Eat It Raw!

[joe yang]

Sushi is good. Okay, not all sushi is raw, but other cultures also eat raw seafood. Raw bars are, or were a major attraction in Little Italy, NYC. Cerviche is an Hispanic tradition. Share! Favorite dishes?

[kenkyusha]

With any kind of nice, firm (very fresh and worm free) fish... kinda like a very thinly sliced sashimi.

You can use almost anything as an acidulant (personal preference is for a nice bit of lime juice... it's a bit seviche like...). Serve as an appetizer w/melon or fruit and a fresh Aioli.

Be well,
Jigme

[AlexM]

Raw Salmon à l'italienne...

Raw salmon sliced like you would smoked salmon (not too thin though). Cover in olive oil, some salt (coarse sea salt preferably), some dill (I think it's dill) and sautéed pine nuts or even sesame seeds (sauté them in a bit of butter or olive oil I think). Let it sit for a bit: Give the salt some time to dissovle and the meat to soften. It's always better as leftovers (as most things are).

Some of the best raw fish I ever had was in Nothern Québec. Caught a few small brook trout and ate them "sashimied" with a bit of soya sauce (although not right on the spot). Still kicking myself for not having brought more appropriate condiments and a little sake (even if it is the lousy kind).

I'm a fan of steak tartar when it's when seasoned properly. But then I prefer all my meat to be undercooked (not poultry or pork though obviously).

Never serve a steak as anything other than saignant (bloody).

A favourite Dutch delicacy.

Take one freshly caught herring.
Behead, gut & fillet, leaving tail attached.
Roll herring in chopped raw onion.
Hold by tail and drop down gullet.
Wash down with Jenever or Korenwijn.

Yum!

Cheers,

Mike

[AlexM]

Forgot to mention oysters... the viagra of the sea

Gotta love any food that is not only eaten raw but still live.

The Malpèque variety of oysters were really good this year too.

[Rogier]

my girlfriend still think it's disgusting when I eat herring...

variations:

- herring on white bread with gherkins and onions
- just the herring and let it easily slip down your throat (jummy)
- pickled herring
- rollmop (pickled herring rolled around a gherkin)

that the great thing here a work, Friday is fishday... fresh herring!!

[Tri-ring]

Shin nen Akemashite omedeto gozaimasu.

From the land of eating raw here is a entry that I believe will make even the hearty twitch.

It is called Shirauo no Odorigui(Dancing icefish). It's not about eating it raw, it's about eating it alive.
It is a delicacy where you swallow the icefish alive and enjoy the wiggly feeling as the icefish goes down your throat.
I bet you can't beat this.



K.Miwa

[Dave Lowry]

Hold on a moment, Mr. Tri-ring. It's shirouo vs. shirauo.

While even many Japanese do not make the distinction, true odorigui uses shirouo, Leucopsarion petersii, usually translated as ice goby. They’re caught in Kyushu, along the Matsumoto and Nishiki rivers, in early spring, and that’s where odorigui is supposed to have originated. And it came about, again supposedly, because shirouo start to deteriorate as soon as they die.

Shirauo, Salangichthys microdon, usually translated as you have, as icefish, is used in odorigui, but it’s bigger and doesn’t taste the same. Some connoisseurs bristle when the two are confused.

Cordially,

[Earl Hartman]

Re: raw brook trout

I would strongly advise against eating freshwater fish raw. I have been told that they are susceptible to parasites in a way in which saltwater fish are not.

[CEB]

Originally posted by Gollum
Spoiling nice fish! Give it to us raw, and wriggling!

[Tri-ring]

Originally posted by Earl Hartman
Re: raw brook trout

I would strongly advise against eating freshwater fish raw. I have been told that they are susceptible to parasites in a way in which saltwater fish are not.

Konbanwa Earl-san

Out of experience, the Ainu or aborigine tribes of Hokkaido had endless bad experiences with parasites so they froze the fresh catch by leaving on the snow of a night. It is called Luibe and works fine since it is still eaten.
Think of it as a trout popsicle. (Actually it is served in thin slices.)

Gollum

That is our line!!

K.Miwa

[chizikunbo]

I dont know about the whole icefish thing, but raw is good, and kansas city (id be willing to bet) has some of the best Sushi Bars in the USA.

[Earl Hartman]

Smart people, those Ainu.

Why does the term "Kansas City sushi bars" remind me of the Pace salsa commercials?

[Kikbaq]

Here in Eugene, OR we have Shoji's Teppanyaki & Sushi Bar(Similar to Benihana's), Shiki, Sushi Domo, to name but a few. I wish I could say the served those live icefish, but as daring as I am, I must travel for away for such a thing.

However at a Frat party a few years ago I drank a triple shot of goldschlager w/ a goldfish in it... it was very much alive, and probably more intoxicated than the fellow who served'em to me. They were of course small goldfish, so it did not prove difficult to the dozen of us who had the fortitude to try it.

[BC]

Conch ceviche

Yum!