NSFW: The unofficial "dhilsabeck posts a random pic" thread

[dhilsabeck]

also as chef, i can tell you that if the lobster is alarmed in any way before you throw it in a pot of boiling water, or cut it in half and put it on or under a grill, the meat will be tougher and can some times also taste a little odd.

Does this trauma also hold true for fish? I couldn't imagine (as a fish) it being a pleasant experience being impaled and fighting for my life until I get pulled into the air and beaten over the head with a club and having my gills ripped out to drain my blood.

I do fish and enjoy a nice fresh fillet but, as a chef, would you recommend letting the fish sit for a day before cooking up (a local fisherman theory I once heard, because it curls in the pan) or is the odd taste there forever? Or is it a non-issue with fish?

I think these are things that are worth knowing.

Prey always releases stress hormones, it doesn't flavor the meat!

Gawd.

I was referring more towards texture than taste.

[RoCi]

I do fish and enjoy a nice fresh fillet but, as a chef, would you recommend letting the fish sit for a day before cooking up (a local fisherman theory I once heard, because it curls in the pan) or is the odd taste there forever? Or is it a non-issue with fish?

I think these are things that are worth knowing.[/quote]

Prey always releases stress hormones, it doesn't flavor the meat!

Gawd. [/quote]


I was referring more towards texture than taste.

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dont watch the video i posted, just saying.

[dhilsabeck]

What video?

[Homebelly]

also as chef, i can tell you that if the lobster is alarmed in any way before you throw it in a pot of boiling water, or cut it in half and put it on or under a grill, the meat will be tougher and can some times also taste a little odd.

Does this trauma also hold true for fish? I couldn't imagine (as a fish) it being a pleasant experience being impaled and fighting for my life until I get pulled into the air and beaten over the head with a club and having my gills ripped out to drain my blood.

I do fish and enjoy a nice fresh fillet but, as a chef, would you recommend letting the fish sit for a day before cooking up (a local fisherman theory I once heard, because it curls in the pan) or is the odd taste there forever? Or is it a non-issue with fish?

I think these are things that are worth knowing.

Prey always releases stress hormones, it doesn't flavor the meat!

Gawd.

Fish will taste” less fresh" if it is a day old.
If you have had the opportunity to eat fish that was alive moments before it was cooked, then you will know the difference. I don't buy into the "stress hormone" idea, at least not with fish. It makes a difference with lobsters because they will curl up when scared. This makes the meat tough. They don't always taste odd if they are not relaxed and I’ve seen them produce the same flavour even if they have been kept dark and quite before cooking.

Bigger game fish can taste odd if not rested for a while after killing, and most of us only get to eat it after it has been dead for at least a few hours, and that probably is all about stress. There is a "proper” way to kill all fish though.
Sashimi chefs take that sort of thing very seriously.
They use a spike stuck into the back of the head and up into what passes as a brain.

[RoCi]

What video?

check the last page, page 69 youll see the link i posted.

[dhilsabeck]

Cheers Homebelly.

[regretfullySaid]

dont watch this.

That has got to be the lamest and worst excuse (not that there's any excuse, unless you're batshit) to do that. "I'm challenging people's thinking." No, you're not. The only thinking you're challenging is "WTF is wrong with you?" And all the problems that come along are worth it? Otoh, he's the perfect example of what they should do to catholic bishops who want to f$%k cute boyzzz.
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the meat will be tougher and can some times also taste a little odd.

I remember reading an interview with Hunter Thompson and he was talking about hunting (buffalo, possibly) and he mentioned that he won't go after game he's startled because the adrenaline gets released taking away the flavor. Not that he's an authority, but it made me think of that.

[dhilsabeck]

What video?

check the last page, page 69 youll see the link i posted.

What is it a video of?

[dhilsabeck]

[RoCi]

dont watch this.

That has got to be the lamest and worst excuse (not that there's any excuse, unless you're batshit) to do that. "I'm challenging people's thinking." No, you're not. The only thinking you're challenging is "WTF is wrong with you?" And all the problems that come along are worth it? Otoh, he's the perfect example of what they should do to catholic bishops who want to f$%k cute boyzzz.

exactly what i thought what sick bastard. ugghh!

[RoCi]

What video?

check the last page, page 69 youll see the link i posted.

What is it a video of?

dude just go watch it, im sorry in advance. lol

[Angstrom]

FFS
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its surely a conjoined twin?

"What's in the basket?"

"Oh, its just my little brother...."

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