LandyLin
"Prehistoric looking Anglerfish is nutritious as well as delicious!!!"
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Monkfish
A number of types of fish in the northwest Atlantic.
Monkfish (or Headfish) is the English name of a number of types of fish in the northwest Atlantic, most notably the species of the anglerfish genus Lophius and the angelshark genus Squatina. The term is also occasionally used for a European sea monster … see full wiki
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Prehistoric looking Anglerfish is nutritious as well as delicious!!!
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Mar 26, 2011
- by LandyLin
- posted in World Cuisine
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Last year when I visited a fish market at Gothenburg in Sweden, I spotted a prehistoric looking fish staring at me from inside of a fish parlor. This fish is big and flat, with no scales and when the owner pried the big mouth opened for me to see, there were little teeth in its throat, ready to bite anything that gets swallowed alive!!
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It was an Anglerfish, also known as a Monkfish, and in many Asian countries, it is considered to be a nutritious delicacy. In Taiwan and Japan, the whole fish can be eaten, including soft bones and the meat and it is often cooked in hot pot and then dipped in soy sauce before eating. The fish liver also makes a delicious course in Asia, comparable to eating goose liver in the Western world. In Europe and North America, however, only the tail meat of fish is used for cooking, and often described as having the same taste and texture as lobster tail meat!
Incidentally, anglerfish have a very interesting reproductive life. The male is significantly smaller in size than the female and its only purpose in life is to be the sperm donor of the female. As soon as a male fish is hatched, he looks for a female fish to attach himself to in a parasitical way. He bites her skin to release an enzyme that will fuse his mouth with her body down to the blood-vessel level, and then slowly, everything on the male fish atrophies, leaving only a pair of gonads to release sperm. Multiple males can be attached onto just one single female.
What a life!!!
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RobertYokoyama
February 26
I think I may have eaten monkfish before. I can't remember when though. I will eat just about any kind of fish.
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JSMaresca
January 18, 2012
Well done !
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willw2
April 29, 2011
Thank you for teaching me that angler and monkfish are the same.
LandyLin
May 27, 2011
I actually didn't know this myself until I looked up angler fish online!!! And I also discover angler fish/monkfish is also the same as the "An-Kong" fish that I eat in Asia!!!
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woopak_the_thrill
March 29, 2011
love this....I also love the liver!!
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devora
March 27, 2011
I had no idea about the other usages for the monkfish! I've only ever had ankimo before, but it sounds like I'll have to try the rest of the fish :D
LandyLin
March 29, 2011
In Taiwan and Japan, we eat monkfish whole and cooked in the hot pot, like a shabu-shabu...Then we dip it in soy sauce mixed with lime and some daikon and sometimes a little chilli, really tasty!! The soup that cooks the fish in is then mix with a little rice to make congee!
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djevoke
March 26, 2011
What an interesting review! I had heard of monkfish and knew that some use them as a delicacy but, that's about it. Thanks for sharing :)
LandyLin
March 26, 2011
Thank you for your nice comments. It really is a delicious fish, worthy of trying when you get a chance. The texture is really unique too, a little chewy, very interesting to eat....
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