Stargazy Pie. Warning to salmo-phobes ⚠️ fish heads ⚠️ (safe and fun to eat)

[usonian]

"Researching" an OP in Baseball ( https://www.democraticunderground.com/120612551 ) I found Stargazy Pie.


Recipe here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/stargazey_pie_95306

See also:
https://www.saveur.com/article/recipes/stargazy-pie-english-sardine-pie/

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[marble falls]

1. Fish cheeks is goood eatin. Mackeral gets such an undeserved bad rep for being oily and strong, and it is neither ...

... is that your presentation? Looks good enough to paint.

[usonian]

3. Found on the internet.

Nice photo! Food photography is quite specialized (other than those endless phone photos) to do well.

I only photograph dishes that I have prepared. Quickly!

Paint away. My Dad was an artist, but painted only when I was very young, and later, after my bro and I left home. So, I don't know if he worked from photos.

My fishing club made a trip to Redondo Beach for mackerel.

https://www.pierfishing.com/redondo-beach-pier-2/

[marble falls]

5. The trouble I have from painting from photos is the that most photos foreshorten the background and if I'm not ...

... taking that into account, the painting seems too flat. what a great memory of your dad.

[usonian]

7. Late reply. Life is crazy busy lately.

I am loving my 14-30 mm lens, with emphasis on the 14. It pulls you into the photo when there is any foreground.

Surprise, composition is a big deal.


Sample from the web.

[EverHopeful]

2. Once on a field trip with a Qigong master I studied with

a full fish with head still attached was served at a restaurant. It was said that eating the fish's eye would open up your third eye.

Personally I decided I'd rather just stick to the energy work and training we were doing but one woman said she'd try it.

Never did hear that she'd had any great opening so didn't feel bad for being such a chicken and being stuck in my familiar eating biases.

[usonian]

4. Same here. I pass on that stuff. NT

[marble falls]

6. I avoid any food presented with a challenge. But eyes are tough chewy flavorless and one was all I needed to know ...

... this isn't food, it's a poke in the ribs. I eat barbacoa (cows head for the novice), that are allegedly cooked with the eyes. Haven't seen one in a taco yet, but boy is barbacoa good stuff. I do eat organ meats because if we kill them to eat, we had better eat as much of them as possible.