TUNA!
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Love it. Get it fresh in the VI. Cook it in lime juice with soy sauce and scallions, or cook it up in a cast iron pan. Delicious.
Top Notch. I was eating it raw daily when I was in Hawaii. Poki for breakfast - the best!
Seared Ahi....LOVE IT!!!
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Once or twice a week my wife stops into a fresh seafood restaurant on her way home that also sells fresh seafood at the retail counter. Two or three times a month we'll have tuna-my favorite is grilled tuna with a roasted pepper sauce.
I see what you did.
You made me think about poki and I'm so hungry I could eat a.....tuna.
You made me think about poki and I'm so hungry I could eat a.....tuna.
LOL! You are a trip Pablo, sorry I made you so hungry!
Adam
Anyone here that has the chance like I have, should definitely try a tuna fishing trip, as brother and I did it in 09' while in Outer Banks for his wedding, then in summer 10' and this past summer, and I still have a ton of tuna in storage. Good with home made cocktail sauce or horseradish on crackers.
Adam
Anyone here that has the chance like I have, should definitely try a tuna fishing trip, as brother and I did it in 09' while in Outer Banks for his wedding, then in summer 10' and this past summer, and I still have a ton of tuna in storage. Good with home made cocktail sauce or horseradish on crackers.
Have you ever had real Hawaii poki?
Not sure what the Tuna is that we get at the supermarkets, but it's not as nice as it was when I was a kid, as there are a number of different "Tuna" in Oz waters, and the Blue Fin that we were educated on as children won't ever make it to the table in Oz.
(Colin Thielle wrote a book, that became a movie called Blue Fin, at the height of average joes making money from fishing. Good book/movie, Perfect Storm ripped some of it off)
Southern Blue Fin Tuna is currently listed as endangered, peak Tuna having occured in 1982, and stocks being down 90+ percent since then.
Some people (same people who blame depletion on whales, and justify hunting them in Oz waters to preserve fish stocks) still fish for them, and their scarecty reflects what the Japanes are willing to pay, $1,000 per fish...the other week one bloke paid nearly $3/4M for one fish.
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It's tasty, but we can usually only get salmon (don't mean "only", more "just").
Boss puts some olive oil salt and pepper on a sheet of foil, tops with shredded shallots, grated ginger, shredded carrot, a little soy, and a little fish sauce, seals the foil, and 15 mins in the oven...it's lovely.
There's a Company in Oz (Cleanseas Tuna), that have successfully spawned Southern Bluefin, and raised them to fingerling status on a couple of occasions...Awesome if they can pull this off.
(Colin Thielle wrote a book, that became a movie called Blue Fin, at the height of average joes making money from fishing. Good book/movie, Perfect Storm ripped some of it off)
Southern Blue Fin Tuna is currently listed as endangered, peak Tuna having occured in 1982, and stocks being down 90+ percent since then.
Some people (same people who blame depletion on whales, and justify hunting them in Oz waters to preserve fish stocks) still fish for them, and their scarecty reflects what the Japanes are willing to pay, $1,000 per fish...the other week one bloke paid nearly $3/4M for one fish.
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It's tasty, but we can usually only get salmon (don't mean "only", more "just").
Boss puts some olive oil salt and pepper on a sheet of foil, tops with shredded shallots, grated ginger, shredded carrot, a little soy, and a little fish sauce, seals the foil, and 15 mins in the oven...it's lovely.
There's a Company in Oz (Cleanseas Tuna), that have successfully spawned Southern Bluefin, and raised them to fingerling status on a couple of occasions...Awesome if they can pull this off.
I love seafood, but I don't like the taste of tuna. Weird. I'll take fresh wild Alaskan salmon any day.
Originally Posted By: civic09
I know there isnt anything better than fresh caught tuna. All I can say on that matter.
Tuna(local) in supermarkets are fresh caught but by the time they are on the shelves it could be 1-4 weeks old, depending how long the fisherman has been out in the sea. Tuna actually has a long seafood shelf life. Reason the ahi has different prices at the fish auction is how the fisherman preserves his catch. Fish texture and color will come into play...reason you need a good fish expert at auctions.
High end sushi bar will pay premium price for fresh caught ahi that is 1 day old. A high end sushi owner knows their fisherman and the market supply.
As for sashimi, Aku(skipjack) fresh caught off the boat is awesome too. Live Akule(scad) taste light and crunchy is another favorite. Fresh caught Akule that's 3 hours dead but chilled in ice doesn't taste the same as live. Seafood degrades quickly once dead.
I know there isnt anything better than fresh caught tuna. All I can say on that matter.
Tuna(local) in supermarkets are fresh caught but by the time they are on the shelves it could be 1-4 weeks old, depending how long the fisherman has been out in the sea. Tuna actually has a long seafood shelf life. Reason the ahi has different prices at the fish auction is how the fisherman preserves his catch. Fish texture and color will come into play...reason you need a good fish expert at auctions.
High end sushi bar will pay premium price for fresh caught ahi that is 1 day old. A high end sushi owner knows their fisherman and the market supply.
As for sashimi, Aku(skipjack) fresh caught off the boat is awesome too. Live Akule(scad) taste light and crunchy is another favorite. Fresh caught Akule that's 3 hours dead but chilled in ice doesn't taste the same as live. Seafood degrades quickly once dead.
Tuna fishing is poor here in Lake Erie ......
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