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MrBillM
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Doing my best to help out
I've always felt it my duty to buy the fish at a fair price and help out the poor fisherman who mistakenly ended up with one in his net.
Like David, it has been awhile, about two years. I have a Mexican friend in San Felipe who I ask to pick up fresh fish I'll pay for when he comes by
from town to visit. Back in 2006, he came by with something "Muy Especial". I wish he'd bought ten times as much.
It is the best fish I've ever eaten.
When I'm feeling extravagant in the U.S., I buy Swordfish.
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XRPhlang
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I don't know why I eat halibut, maybe it's just for the halovit.
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Alan
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I guess I don't really understand the question. There are lots of different ways fish can be prepared but regardless of which method one chooses the
type of fish is typically not really a factor. Now if the question was "what is your favorite tasting fish" that is a whole other subject.
For this category I'd have to say wahoo or a 1970's vintage tutoava. Finescale Triggers, cabrilla and dorado would be on a close second list but
definitely lower scale.
Then we get into preparation. Parrotfish in a vanilla sauce (Tahiti) was unbelievable. Fish/Shrimp/cheese baked in a pineapple half shell
(Thailand), Seabass with a Garlic/Basil sauce (CA), Cabrilla (Tres Virgennes, La Paz), Mahimahi in a shrimp sauce (Tahiti), Dorado with a
mango/cilantro/jalapeno salsa (my house), beer-battered triggerfish caught that day (my camp site at BoLA) all come to mind as memorable meals.
In Memory of E-57
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tripledigitken
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Alan
I guess I don't really understand the question. |
Alan,
What the poll is looking for is your favorite cooked fish, as opposed to eating it as sushi.
My favorite for instance cooked is yellowtail, but my favorite raw is bluefin tuna.
Ken
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David K
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Alan, I want to hang with you at meal time!
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Suzie
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I can't believe no one mentioned ling cod. It's my all time favorite, fried in beer batter.
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Monia
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Bonita - cooked or raw
May no animals be harmed in the making of this film.
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Iflyfish
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I'm with Diver, that fresh yellowtail is fabulous! and I dream of Lion Paw Scallops....Dorado dusted with lime and chili and cooked over
mesquite!.....Oh and Huachinango entero......slit the puppy, add salt and cook over mesquite......oh, my....getting hungry.
Iflyfish
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Gadget
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The stupid poll thing wouldn't let me vote for all of them. Consequently I am revolting and will go and eat any kind of fish cooked any way, or not,
at any time, any where.
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Ken Bondy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajajudy
I like all the fish listed but I also love parrot fish...so sweet. |
judy be careful with parrot fish, it is delicious but it often carries ciguatera which is very dangerous.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Iflyfish
I dream of Lion Paw Scallops....
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Lion Paw Scallops? I always loved scallops-- one of my favorites and then we discovered those Lion Paw ones---now look at those bay ones as just
plain old whimpy. 
Drooling all over my computer.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Monia
Bonita - cooked or raw |
You must be a cat.
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MrBillM
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Good Fish
There is a Fish Vendor in San Felipe, Mr. Fish, that was recommended to me becaue they have a such a wide selection. The side of the building is
painted with the names of numerous fish they have (at one time or another). Those that I was unfamiliar with, I wrote down and looked up in my Fish
Guide.
One of those, Baqueta, sounded good so we went in on our next trip to town and I asked the vendor if they had any Baqueta Filets.
"No", was the answer. While I thought for an alternative, he said "Momento" and rushed out, coming back with a whole fish that weighed about seven
kilos. "Baqueta" he said. Not intending to clean my own fish, but not wanting to seem rude after he'd made the effort, I bought it for 35 dollars.
Although I lost a lot in the cleaning, what remained turned out to be, possibly, the second or third best fish I've ever cooked and eaten.
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DENNIS
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Maybe he meant Baquita / Vaquita. I think you cooked and ate one of those blunt nosed little dolphins, endangered by the way, that only live at the
mouth of the Colorado River, right by San Felipe.
What's next Bill, dog?
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MrBillM
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Words of (Little) Wisdom.
As a child, I remember that Dennis the Menace was noted for making uninformed and outrageous statements, but then he was just a kid.
Baqueta is listed in the Scripp's guide to Fishes (page 34) as a "Gulf Coney" member of the Sea Bass family, available from the Gulf
down to Panama. Since the fish I bought looked exactly like the pic in the guide, I'm sure he was correct.
Happy to keep you informed.
http://murphygirl.com/ShawnGrouper.jpg
I've never tasted Dolphin, although I would if it were available.
[Edited on 4-12-2008 by MrBillM]
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DENNIS
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Thanks Bill.....
I'm never too old to learn and, though you did present a similiarity worthy of question, I was confident that you would wonder why it's tail was on
sideways.
Glad to hear you didn't fry Mr. Fish and I'll pass on eating Flipper.
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Skipjack Joe
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The cabrillas (groupers and snappers) top my list. I've heard huachinango are the best but haven't had enough of them to really agree. Experienced
fish lovers have also raved about scorpionfish and if they taste anything like our cabezone I would agree.
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tripledigitken
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Anthonys Restaurants in San Diego serve Baqueta and it is delicious!
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Sharksbaja
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by Monia
Bonita - cooked or raw |
You must be a cat. |
Are there ling cod in Baja????
Triggerfood:
[Edited on 4-13-2008 by Sharksbaja]
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Viva Mulege!
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Iflyfish
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Sharks,
I am so looking forward to eating at your restaurant! Razor clams aught to be on this list too with of course Salmon.
Iflyfish
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