How to choose a fish?
Ask the expert!
While I would never go against the judgement of your local fishmonger, here are few tips to choose a fish in the supermarket, . It works in three sensory steps ; appearance, texture and smell.
First of all let’s check a whole/gutted fish.
-APPEARANCE-
Eyes : bright and bulging, a clear cornea and shining black pupil.
Gills : glossy, bright red or pink.
Skin : glossy, scales adhering tightly ; clear mucus if present.
-TEXTURE-
Firm and elastic to touch (ask the sales assistant to do it for you. You will notice that the marks made by his/her finger on the skin are visible for a second or two if the fish is fresh).
-SMELL-
Inoffensive, quite inexistent, slight sea smell.
Now let’s check a fillet of fish. -APPEARANCE-
Skin : glossy.
Flesh : Raw looking, transparent, no bruising or blood spotting.
-TEXTURE-
Firm and elastic to the touch (ask the sales assistant to do it for you. You will notice that the finger marks left by his/her hands on the flesh will only last a second or two if the fish is fresh).
-SMELL-
Inoffensive, slight sea smell.
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