Oside report for Sunday March 9th

[buddha]

Is that a calico or a sand bass?

To me sand bass don't make very good fish tacos. They work better with a different recipe.

[YakDout]

Originally Posted by buddha

Is that a calico or a sand bass?

To me sand bass don't make very good fish tacos. They work better with a different recipe.

It's a sand bass, the filter I put on the picture made it look like a calico. What do you usually do with the sand bass?

[buddha]

With a sand bass I usually make a sauce with them and serve it with rice or pasta.

All kinds of ways you can go.

garlic, olive oil, tomatoes, anchovies- make like a pasta sauce first then gently put the sand bass in the last minute until barely cooked through. Add some pasta to it.

Or just a basic linguine with white clam sauce but use the sand bass instead.

Asian: sichuan boiled fish- doubian jiang, black bean, chile sauce, chicken or fish broth, sichuan peppercorns, garlic, ginger make the sauce first add the fish but dusted them lightly with flour first and put in the boiling sauce a piece at a time. turn off the heat until the fish is done. Serve with rice.

Garlic, ginger, olive oil, wine, minced anchovies, diced red peppers, diced tomatoes, diced olives, salt pepper put the fish whole in aluminum foil and then bake in an oven for 30-35 minutes. Serve with rice or pasta.

Sand Bass is kind of a dry and flat texture so I like to give it more flavor and moisture so that is why using a sauce helps it.

Mexican- dried chiles de arbol and guajillo: toast them first in a pan but dont burn then boil them until soft. Put in a bender with fresh water and add vinegar, salt and sugar adding a little until you get the right proportions and taste. Let is sit for awhile it gets better.

After you made the sauce, then gently saute some diced tomatoes, onions, cilantro and jalapenos until softed. Lightly saute the fish after it has been dusted with flour gently add the vegetables and then the sauce.

Serve with rice.

These should get you started.

[YakDout]

The one with the jalapeños sounds pretty good. Thanks for typing that up for me bro. I guess I have to start catching more sand bass..

[buddha]

Originally Posted by YakDout

The one with the jalapeños sounds pretty good. Thanks for typing that up for me bro. I guess I have to start catching more sand bass..

Sand bass are not my favorite fish, I prefer calico much more or rockfish, lingcod, or sculpin.

But if all you get is sand bass that day then that is what you do.

Spotfin croaker are a very similar taste to sand bass too.

Yellowfin croaker are better to me.

Of course corvina and white sea bass are good too.

[svendawg]

Originally Posted by buddha

With a sand bass I usually make a sauce with them and serve it with rice or pasta.

All kinds of ways you can go.

garlic, olive oil, tomatoes, anchovies- make like a pasta sauce first then gently put the sand bass in the last minute until barely cooked through. Add some pasta to it.

Or just a basic linguine with white clam sauce but use the sand bass instead.

Asian: sichuan boiled fish- doubian jiang, black bean, chile sauce, chicken or fish broth, sichuan peppercorns, garlic, ginger make the sauce first add the fish but dusted them lightly with flour first and put in the boiling sauce a piece at a time. turn off the heat until the fish is done. Serve with rice.

Garlic, ginger, olive oil, wine, minced anchovies, diced red peppers, diced tomatoes, diced olives, salt pepper put the fish whole in aluminum foil and then bake in an oven for 30-35 minutes. Serve with rice or pasta.

Sand Bass is kind of a dry and flat texture so I like to give it more flavor and moisture so that is why using a sauce helps it.

Mexican- dried chiles de arbol and guajillo: toast them first in a pan but dont burn then boil them until soft. Put in a bender with fresh water and add vinegar, salt and sugar adding a little until you get the right proportions and taste. Let is sit for awhile it gets better.

After you made the sauce, then gently saute some diced tomatoes, onions, cilantro and jalapenos until softed. Lightly saute the fish after it has been dusted with flour gently add the vegetables and then the sauce.

Serve with rice.

These should get you started.

Buddha

You should come out with a BWE cookbook

[todd one]

Looks like a Johnny Bass to me.

[YakDout]

Originally Posted by todd one

Looks like a Johnny Bass to me.

It's actually big mouth billy the bass. The one that can sing.

[LDO10]

Buddha,
You gotta lay down a challenge to the Sporting Chef. Now I know why Makobob was raving about your cooking.

Les

[buddha]

Originally Posted by svendawg

Buddha

You should come out with a BWE cookbook

Interesting idea. I have thought of a cookbook or a series of videos to package.