100 Things to Eat Before You Die

[yooperguy]

51 for me.  Lobster Bisque is the last thing I ate that made me say OMG this is good!  Halibut cheeks is right up there with my all time favorite foods. 

[Pinn]

I counted 53 things on that list I have tried or eat on a regular basis

[wavery]

 Halibut cheeks is right up there with my all time favorite foods. 

ME TOO!!!! Mahi-Mahi cheeks are even better..... 

[rjniles]

Well over 50. My wife is a caterer so we get a lot of less common requests. As a matter of fact I grilled kangaroo loin for 150 people at a wedding last night. Tasted somewhat like beef but at $27 a pound I would go for the beef instead.
We eat a lot of (and like) alligator, catfish, frog's legs and venison.

If you are not from the South and never eaten chitlins, do your self a favor, don't start now. Same goes for Foie Gras, rattle snake and octopus.

As as teen I imbibed too much dandelion wine (don't know why, it tastes horrible) and that cured me of trying that stuff again.

[yooperguy]

 Halibut cheeks is right up there with my all time favorite foods. 

ME TOO!!!! Mahi-Mahi cheeks are even better..... 

I've never had the oportunity to try Mahi-Mahi cheeks.  I trust they are pretty darn good tho if they're better than Halibut cheeks.  I've never seen either offered retail or in an eating establishment.  I wonder where I'll have to wander to find these cheeks that you speek of.  I do have a strong wanderlust.   

[wavery]

 Halibut cheeks is right up there with my all time favorite foods. 

ME TOO!!!! Mahi-Mahi cheeks are even better..... 

I've never had the oportunity to try Mahi-Mahi cheeks.  I trust they are pretty darn good tho if they're better than Halibut cheeks.  I've never seen either offered retail or in an eating establishment.  I wonder where I'll have to wander to find these cheeks that you speek of.  I do have a strong wanderlust.   

You would pretty well have to obtain the whole fish and fillet it yourself. They are usually available in the fish market from July-Oct.

When I was sailing and doing major ocean crossings, I would commonly catch 1 Mahi-Mahi a week (in tropical or sub-tropical waters). That was our major meat source. The avg Mahi-Mahi would be ~35# and often over 60# so we ate it 3 meals a day (when possible)..... FRESH..... I could never tire of that fish.

[yooperguy]

 Halibut cheeks is right up there with my all time favorite foods. 

ME TOO!!!! Mahi-Mahi cheeks are even better..... 

I've never had the oportunity to try Mahi-Mahi cheeks.  I trust they are pretty darn good tho if they're better than Halibut cheeks.  I've never seen either offered retail or in an eating establishment.  I wonder where I'll have to wander to find these cheeks that you speek of.  I do have a strong wanderlust.   

You would pretty well have to obtain the whole fish and fillet it yourself. They are usually available in the fish market from July-Oct.

When I was sailing and doing major ocean crossings, I would commonly catch 1 Mahi-Mahi a week (in tropical or sub-tropical waters). That was our major meat source. The avg Mahi-Mahi would be ~35# and often over 60# so we ate it 3 meals a day (when possible)..... FRESH..... I could never tire of that fish.

Fresh and cut them myself - that's how I used to obtain Halibut cheeks as well.  I was never a sailor but I did several seasons on the slime line at a processing plant/cold storage in SE AK.  My brother ran the pneumatic gulliotine that lopped off the heads of 'butts.  The several full totes of heads at the end of each shift were our for the taking.  There is NOTHING like fresh seafood and I've been spoiled beyond return.  I used to bunk above the crab plant where 10's of 1000's of #'s dungeness crab swam awaiting the next day's processors to boil them.  Talk about a midnight snack of delicacies!

Thanks for the info - I will seek out this delicacy of Mahi-Mahi someday during my travels and will remember that you suggested it.  My current area of residence is the northern Great Lakes.  Locals here are partial to walleye cheeks.  I like them ok but it's not something I write stories about.  Plenty of freshwater fish available here but the sea food (if even available) is dissapointing at best.

[wavery]

Fresh and cut them myself - that's how I used to obtain Halibut cheeks as well.  I was never a sailor but I did several seasons on the slime line at a processing plant/cold storage in SE AK. 

My Halibut experience was from a fishing trip that I took to Homer AK in '80. We caught 6 Halibut. I got one that was 160#........... BBQ Halibut steaks lasted about a year. That's where I learned to freeze fish in ziplock bags with fresh water and all the air squeezed out. When we thawed it, it was just like fresh. I still do that with fresh Salmon (we buy 30# at a time and freeze it).

Alaskan Halibut.... (I found some of my Alaska pics.... this was my dad's catch)

[yooperguy]

Fresh and cut them myself - that's how I used to obtain Halibut cheeks as well.  I was never a sailor but I did several seasons on the slime line at a processing plant/cold storage in SE AK. 

My Halibut experience was from a fishing trip that I took to Homer AK in '80. We caught 6 Halibut. I got one that was 160#........... BBQ Halibut steaks lasted about a year. That's where I learned to freeze fish in ziplock bags with fresh water and all the air squeezed out. When we thawed it, it was just like fresh. I still do that with fresh Salmon (we buy 30# at a time and freeze it).

The ice glaze is the only way to freeze fish.  When working in AK all fish (whether whole or fillet) and crab were double dipped in ice water for a nice thick glaze.  My time up there was spent in Pelican.  A single king salmon would provide us with meals and snacks for days!  First baked and then mixed with mayo for sandwiches galore.  It's been 20 years this month since I was up there.  I sure do miss parts of that experience.  However, working 16 hours a day 7 days a week was a brutal way to make a living!

[mgwerks]

Reading this now makes me miss our time in Alaska - Homer, Seward, Valdez, Anchorage and places in between.  Where I acquired my halibut jones.  Oh yeah, I counted 62 items on the list.