Fish … which fish do you eat?

[Suffs]

Goodness me … https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/186346688864 ... 1ee294c5b0 !

Shame about the postage

[Stokey Sue]

Ha - see they are in sauce nantua, made from freshwater crayfish. I’ve bought and cooked the invading signal crayfish in the past when they were available from people trying to trap them and clear a stretch of water, but I don’t think they have much flavour

[miss mouse]

It has long had me tutting that in August and September, when Merrie England is sinking under the weight of runner beans, we still air-freight green beans from Africa. That’s supply chains for you.

The Sainsbury Fine Beans came from Kenya so I gave them a miss.

[miss mouse]

I’ve bought and cooked the invading signal crayfish in the past when they were available from people trying to trap them and clear a stretch of water, but I don’t think they have much flavour

I agree, very underwhelming.

'Asian food' is very catch-all. Isn't eg 'European food' or 'Indian food' an equally varied area?

[Earthmaiden]

I've eaten invading crayfish. Not bad, not great. I'm curious about the tinned pike now.

There's a nice little trout farm in the Cotswolds. You pay to go in, buy fish food, feed the trout, have a go at fishing for an extra fee, pay for anything you've caught (if it has not been returned to the water), buy fish from the shop and buy tea in the cafe. I realise they have overheads but it always makes me smile that people are happy to pay at every stage for fish they buy at the end.A good day out with children etc.

[WWordsworth]

The Sainsbury Fine Beans came from Kenya so I gave them a miss.

A few years ago I got really cross with the produce manager in a branch of Sainsbury's because it was July and the tomatoes were from Poland.

[Earthmaiden]

You have to look carefully. Sometimes the countries of origin are mixed within the same displays. I counted 4 in a display of asparagus in Waitrose once.

[Suffs]

I've eaten invading crayfish. Not bad, not great. I'm curious about the tinned pike now.

There's a nice little trout farm in the Cotswolds. You pay to go in, buy fish food, feed the trout, have a go at fishing for an extra fee, pay for anything you've caught (if it has not been returned to the water), buy fish from the shop and buy tea in the cafe. I realise they have overheads but it always makes me smile that people are happy to pay at every stage for fish they buy at the end.A good day out with children etc.

A relative retired ‘VERY comfortably thank you’ on the proceeds of his trout lakes.

[Busybee]

There's a nice little trout farm in the Cotswolds. You pay to go in, buy fish food, feed the trout, have a go at fishing for an extra fee, pay for anything you've caught (if it has not been returned to the water), buy fish from the shop and buy tea in the cafe. I realise they have overheads but it always makes me smile that people are happy to pay at every stage for fish they buy at the end.A good day out with children etc.

Bibury by any chance?

BB

[Earthmaiden]

Yes, BB!

I'm not surprised, Suffs!

[Busybee]

Yes, BB!

We used to live in Gloucestershire in the 90’s and a friend lived in Bibury - next door to Ann Robinson, but that’s another story, so visited the trout farm when it wasn’t much more than a trout farm but watched it grow into a real commercial concern.

BB

[Suffs]

Looks like we’re ahead of the zeitgeist

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2024/s ... -the-scale

[Earthmaiden]

Yes. I'm surprised it doesn't point out that the popular fish mentioned are those most readily available ready packaged in supermarket chiller aisles and therefore those most accessible to those who do not live near, or go to, a fishmonger.

[miss mouse]

Grim news re fish stocks on Farming Today

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0022sv1

we (the UK) are over-fishing. I see it was discussed again on this morning's epi, I'll listen later, the fishing industry justifying itself?

[Stokey Sue]

Yet bizarrely there was an item on BBC News this week about how sightings of dolphins, porpoises, and small whales have increased around our coast, which is believed to be due in part to improved stocks of the fish they eat.

[Badger's Mate]

Fish stocks have been hammered for many years. These days they are monitored and managed, albeit somewhat reactively. Not so long ago herring was overfished and the ‘sustainable’ alternative was mackerel. Nowadays we’re told that mackerel is overfished and the sustainable alternative is herring. Dogfish was OK then not OK, now OK again, it seems. Some commentators have a vested interest because they speak on behalf of the industry, others because they don’t eat fish and don’t like the rest of us eating them. It can be tricky to work out what’s happening.

[miss mouse]

It can be tricky to work out what’s happening.

It certainly is.