste a bit "high", like a well hung pheasant,after 3 days the flesh gets a bit fluffy....after 4, give it to the cats.
And supermarkets sell mackerel a good 7 days after landing, is no wonder a lot of people dont fancy mackerel, or are put off after buying it...
I once bought some from tesco to use as bait, honestly, it wasn't fit for consumption, not even enough consistency to use as bait, fucking shocking.
If you can't get mackerel from a trusted source (sorry mods), that you know is selling the previous day's catch, don't bother, get tinned.
lol@mackerel rant. Myy favourite fish, top bait too. Straight from the sea, cooked straight away, even sashimied, nothing better.
Fascinating! The chippie in question is an "award winner" so they should hang their heads in shame if they are indeed serving up foosty fish/morbid mackerel.
The taste, although strong, seemed pretty normal to me but I'm no fish connoisseur. I'm sure it was not as fresh as you're used to anyway, MM!
it made you puke
although what else had you ingested?
Went to the mothers for my favourite tea - cheese rolled in smoked ham, covered in a white sauce and baked in the oven, with rice and broccoli. No recipe needed - so basic but so good.