|
Easy Fish Recipes is a site dedicated to those who are seasoned fish lovers
and those looking for general fish recipes to feed the ones in your family
that are not believers yet. Fish recipes that are worth trying can often be
a hard sell but we try to make the recipes your family will ask for time and
time again.
If you are like many typical Americans, when someone mentions having fish
for dinner, all you can think of is frozen fish sticks or tuna casserole. With
that kind of beginning, it is no wonder that most Americans look at fish for
a meal with a wrinkled nose.
In truth, fish, in various incarnations, has been an American staple for generations,
from Colonial days to the present... From the freshwaters of the country, Americans
have feasted on such varieties as rainbow, steelhead and brown trout, perch,
pike and pickerel. Who cannot remember going out as a kid with Dad or Grandpa,
catching these and other varieties in streams and lakes and eating them pan-fried
with butter, cooked over a campfire.
There are freshwater and saltwater varieties of salmon available to Americans
from the lakes and waters of Upstate New York to the streams of the Rockies
and the Pacific Northwest.
Alaskans can dine on black cod, Pacific Salmon, and other whitefish varieties
like haddock and whiting.
In the south, there is catfish and porgies, usually eaten battered and deep-fried.
However, Mississippi is not the only place catfish is found. Although not as
big in size, there is a breed of catfish known in the North as "bullheads" or "croakers’.” Another
Southern variation is to have Cajun seasonings and cooking methods, coming
out of the Louisiana swamps and bayous, where the fish is highly spiced and
added to gumbos (a type of stew thickened with okra).
In New England, generations have known fish like cod, halibut, and haddock,
which often form the basis of regional dishes like thick and hearty chowders.
What person of Irish ancestry is not familiar with dishes made from salted,
dried cod?
In addition, if of English ancestry, chances are you are familiar with the type of pie, which contains eels, a dish popular from the Middle Ages and brought by ancestors to these shores during the colonial period. Western New York and Western Pennsylvania remain the US capital of the Friday fish fry featuring battered, deep fried varieties like haddock, whiting, and salmon fingers with fries and coleslaw.
Asian immigrants first settling on both coasts and in Hawaii have taught us
of wonderful dishes using fish spiced with a whole palate of exotic flavors,
ingredients and preparation methods like sweet and sour fish soup and sushi.
In addition to the myriad of tastes available among these different types
of fish, more and more studies are proving the benefits to your health from
eating fish especial baked fish. Crucial Omega-3 fatty acids found in fish like salmon and haddock help promote a healthy heart and lifestyle. Depending on the method of preparation, fish is a good source of low-fat protein and can actually provide help in keeping cholesterol rates down and help in losing weight.
With such a wide selection available today it's no wonder that cooks are rediscovering old tried and true cooking methods, as well as trying out new ways either by grilling, baking, or broiling trying a different regional or ethnic cuisine, or cooking method like baking or poaching.
If you are not a fisherman yourself or never were able to go fishing as a kid,
and would like to try different varieties of fish not normally found in your
region, it is now also possible to purchase wild or commercially farm raised
catfish, salmon, and trout at your local fish market or grocery store. There
are also a cornucopia of tasty recipes and cooking methods to please even the
fussiest eater located in our easy fish recipes section gotten to easily by the links at the top and bottom of our site.
Thanks for visiting today and enjoy our site.
Bon Appétit,
Recipe Publishing Network
| 
