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Types of Edible Fish

admin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:23:13 +0000

Types of Edible Fish Defined by the StonedChef.com

Abalone (Mother Pearl) – It’s in mollusk family. Sweet crunchy clam.
African Butter Fish – In Pompano family. Pink fleshed buttery.
Amberjack Fish/ Riccola – Meaty, medium to fuller flavor
Artic Char Fish– Cross between salmon and trout. Buttery, medium, firm
Black Bass Fish – Smallest of all the bass. Sweet delicate moderate fat. I love it.
Black Cod Fish/ Merluzzo Nero – Actually not cod at all. It’s really sable fish soft sweet excellent eating fish.
Black fish/ Pesce Nera – This is the poor mans lobster. Eats crustation so it takes a shell flavor to the meat of the fish. I love it
Channel Bass Fish – It’s a cross between sea bream and bass
Cobia Fish/ Lemon Fish / Pesce Lemon – Like shark, firm and denser than swordfish.
Cod Fish/ Merluzzo – Salt water, firm, sweet
Copper River Salmon Fish – Deep Red very little fat. Best prepared raw to medium no more than medium temperature.. heavy regulated / never farmed.
Cuttlefish – Resembles large squid, lots of ink in it. Similar to calamari.
Escolar Fish – Southern Atlantic fish. Rich, dense, meaty, cousin of mackerel
Flounder – Flat fish.Sweet flaky meat
Geo Duck – Very very large soft shelled claim up to 3 pounds. Distinguished by it long neck that extends from its shell. Very meaty excellent clam. I julien it
Haddock Fish– Related to Cod, Smaller Sweeter
Hake/nasello – Related to cod, sweater. I like it more than cod
Halibut Fish – North waters large flat fish normally 50 to 100 pounds. Bone white mild meaty low fat fish. Temperature recommended.
Horse Mackerel – Small full flavored
Iron Jaw Snapper – Dense, Pink. like pomfret.
Kingfish / Pesce Re – King mackerel also known as southern bluefish. Medium to full flavor temperature recommended.
Mahi-Mahi / Dorado – Actually a type of dolphin warm water fish. Meaty firm medium fat.
Marmora Fish– Like seabream succulent.
Monkfish / Pescatrice – Poor mans lobster. Eats a lot of shell fish. Sweet, firm, texture very similar to lobster.
Opakapaka Fish– Deep water snapper usually Hawaii
Opha Fish/ Moon Fish – Warm water fish from Hawaii. Pink fleshed excellent. Temperature recommended
Pacific Razor clam – Almost miniature, geo duck
Polock Fish– Fresh water this is what they make imitation crab meat out of. It’s white firm and sweet.
Pomfret / Butterfish – High fat like swordfish
Portuguese Channel Bass – Cross between stripe bass and weakfish
Rainbow Runner Fish– Amberjack family
Red Albacore – In the tuna family. Red, minerally richer, full flavored.
Red Banded Bream Fish– It’s velvety, clean and buttery
Rockfish – Looks like red snapper. Sweet and soft.
Rombo Fish/ Turbot – Highly prized flat fish. Rich, dense, sweet, excellent
San Pietro Fish– John Dory, highly prized flat fish similar to Rombo.
Sea Urchent – West Coast, Spiny ball, prized for it’s delicate rich roe. (not for everyone)
Silver Hake Fish– White Flaky sweet, cousin of Cod
Skate Fish/ Razza – flat fish in ray family looks like stingray. The wings are excellent sweet meaty full of flavor due to the mussel striation.
Snapper / Dentice – 250 verities of snapper, very mild flavor
Spanish Mackerel – Bigger, buttery briny
Spearfish – Pacific like Wahoo. Temperature recommended.
Sturgeon / Storione – Pork chop of the sea. Fresh water and salt water. Sturgeon is prized for it’s row true caviar
Swordfish / Spada – Meaty stake like mild flavor firm, temperature recommended
Talapia – Originated from Africa. Usually farmed not much personality so it fun to play with sauces with this fish, it needs a push.
Thresher Shark – This shark has a huge fin, softer than mackerel, the best eating shark. Temperature recommended.
Tinker Mackerel – Small, firm
Toro – Belly of bluefin tuna.- It’s most prized part of tuna is the belly it melts in your mouth.
Travali – Like hamachi – East coast snapper buttery and good fat content
Trout – A large group belongs to the same family as salmon and whitefish most trout are fresh water firm flesh, medium to high in fat. Good Eats!!!!
Tuna / Tonno – A member of the mackerel family. Most popular fish for canning. Lots and lots of variety of tuna rich flavor firm meaty. Moderate to high in fat, temperature recommended
Wahoo – One of the fastest fish in the ocean similar to sward fish, less fat temperature recommended.
Weakfish – Gets it name from its weak jaw. White, lean great texture.
White Salmon – About one out of fifteen salmon don’t have the gene to produce pigmentation to product their color. Salmon eat krull which give it it’s pink color. White salmon is a little richer and fattier.
Whiting – Like smelt, best fried

