On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Churyl Zeviar <churyl@tmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 8:06 am, Heather Twist wrote:
> Salmon is not my favorite fish. I like small bony fish, preferably with
> the skin. And often, in Asian stores, they are sold with the guts too
> (esp. if they are full of roe, which is wonderful). Whole baby fish are
> big in Asian cuisine (they are sold as a bar snack too!). They are
> extremely filling and loaded with nutrients.
I would love to try this! There is a huge Asian market near my home.
With a large fish counter. What do I ask for? If they even understand me
this time! Or maybe I should bring a picture... what are the small fish
called, so I can find a pic on the internet? Esp the ones with roe?
Thank you!
The ones with roe are usually yellow croaker. You can tell they have roe because they are uncleaned and very fat. But I don't know the names of them mostly either ... I just point and smile. They have a lot of good frozen fish too. The Asian stores around here have amazing vegetables too: way better quality, more variety, cheaper prices. I love coming home with a big bag of lichis or mangosteens.
I have a Korean cookbook, and a Japanese cookbook (and there's lots of stuff on the Internet and at the library), so I find stuff in there too. Mostly it's pretty easy, just different.
The dried fish look like this:
They take a bit of psychological getting used to, but they are one of the most nutritious foods anywhere (they are used for feeding expensive birds too). I am not an expert at cooking them (yet!) so I often buy them pre-cooked in a kind of sweet chili sauce at the Korean store. You can just sautee them in hot oil and sprinkle salt on them too ... it's the Asian version of hot peanuts (ok, they have hot peanuts too, which are also awesome).
Don't forget that it is chestnut season too ... fresh hot chestnuts! They have nice fresh ones at our Asian stores too.
-- Heather.
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