Nick Zarlinga
Aquarium Biologist
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
216.661.6500 ext 4485
"Who hears the fishes when they cry?"
Henry Thoreau--1817-1862
><)> -----Original Message-----
><)> From: owner-nanfa-l at nanfa.org
><)> [owner-nanfa-l at nanfa.org]On Behalf
><)> Of Sajjad Lateef
><)> Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 1:03 PM
><)> To: nanfa-l at nanfa.org
><)> Subject: NANFA-L-- Snakehead edibility
><)>
><)>
><)> I recently returned from a trip overseas and guess
><)> what I ate ... some fresh snakehead steaks. I can
><)> testify that the meat is white, tender and
><)> delicious. Also, very few bones - just the spine
><)> and some tiny bones around the edges
><)>
><)> I bought two 12" specimens *live* at the fish
><)> market. The butcher took them off ice and threw
><)> them into a tub of water to show that they were
><)> still alive. As for their toughness, the butcher
><)> had to whack them on the head three times with a
><)> mallet before they died.
><)>
><)> I sorely regret not having a camera with me on my
><)> visit to the main city fish market. That place was
><)> awesome. Huge carp, some cichlids, mackerel,
><)> bass-like saltwater fish, shrimp, and several
><)> others I couldn't ID.
><)>
><)> Sajjad
><)>
><)> -- Sajjad Lateef e-mail: sajjadlateef AT yahoo
><)> DOT com Chicago
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