Types of Mushrooms

admin — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:52:28 +0000

Different types of edible mushrooms;

Hen of the woods mushrooms
Oyster mushrooms
King Oyster mushrooms
Blue Foot Chanterelle mushrooms
Yellow foot Chanterelle mushrooms
Lobster mushrooms
Porcini mushrooms
Crimini mushrooms
Button mushrooms
Portabello mushrooms
Woods ear mushrooms
Black trumpet mushrooms
Hedgehog mushrooms
Black trumpet mushrooms
Tartufo mushrooms
Pine mushrooms- 20- 60 year old trees only grows 1x on the roots
Avioli mushrooms-best eating mushroom in Italy, best with a little arugula, shaved pecorino romano, little lemon and olive oil, squirt of lemon on the arugula.
Bali mushrooms- in the porchini family
Cinnamon mushrooms- small earthy , cinnamon flavor
Abalone mushrooms
Morell mushrooms
St George mushrooms
Enoki mushrooms – straw like , comes in a thick bundle

Types of Melons

admin — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:38:30 +0000

Types of Melons

Watermelon
Yellow watermelon
Sugarbaby
Hand
Sun Jewel melon
Honey Dew
Musk melon
Cantellope
Asian melon
Chersnte- orange flesh
Crenshaw

Types of Apples

admin — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:19:32 +0000

Types of Apples

Fuji apples
Golden delicious apples
Baldwin apples
Crab apples
Ortland apples
Winsap apples
Northern spy apples
Honey crisp apples
Red delicious apples
Granny smith apples
Macintosh apples
Matsui apples
Braeburn apples
Gala apples
Jonathon apples
Lady apples
Jongold apples
Pink lady apples
Rome beauty apples
York imperial apples
Empire state apples
Macoun apples
Pippin apples

Types of Oysters

admin — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:49:52 +0000

Below is a partial list of the types of oyster varieties:

Glidden Point Oysters– ME, women in Maine grows and harvests these meaty big juicy oysters, deep cup briny.
Blue Point Oysters- LI or CT.
Great south bay Oysters – CT, LI, Fire Island, Hampton Bay.
Pemaquid Oysters– ME, med briny
Belon Oysters- ME , big briny minerally , tinty , coppery.
St Simon Oysters – NS , small boutique.
Millcove Oysters– MA.
Fanny bay Oysters– WA. (Creamy, cucumbery)
Widows hole Oysters – LI.
Island creek Oysters– MA.
Rocky pass Oysters– Alaska
Fisher Island Oysters– Northfork, LI, flat deep shell, briny.
Peconic Bay Oysters
kumamoto Oysters- CA.
Winter Pt Oysters
Sunberry Oysters
Poppasquash Oysters– RI, med to large clean taste, minerally finish.
Battle Pt Oysters
Raspberry Pt Oysters
Battle PT Oysters
Wiley Pt Oysters
Sunny side Oysters– small juicy plump.
Chedabucto Oysters– NS
Bagaduce Falls Oysters – ME
Quonset Oysters
Malpeque Oysters
Ninigret Oysters
Montauk Wild Oysters – LI
Stonington Oysters
Wianno Oysters
Portage Oysters- NB, small deep shell briny plump juicy.
Road Island Oysters
Tatamagouche Oysters, sweet less briny.
Wellfleet Oysters– MA.
Cooks Cove Oysters – PEI.
Caraquet Oysters
Canada Cup Oysters
Gigamoto Oysters
Beau Soleil Oysters
Olympia Oysters- WA.