Could you tell the difference

TimothyCadman


Joined: 13/12/2007
Posts: 1040

Message Posted:
18/07/2009 00:13

The latest shock report is that our Cod and Chips from the local Chippy may not even be Cod!

A new white fish has hit the shelves....Vietnamese River Cobbler. The difference being in price. Cobbler is less than half the cost of Cod and to the untrained eye looks just like Cod.

The biggest shock is that in blind tests Cobbler was the prefered fish for taste.

So watch out that you're not being Cod prices for a cheaper alternative.

And I'll make the joke before someone else does......This story is NOT a load of Cobblers!!!

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
18/07/2009 00:18

Orange Roughy a more expensive option.



Richard

loslobos


Joined: 02/04/2009
Posts: 167

Message Posted:
18/07/2009 01:16

More importantly..... can you tell Stork from butter ??11

minertor



Joined: 14/02/2009
Posts: 1238

Message Posted:
18/07/2009 01:35

lets hope we don't start eating this cheap crap, just because it's better than the expensive crap that we were brought up on. Remember, we are English, we demand the right to pay through the nose for recognised crap.

batterboy58



Joined: 20/04/2008
Posts: 442

Message Posted:
18/07/2009 01:54

We've never haddock so good

taraspring


Joined: 25/01/2009
Posts: 571

Message Posted:
18/07/2009 02:17

Actually I have bought it (smoked) from Asda and it is really quite tasty with new potatoes and peas. Give it a try you will be pleasantly surprised.



They shouldn't pass it off as cod in Fish & Chip shops though, as this is an infringent of the Trades Descriptions Act.



But as I don't frequent these nasty establishments ever, I won't be conned. LOL

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
18/07/2009 02:57

taraspring



Glad to learn you have such discerning taste and are so principled!



Richard

kaysera


Joined: 14/07/2009
Posts: 103

Message Posted:
18/07/2009 03:01

Vietnamese River Cobbler is a great tasting fish, but it tastes quite different from cod, so I don't see how anyone cannot tell the difference!

jock1



Joined: 06/01/2008
Posts: 3786

Message Posted:
18/07/2009 08:29

Talking of fish and chips, i took a notion for some last night, went along to codbaba..there was a big fight !!!

the fish were getting Battered..............









oh the old ones are sometimes the best....

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
18/07/2009 08:35

Oh Jock that is really scraping the bottom of the barrel.



being Scots Salmon is my prefered choice of fish, my friend brought 2 sides of smoked salmon across last year it was yummy, and all of a sudden we had friends at the villa day and night, now I wonder why that was?

britvic



Joined: 05/09/2008
Posts: 3039

Message Posted:
18/07/2009 11:36

I have River cobbler at least once a week, the smoked variety is very tasty and a lot cheaper than Haddock or Cod, however (I don't know if it's just the smoked) it has a definite different texture to Cod or Haddock.



Vicki