Swordfish
17 December 2009, 11:03 PM
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We are going for a meal for my mates 21st. I fancy nothing on the menu except maybe the swordfish. What does this taste like? is it a strong taste? Also it doesn't say if it's filleted or not as I can't be arsed messing about with bones or do they always come filleted?
You plank.
17 December 2009, 11:34 PM
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It is likely to be filleted as swordfish are usually between 4 and 6ft long!!!
Yes, it is a like a slightly meatier tuna steak.
Very nice if it is cooked properly and not overdone.
Yes, it is a like a slightly meatier tuna steak.
Very nice if it is cooked properly and not overdone.
17 December 2009, 11:37 PM
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Grew up on the very thing when i was i kid living in Malta many moons ago. Afternoon at the beach after school then pick up five big steaks out of the back of the fish van on the way home.
Best cooked on a barby, very steak like with one central bone. Not too strong in fishy flavour and with a squirt of lemon juice..perfect!
If served with the skin on simply peel off in one piece.
My six and ten year old daughter and son love it.
Best cooked on a barby, very steak like with one central bone. Not too strong in fishy flavour and with a squirt of lemon juice..perfect!
If served with the skin on simply peel off in one piece.
My six and ten year old daughter and son love it.
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17 December 2009, 11:59 PM
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Drier than tuna and thicker in texture.
Not like tune at all, really, unless you like tuna really over-done! More like haddock in texture, but chewier.
A very parasitic fish, so make sure it's a good one.
Not like tune at all, really, unless you like tuna really over-done! More like haddock in texture, but chewier.
A very parasitic fish, so make sure it's a good one.
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18 December 2009, 01:53 PM
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If seared on the outside and raw in the middle its not too bad if over cooked is tough and tasteless. It is a lot like tuna whatever Father peirre says. Similar colour, similar texture and needs to be served seared or raw just like tuna.
18 December 2009, 04:44 PM
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Never heard of eating raw swordfish before and aren't tuna steaks more red in colour?
18 December 2009, 05:18 PM
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I suppose that youd need to see the fish before the fish monger prepares it. Would it be easy to spot to the untrained eye though, like cod?
19 December 2009, 05:18 PM
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I honestly don't know either, Si. But if i order swordfish, i don't expect a sensible answer if i ask whether the fish in question had relatively few parasites on its body, that's all 
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