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[wildflowersoul]

Last night for the first time ever I cooked fish for dinner. And I consumed a reasonable number of bites of said fish. I cooked up some baked tilapia over roasted tomatoes, olives, and capers, with some roasted potatoes on the side. It was not terrible, but it was not enjoyable. The fish didn't really taste like anything, but I remain not a fan of the texture. I really can't see myself ever saying "that was a tasty piece of fish, which I am happy to have consumed," but I'm going to try to incorporate it slightly more often in our dinner rotations because Drew likes it and it's healthy.

Also, this news story and this one about finding Richard III's remains under a British parking lot is pretty cool. And they used genealogy DNA to back up the find.

I've made some wicked awesome headways into my genealogy research, though a lot of that was finding other people's research, which I need to back up on my own with source documents, but still, I have some lines traced all the way back to the late 1500s in France. Turns out the French Canadians are super easy to research. The Irish I am just stalled out on, though.

Comments

[tenillypo.livejournal.com]

Whoah! I am impressed by you making fish. I... don't think I'll ever be at that stage.

[wildflowersoul.livejournal.com]

It was a true labor of love. I really don't enjoy fish, I'd rather not eat anything at all. And that is saying something, 'cause this lady likes to eat.

[kayranord.livejournal.com]

I am a fish snob. Tilapia has no flavor, it just supports the seasonings, batter, crust, etc (that's why it's so popular, I think.)

[wildflowersoul.livejournal.com]

The less flavor the better for me! I have always hated seafood and fish, despite having grown up in Maine. Are there other fish types that also have no flavor?

[kayranord.livejournal.com]

Most white fishies.

(I LOLed when I read your comment via email earlier... I don't care for fish that doesn't have flavor!)

I rarely eat fish. I'm supremely picky about quality and too stingy to pay what it takes to get good quality fish here in the midwest. Though now and then I'll splurge at Whole Foods. Frozen fish is disgusting. Farm-raised fish isn't much better.

(For the longest time I refused to eat fish... I think because I had yucky frozen/badly cooked fish when I was a kid. Which is funny because according to my Dad, my first "solid" food was raw oyster. Yuck.)

[doplar.livejournal.com]

So funny -- the fish dish that LK loves the most is Pescado a la Veracruzano - - tomatoes, olives, capers, pickled jalapeno slices. I really don't like that combo.

DO you like Asian flavors, like soy sauce, sesame oil, etc? That is a great way to overpower fish and make it tasty I think - I had a recipe for equal parts soy sauce, lemon juice as a marinade but its amenable to adding other stuff like red pepper flakes.

[wildflowersoul.livejournal.com]

Wow, I am super remiss in my LJ responses. I do like Asian flavors, I'll try that next!