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Principia Discordia => Discordian Recipes => Topic started by: Pope Pixie Pickle on February 20, 2010, 07:24:45 PM

Title: river cobbler with lemon garlic and saffron.
Post by: Pope Pixie Pickle on February 20, 2010, 07:24:45 PM
River cobbler is a white fish that is inexpensive.

Take fillets of river cobbler, use half a lemon for each fillet marinade in the lemon and a pinch of saffron. Place the saffron between the fillets and leave for an hour covered. I serve it with a strong peppery salad and either some nice bread or new potatoes. Get the rest of your prep or cooking done.

Put oil in a pan, slice garlic. Lightly fry and add fish with marinade into pan on medium heat when all cooked and fish is about to fall apart serve with cooked marinade as sauce using bread or tatties to mop it up!

Yum!
Title: Re: river cobbler with lemon garlic and saffron.
Post by: Bella on February 22, 2010, 02:44:24 AM
I don't think we can get that fish in the US, but I'm so stealing this recipe for my sister! She loves fish and is always looking for new recipes. Thanks :)
Title: Re: river cobbler with lemon garlic and saffron.
Post by: Freeky on February 22, 2010, 02:51:43 AM
Tilapia and catfish are common white freshwater fish in the states.
Title: Re: river cobbler with lemon garlic and saffron.
Post by: Bella on February 22, 2010, 03:13:33 AM
Good idea - I'll change river cobbler to tailapia and send her the recipe.
Title: Re: river cobbler with lemon garlic and saffron.
Post by: Freeky on February 22, 2010, 03:15:05 AM
 :D
Title: Re: river cobbler with lemon garlic and saffron.
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on February 22, 2010, 04:47:07 AM
That sounds crazy delectable.
Title: Re: river cobbler with lemon garlic and saffron.
Post by: Payne on February 22, 2010, 11:00:45 PM
This recipe, I can attest, is delicious.
Title: Re: river cobbler with lemon garlic and saffron.
Post by: Bella on February 22, 2010, 11:49:04 PM
I bet it would also work with chicken filets, as well. I'm going to give it a shot later this week.
Title: Re: river cobbler with lemon garlic and saffron.
Post by: East Coast Hustle on February 23, 2010, 05:42:38 AM
Quote from: Mistress Freeky on February 22, 2010, 02:51:43 AM
Tilapia and catfish are common white freshwater fish in the states.

actually, tilapia is not native to the US  and is mostly imported from vietnam where it is farm-raised.

for the love of god, please don't eat farm-raised fish. This recipe (which sounds awesome - thanks Pix!) would work perfectly well with haddock, flounder, sole, or perch, most of which can be found wild-caught for not much more money than tilapia.
Title: Re: river cobbler with lemon garlic and saffron.
Post by: Pope Pixie Pickle on February 23, 2010, 08:44:00 AM
Any white fish would do the job like, just river cobbler is a cheap one at my local supermarket.

Tell me how that works on the chicken tho Bella!
Title: Re: river cobbler with lemon garlic and saffron.
Post by: Freeky on February 23, 2010, 05:01:10 PM
Quote from: Emerald City Hustle on February 23, 2010, 05:42:38 AM
Quote from: Mistress Freeky on February 22, 2010, 02:51:43 AM
Tilapia and catfish are common white freshwater fish in the states.

actually, tilapia is not native to the US  and is mostly imported from vietnam where it is farm-raised.

for the love of god, please don't eat farm-raised fish. This recipe (which sounds awesome - thanks Pix!) would work perfectly well with haddock, flounder, sole, or perch, most of which can be found wild-caught for not much more money than tilapia.

In my senior year of high school, my science class ran our school's greenhouse and nursery, and we rasied tilapia to sell to local restaurants. What's wrong with farm raised?
Title: Re: river cobbler with lemon garlic and saffron.
Post by: East Coast Hustle on February 23, 2010, 07:38:22 PM
you don't want to know what commercially farmed fish are fed.

also, fish farms create an easy way for diseases to arise and to spread rapidly through a species. Overcrowded pens + no real safeguards against farmed stock escaping into the wild = possible devastating epidemic.

also also, just as with GMO crops, many commercial aquaculture operations raise their own "brand" of fish, genetically modified to be optimized for farm-raising. The question of what happens when these fish escape and introduce their genetics into the wild population of the species has not been satisfactorily answered.

also also also, farm-raised fish tastes like crap compared to its wild counterparts (you get out of it what you put into it. see problem number one).
Title: Re: river cobbler with lemon garlic and saffron.
Post by: Pope Pixie Pickle on February 23, 2010, 08:21:07 PM
Where possible I avoid over-fished or farmed fish, but good fish markets are hard to come by and I'm not exactly minted.

Also a lot of cheap farmed salmon are fed with extra dye to make em moar pink. 

Glad you like the recipie guise! I winged it from stuff I had in my cupboard and fridge!
Title: Re: river cobbler with lemon garlic and saffron.
Post by: Freeky on February 23, 2010, 08:57:47 PM
Quote from: Emerald City Hustle on February 23, 2010, 07:38:22 PM
you don't want to know what commercially farmed fish are fed.

also, fish farms create an easy way for diseases to arise and to spread rapidly through a species. Overcrowded pens + no real safeguards against farmed stock escaping into the wild = possible devastating epidemic.

also also, just as with GMO crops, many commercial aquaculture operations raise their own "brand" of fish, genetically modified to be optimized for farm-raising. The question of what happens when these fish escape and introduce their genetics into the wild population of the species has not been satisfactorily answered.

also also also, farm-raised fish tastes like crap compared to its wild counterparts (you get out of it what you put into it. see problem number one).

Oh.
Title: Re: river cobbler with lemon garlic and saffron.
Post by: East Coast Hustle on February 24, 2010, 07:54:07 AM
in all fairness, having thought about my position on this matter I have come to the conclusion that in terms of nutritional value, food safety, and ecological soundness, eating farm-raised fish is still probably light years better than eating commercially raised poultry or beef.
Title: Re: river cobbler with lemon garlic and saffron.
Post by: LMNO on February 24, 2010, 02:04:29 PM
What about pork?



LMNO
- still holding on to the dream.
Title: Re: river cobbler with lemon garlic and saffron.
Post by: East Coast Hustle on February 24, 2010, 03:36:16 PM
Dude, I don't care if 500 babies die of AIDS every time I eat some pig, I'm never stopping.
Title: Re: river cobbler with lemon garlic and saffron.
Post by: LMNO on February 24, 2010, 03:47:25 PM
Quote from: Emerald City Hustle on February 24, 2010, 03:36:16 PM
Dude, I don't care if 500 babies die of AIDS every time I eat some pig, I'm never stopping.


:potd:
Title: Re: river cobbler with lemon garlic and saffron.
Post by: Jenne on February 24, 2010, 07:19:19 PM
Quote from: Emerald City Hustle on February 24, 2010, 03:36:16 PM
Dude, I don't care if 500 babies die of AIDS every time I eat some pig, I'm never stopping.

:mittens:  I still don't get the "nah" about pr0k.  Heldover from cultists, really.