/ck/ - Food & Cooking

hump it

Had it and love it. Very delicate, I like it oven baked.

>>4271485

Orange Roughy, the size of the one that homo with the hipster shirt is holding take around one hundred years to reach that size. They also have a extremely low reproductive rate which is why over fishing this beautiful creature is NOT sustainable. For the love of god, stop eating this fish and buy something like farm raised salmon. Really, it's people like you OP that are destroying this world; you should be ashamed and embarrassed.

Orange Roughy is a terrible, terrible fish. You know, before we ran out of fish we used to eat, orange roughy was by-catch and referred to as diarrhea fish.

It's not even that good, it's bland, boring and not all that spectacular.

>>4271549
I think it's the tasty fish out there. Doesn't have that really fishy flavor and it melts in your mouth. Cook up some Orange Roughy and some crab legs and I'm in Heaven.

>>4271531
That just means the logical thing to do is to eat the fuck out of them before everyone else finishes them off.

>>4271611
It is a versatile fish, I give you that. But depending on what method of preparation you're doing, there are much better choices.

>>4271633
The way they are caught is so damaging to the environment it's like clear cutting entire swaths of rainforest so that you can catch a few animals...by using a series of wrecking balls being dragged across the ground by a helicopter. Not worth it, the deep sea ecosystem is fragile enough as it is, there are still species down there that have yet to be discovered probably driven to the edge of extinction due to deep sea trawling.

No. Roughy is so dangerous you have to wear a helmet while handling it. Tread very carefully, OP.

>>4271684
>there are much better choices.

Such as?

>>4271718

Apparently you missed the "depending on what method of preparation you're doing" part.

State how you want to prepare it. We will suggest better fish.

I like orange roughy lightly breaded and pan-fried with a bit of lemon and rosemary.

I didn't know that roughy fishing was so damaging to the environment. I guess I'll start checking my privilege every time I eat it now.

>>4271718
depends on how you cook it, and what you find enjoyable.
Off the top of my list, halibut, cod, grouper, swordfish, seabass and the sort are all relatively good fish that are similarly firm, white-fleshed and not mild tasting. I peronally am more of a fan of grouper, seabass or snapper if I wanted a fish with firm flesh. Halibut and cod are slightly more flaky.
Another fish that's relatively good is hoki. It's the same fish that McDonald's use to make Filet of fish, so it really has no particular flavor in it self especially if frozen and pressed to fuck to make sure whatever liquid the flesh had is removed. If fresh or not frozen for too long, it's actually quite a good versatile fish.

>>4271740
Sorry, "is mild tasting", not 'Not mild tasting". Mind slipped while I was typing.

>>4271731
Just...try another fish. I'd probably recommend sole, halibut; some fort of flatfish if not cod, grouper or snapper.
http://www.foodsubs.com/Fflaklea.html
Here's a list a nice website on ingredient substitutes. Not a particularly well updated or extensive list but it's still a good website I used back when I started cooking.

If that's how you like cooking it, disregard swordfish, it's probably not what you're looking for if you're cooking it lightly breaded and pan fried.

>>4271740
What fish would you say has the most similar taste and texture to Orange Roughy?

>>4271753

I love swordfish, I just prefer my roughy fried. I don't prefer all fish to be cooked the same way.

>>4271780
Texture wise, I'd probably say a medium size (so the fillet size would be the same) flatfish. I'd say "most" flatfish are relatively close both texture and flavor wise with roughy but the texture or flavor of the fish is a bit different depending on what species and what region your flatfish came from. Generally speaking, you can't really go wrong with flounder with most recipes that calls for a normal sized fish fillet.

>>4271780

carp

I've had it once will not eat or serve it anymore. Its not the flavor its a good but its been so severely over fished. The population was almost wiped out.

It takes them something insane like 40-50 years to mature and they can live to be over 100. seafood watch in the us has it on the avoid list as well as marine conversation soc.

Is there such a thing as farm raised Orange Roughy?

>>4271796
It's crazy how populations crash and people still continue to fish and consume threatened species.

>>4271485

>>4273718
One person stopping the eating of said fish is not going to stop the fishing industry or others from eating it, all I'm doing is missing out on whats already being made available.

>>4273725
Spoken like a true sheep.

>>4273719
Ha, now that I think about it, the Orange Roughy species kind of does look like Magikarp. Maybe if they're left alone long enough they will evolve into a Gyrados like creature and plague nations in the pacific.

ive never heard of this fish before, but this thread is really depressing.

Why not fight to have better, more sustainable fishing policies put in place by our legislatures, where the population can only be fished but so much, making Orange Roughy prices drive up, making it a delicacy for rare occasions rather than commonly eaten? That way everyone is happy, the animal rights activists, the people who love eating Orange Roughy, and the species itself.

>>4273736
It is the most delicious fish that God graced this Green Earth with, or in this case the blue ocean with.

>>4273748
Not really, it is pretty mild tasting.

>>4273735


I don't think so

I love it but not for the taste, it actually has a very bland taste in my opinion. However it's sturdy enough that you can cook it many ways (unlike something like halibut which tends to just fall apart on the grill) and is both very cheap and lean. Usually I pan fry it with a potato crust and eat it with a lemon sauce.

>>4273763
If you want something that holds well together, grouper, snapper or haddock serve just as well.

>>4273743
Because of the following:
1) The area and method of which Orange Roughy is caught means that large stretches of area underwater are 'bulldozed' by these nets being dragged around. These areas are important for Orange Roughy as a habitat, without these areas, Orange Roughy numbers drop. These growth of deep sea ecosystems are measured in decades at least, centuries by most estimates.
2) Orange Roughy take forever to mature, which means that the population is sustained not by newly mature roughy but by already mature ones spawning more than once. Take the mature ones out and you're not taking away one fish, you're taking away the possibility of at least dozens more in the future.
3) Orange Roughy like to school together, which makes them easy to catch. Previous fishing has already decimated roughy population to around 20% of its original population levels, with some regions at 3%. Which means any sustainable approach has long gone, if there is one at all.

>>4273748
Well, if you're going to eat it, refer to it with its previous name. Diarrhea fish.

>>4274348

Yeah I love all of those but they're also much more expensive, where I live anyway.

>>4274874
Which state are you in?