Tillies, carp or catfish for a meal

[Shimanobwoie]

Hey everyone just out of curiosity has anybody eaten either a tilly, carp or catfish. I've always seen foreign cooking shows cooking one of these species. I dont eat any seafood at all nor will i in the future.

Do you think it has something to do with these foreign country not having quality fish like australia has or just they prefer it in some strange way?

[fisherjack1394]

i wouldnt eat carp if you paid me to dirty fish, but i saw an asian cooking show the other day and they were cooking them up so some people must like em. :sick:

[ellicat]

They're just the same as bream or cod to the nations they're native to.

It's just we see them as noxious species and that transfers to the psyche about them on the plate.

I've heard tillies are good table fare.

Bassa is sold here - it is just catfish.

[Sniggy]

I believe the Polish eat carp for there traditional Christmas dinner!

A lot of Uk supermarkets now have it on the fish counter.....

[Manni79]

Carp also have a lot of small bones in them which makes it difficult to eat.

As listed above some European nations love eating Carp

[werewolf]

Eel tailed catties from clean water are nice on the plate. Can go tough if over cooked though.

Forkies, not a huge fan, and the bone structure behind the pectoral fins means you get a tiny fillet for the length of the fish.

Carp - wouldn't even contemplate eating it

Tillies - yum (not that I have tried it of course)

Edit: any of the above species can be at times found in small stagnant water holes. Really wouldn't want to eat anyfish from such conditions...

[Zim man]

They're just the same as bream or cod to the nations they're native to.

It's just we see them as noxious species and that transfers to the psyche about them on the plate.

I've heard tillies are good table fare.

Bassa is sold here - it is just catfish.

plus 1.

tillies or bream as they are called in southern africa are good eating. however like most species their taste reflects the enviroment from which they come (murky stale muddy waters equal nasty fillets)

[beckenry]

I am wondering what bassa actually is?

I am chinese and we do eat carp... but u have to put lots of chilli and ginger and lots of spice to cover that smell, and i have to say that carp is really smart ( at least in Asia, never fish carp in oz). Lots of bones, so not popular in Australia, but heard that many people in europe do eat them.

[jnewy]

Iam going to eat some talapia tonight.Got them at npd will let you know what i think later

[taib]

tillies are actually very nice... thick fillet on them... google "eating carp" in youtube... the decision is yours :sick:

as for catfish... got some big ones from mouth of river 2 years ago.. tried a fork full and spat it out.

Uncle loves it though..

Give em a go, let us know how you go.

cheers

[crazywalrus]

i have eaten Tillies - very good table fair

I have eaten a forky out of the Brissy river - terrible, awfull

I think i ate Carp in China - not fussed

Eel Tailed catties if handled right are good table fair

[dassa]

I have never tried tillies or carp I think they stink but i have eaten fresh water catties mate i think there pretty good chowing

[rayke1938]

I have eaten them all.

Tilapia are very good.

Tandans are good.

Carp is good but a bit bony. I have eaten carp out of the muddy condamine and enjoyed it. Just rolled it in flour and fried in butter.Also enjoyed it in China where they had removed all the bones.

Forkies?

When I used to buy at the Brisbane fish markets around 40 years ago you would have been amazed at how much forky carcase went through the markets and at good prices.

The fish and chip shops loved them as little waste . They sold them as cod.

Had it in Thailand and very good.( Dried catfish soup yum)

Have eaten it when younger and it was pretty average but maybe it was the preparation and cooking method because I eat it every time we are in Thailand and it is great.

I would challenge anyone to correctly identify any of the above if it was correctly prepared and presented in a restaurant and called Tahitian trout.

Cheers

Ray

[uglyfish]

It's illegal to have in possession at any time any noxious fish ie, carp and tilapia..Be a rigging expensive meal if caught up to $200 000..

[rayke1938]

You have to dispose of them somewhere There are locations where you are not allowed to dispose of them and have to transport them elsewhere.

The carp at Condamine went straight from the river to the frypan.

Wonder what the fine is for chucking dead tilapia out the window while travelling down the Gateway?

Cheers

Ray.

[robin]

To be honest, Im a Ausy guy and have been to Malaysia, china , hong kong, thailand, and a few more, and I have never asked what type of fish it is that im eating, but i garrantee that i would have eaten carp over there, but why i would not know for sure is because of how they cook it, all different sauces and spices can make the most crap fish taste like one that would cost you $100 to buy.

Has anyone ever tasted stingray, on its own its very dull taste, but cook it with some good chillie sauce and mmmm so good.

[keen_as]

I've never had tillie's or cattie, but I've had carp a couple of times, minced up bones and all in fish cakes, :sick: :sick: :sick: .

Kept in fresh water for 3 days after catching to filter out the muddy taste, (don't really work...)

And fillets rolled in flour and fried. Yep, still tasted like crapola. :sick: :sick:

[jnewy]

it was a beauitful had in a light tenpura batter i was surprised it was bloody beautiful, at first i was sceptical but i was amazed im very impressed i would deffinately try to erraticate them by eating them all YUM YUM!

[faulked]

the wet fish stand at the iga markets at deagon on sundays is currently selling imported tillapia i thought it was illegal but they seem to have plenty

[ellicat]

the wet fish stand at the iga markets at deagon on sundays is currently selling imported tillapia i thought it was illegal but they seem to have plenty

:lol: Imported from NPD :whistle:

[chobbo]

I am wondering what bassa actually is?

Basa is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangasius_hypophthalmus

[ellicat]

Actually that article says that is not correct, chobbo.

This is the "true" basa -
/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangasius_bocourti

[crazywalrus]

hmmm I would not eat asian farmed fish. If you can handle the sewage they are grown in in, there are no controld on the medications they use like malachite green.

http://money.cnn.com/2007/06/28/news/international/china_fish/index.htm

[Davo_Dinkum]

i have eaten basa before ,till i read info/ saw video etc about where it come from and the condition's .

no way i will eat it now ,in saying that i only bought it once and tried it and it was very average .

[kmcrosby78]

Dad used to cook any fork tail catties we caught on camping trips when we were kids. Obviously a bit fiddly to get the fillets but was always nice white meat and taste fine. From what I've heard they are no good if caught in saltwater. Haven't tried the other species mentioned. Funnily enough - for some reason we never ate any eel tailed catties we caught - although I don't remember us catching any that were much bigger than 30cm.

[werewolf]

Crosby bet your old man got stung by jewie - you would never want to touch one again, way more pain then from a forkie lol

[Martin]

Tilles good

Carp havent tried'

Catfish, eel tail good

Fork tail, caught in saltwater, it's all in the preparation and cooking, a friend of mine won't eat catfish but loves the river cod fillets I bring back for her.LOL

Also know a pro fisherman that has sold tons of it as mixed reef after soaking the fillets in a good brine solution.

Cheers Martin