RE: NANFA-L-- Snakehead edibility

Nick Zarlinga (njz at clevelandmetroparks.com)
Thu, 13 Oct 2005 17:25:41 -0400

Whenever I travel, and where ever I travel, the local embassy, zoo or
aquarium, and fish markets are the three places I need to know the location
of. I usually get up early in the am to see the fishermen setting up their
stands of the fish the caught at night. Unfortunatley, if you want to see
wildlife, these are the places to see it.

Nick Zarlinga
Aquarium Biologist
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
216.661.6500 ext 4485

"Who hears the fishes when they cry?"
Henry Thoreau--1817-1862

><)> -----Original Message-----
><)> From: owner-nanfa-l at nanfa.org
><)> [owner-nanfa-l at nanfa.org]On Behalf
><)> Of Sajjad Lateef
><)> Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 1:03 PM
><)> To: nanfa-l at nanfa.org
><)> Subject: NANFA-L-- Snakehead edibility
><)>
><)>
><)> I recently returned from a trip overseas and guess
><)> what I ate ... some fresh snakehead steaks. I can
><)> testify that the meat is white, tender and
><)> delicious. Also, very few bones - just the spine
><)> and some tiny bones around the edges
><)>
><)> I bought two 12" specimens *live* at the fish
><)> market. The butcher took them off ice and threw
><)> them into a tub of water to show that they were
><)> still alive. As for their toughness, the butcher
><)> had to whack them on the head three times with a
><)> mallet before they died.
><)>
><)> I sorely regret not having a camera with me on my
><)> visit to the main city fish market. That place was
><)> awesome. Huge carp, some cichlids, mackerel,
><)> bass-like saltwater fish, shrimp, and several
><)> others I couldn't ID.
><)>
><)> Sajjad
><)>
><)> -- Sajjad Lateef e-mail: sajjadlateef AT yahoo
><)> DOT com Chicago
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