I never see this on the menu anywhere. I can catch these pretty easily, and if I have a freezer that can get everything to the right temperatures for sushi, can it be used?
To be clear, even though "trout" is in the name, this is not a salmonid. It is a drum fish that is found in saltwater in the SE United States.
Just not sure why it isn't more common.
Thanks!
by Im_The_One
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What a beauty
Well, you should definitely be careful of any wild caught fish because of potential parasites. Fillet and freeze to kill them or cook them properly to kill them. Otherwise you could end up in a bad way.
Farmed fish is generally much safer because of the lack of parasites.
If I caught this, I wouldn’t eat it raw.
If it is salteaterfish why not
The best fish for sushi is what is fresh and avaialbe locally.
I had lot of success with fishes native of the mediterranean that are not avaialble in japan, so they are not traditional.
You will ha e to expoerint on how to best pair them and cure them but still delicious endeavour
I’ve caught several with a lot of worms in them.
Spotted Weakfish. If you are catching them on the upper Texas coast…. don’t do it.
I would not. With that being said……. I’ve eaten a lil raw when I was younger and fresh speck into a slurry that afternoon the meat is clear. And very very mild. If you’re looking for a good sashimi that is plentiful. Spanish mackerel is the ticket.
From a dude who lives on the water, professionally spearfished and has eaten just about everything in the gulf.
Well what the f*ck did we do before freezing it? Did we just accept the risk and die? Did we ferment it? Or preserve it with salt? Can’t we just eat the damn things?
Japan has super freezers for this. Huge warehouses. Super cold. Thousands of huge tuna.
Any fish can be used as sushi once
Brackish fish right? I’d steer clear
Saltwater fish are generally ok for sushi/sashimi but freshwater fish not so
If it was good for sushi, you would see it on the menu somewhere.
Don’t even think about it.
Not good for sushis
They’re known to be wormy. There are better species for sashimi and sushi
I wouldn’t unless you have a jug of liquid nitrogen at home. You’ll want to freeze to kill the parasites, but a home freezer isn’t cold enough. It needs a flash freeze.
Trout and salmon have worms so look carefully
Lots have worms. I wouldn’t
Short answer is no, because you don’t want parasites.
I wouldn’t take the chance. It’s not like it’s even a really nice species of fish for sushi.
Don’t risk your health man.
The ONLY wild caught fish that I would consider eating raw is tuna, since they have such a strong resilience to parasites. But even then, I probably wouldn’t eat raw tuna unless it was farm raised.
wow. Its like a salmon an AI would draw, if I described a salmon 🙂
How do you usually cook it? Is it fatty?
Can a fart be used to smell something that stinks?
u/gem_supernova should have the answer for you!
I live in Louisiana and wouldn’t eat the ones here raw. Our waters have a lot of bacteria. Maybe your water ways aren’t as septic as ours.