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I'll go hunt in my Heiko Bleher discus book, I think he may have a picture of a native grilling some discus
Hey everyone,
This thread, as titled, is for pictures/incidences/rumors of people eating the fish, inverts and other aquarium fauna that we keep. I'm starting this thread because the idea got some attention in another thread, and the concept was kinda hijacking the thread. Here's what I've found for pictures:
The picture that started it all; Sakura shrimp:
Loach Soup: Does anyone know what kind of loach is commonly used?
These long eared sunfish and their relatives are food around here:
Arowana:
Giant Gourami:
A bowl of cooked nerite snails:
That's all that I've found for now... I'm still hunting for the picture of a native tribe member eating an uncooked discus, head first.
Last edited by Philosophos; 14th Mar 2009 at 08:26.
I'll go hunt in my Heiko Bleher discus book, I think he may have a picture of a native grilling some discus
Ooh, the arowana looks good. Do you think it's in Malaysia?
Looking at the way it's steamed, it looks like soy + wine sauce aka typical Chinese cooking.
The arowana is actually some guy from Canada (my home country) who decided to disturb the monsterfishkeepers.com forums by making a meal out of his pet. Fish keeping is pretty heavily centered around BC, specifically Vancouver (west coast). The province of British Columbia is definitely influenced by the Asian population. This shows in both fish keeping, and the food among other things.
Illumnae, if you have a copy around, the 50th anniversary edition of Tropical Fish Hobbyist has a good picture of a native with a fresh discus in his mouth. I, unfortunately, do not have a scanner with which to re-post the image.
-Philosophos
think people near the amazon river hunt Aripama , pacu and piranas for food.
If you check Mr. Trees post, there is a big datnoid of some sort he saw at a local fish market.
Currently keeping many wild betta species and other anabantoids.
Originally Posted by jwuog
Dude, that thing looks halfcooked! LOL.Then again, I'm not a chef.
Here's some more I found:
Iridescent shark:
Snakeskin Gourami:
Pacu:
Piranha soup:
That's it for today. Anyone else have some pictures?
-Philosophos
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A lot of the fish we keep used to be food for natives or those living in rural areas. Some of them probably still are.
I'm told the salted fish in Singapore and Malaysia are made from one of the large gouramis.
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I think it is Snakeskin gourami(Trichogaster pectoralis)? Freshwater fishes are a bit too fishy in taste for me.
Some of them can get a bit heavy tasting at times. The panfish and tilapia around here aren't so bad. If you ever get the chance to try arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus), don't turn the offer up. It tastes like a perfect combination of the delicate flavours found in salmon and trout, with none of the fishyness. I've only had it once my self, if I have it again I'll be asking about ordering it as sashimi.
-Philosophos
Hey thanks for describing how it tastes! I'm not being sarcastic either! More people here should post and describe how each type of fish tastes like - that would be cool.
Another fish I've seen people eat on TV is loaches. Yup! Especially on korea hour here on Singapore tv stations. Quite a few times Ive seen all sorts of loaches - live, dead, etc from the Korean peninsula being cooked with red bean and chilli paste. I wonder if people in Indonesia eat clown loaches? Considering its not uncommon clown loach adults get to be about a foot in length (and a fat foot at that!) in the wild. Anyone ever wonder how loaches taste?
I remeber watching the discovery channel a few years back and apparently piranah aren't so bad to eat! But lots of small bones supposedly.
Be it sundanese style deep fried or be it chinese style sweet and sour, Giant gouramy is very common and I love it.
taken from kabarindonesia.com
taken from angke.com
The bone is coarse and those lateral ones are of very predictable locations.
Taste great, fried or cooked.
The lesser sized gouramy are also food. Usually salted and dried.
taken from blog rumahasri
Bala shark, silver shark, tinfoil shark and the likes are local food where ever they are plentiful.
Arowana is also food (of course not the prized red/golden ones). I was in Kalimantan (Borneo) and served steamed arowana.
Red pacu and the friends are also good food. We call them freshwater pomfet (due to similarity in morphology).
I believe clown loach is not intentionally hunted for food, as they fetch much better price when caught alive and sold at fish market. Never eat any before.
Last edited by medicineman; 15th Mar 2009 at 15:18.
Irridescent shark AKA 'patin'. Sometimes found in Chinese resturants here, more common in Malaysia. Usually steamed, it has an oily taste like cod.
Giant Gourami AKA "Kaloi". Known as 'Dancing fish' in Indonesian resturants. The whole fish is deepfried so the body curls into an S shape.
It is also a popular Vietnamese food fish and is served with rice rolls.
And who can forget the snakehead which is highly prized and banned by our American counterparts?
Suckerfish no eat poo poo.
I've never heard of the snakehead before. How is it for eating? Do people actually keep these in aquariums at adult sizes? They look like they get pretty big.
It doesn't surprise me that they've banned the fish because of problems in Florida; they have problems with all kinds of species being introduced by the aquarium hobby. It's probably the only place in the US with a climate simmilar to southeast Asia.
-Philosophos
The Channa micropeltes is the rascal that started it all..It is a traditional food fish in asia and commonly used for soups. Believed to aid in healing injuries it is usually prepared in a herbal soup for those who have gone under the knife. It is a pity about the ban as some of the smaller Channa species such as the Rainbow snakehead are rather pretty and make interesting pets.
Suckerfish no eat poo poo.
We get 'catfish fillets' in supermarkets here that are more often than not Pangasius sp.
Currently keeping many wild betta species and other anabantoids.
Not forgetting plecos. They amazon people grilled them for their staple food. Its regarded as poor men's fish. But the L-numbers they grill also includes L24 and L25!!! The flame and scarlet plecos that we sought after!
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That's really depressing. I would exchange 1 bag of rice for them to give me the flames and scarlets. How can anyone eat plecos
Anyway, here's another tasty aquarium fauna - Oxyeleotris (eleotrididae) aka Marbled Goby or Soon Hock
by shinoyuki2001
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Marbled goby isn't something I've seen around here. It looks like it would taste good, though. Nice pitures
I can't believe people are eating plecos. I some how doubt that they have the healthiest diet in the world. I even thought they might have evolved to develop poisonous meat, given all the toxins that some kinds would ingest from scavenging.
On a side note, I had mackerel for the first time last night. I think it's become a new favorite for sashimi. I couldn't see any sakura shrimp on the menu... I'll have to call around and see if anywhere serves them. Maybe I'll leave tasting notes.
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