I used to eat haddock all the time in New England, but now I'm in the midwest, and I imagine haddock would be hard to find(though to be honest I haven't looked yet). So, what kind of fish can I find around here that tastes good?

The frozen kind :D

If money is no object, I'd say go to a Giant Eagle and check out what they've got at the seafood counter. Sometimes they do some pretty wicked tasty things with salmon and shrimp. Other than that, you can get bags of tilapia pretty much anywhere. As for fresh, we've got zebra mussels in Lake Erie if you're interested...

I live two hours from the coast in new england, and I have a hard time eating fish here. I grew up on the coast, so I'm ruined now...

Good luck in the midwest!



I used to eat haddock all the time in New England, but now I'm in the midwest, and I imagine haddock would be hard to find(though to be honest I haven't looked yet). So, what kind of fish can I find around here that tastes good?

What state or city? The smaller, the harder to get unless you have a specialty store. I live in the Twin Cities and can get anything usually 24 hours fresh. You pay a premium for it but you can get it. RIght down to urchins and eel if you really want it.

Illinois. It's a college town, so it's not that big.

You should hopefully be able to find at least whitefish like cod, roughy, halibut etc and salmon/tuna at least frozen.

I got this big frozen box of tilapia. There's 16 servings in it so it should last me about a month! I hope this stuff tastes good, I've never even heard of tilapia before. What are some good spices to put on it? And don't suggest lemon, because as much as I love lemon in pies and candy and lemonade and all the stuff I'm not supposed to eat I can't stand lemon on fish.

Send me a PM and i'll ship cod, flounder, whatever you want :lol:

I got this big frozen box of tilapia. There's 16 servings in it so it should last me about a month! I hope this stuff tastes good, I've never even heard of tilapia before. What are some good spices to put on it? And don't suggest lemon, because as much as I love lemon in pies and candy and lemonade and all the stuff I'm not supposed to eat I can't stand lemon on fish.

16 "servings" of tilapia I could eat in like 3 meals...

I suggest salt+pepper along with...cayenne/curry (hot&spicy), oregano+thyme (italian-esque), any hot sauce is good, you can also barbecue it if thats your style, or CHIVES.

As wierd as this might sound have you tried LIME instead of lemon...citrus is good in fish IMO, but lime has a distinctly diff. flavour than lemon when cooked..also have you tried lemon zest or just lemon flavouring?

Tilapia is great- very mild, cooks quick... THIS (http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/recipe_views/views/106470) preparation is common with fish like Tilapia.

Try THIS ONE (http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/recipe_views/views/230199) and replace the syrup with sugar free. I use parchment paper.

This assumes you're handy in the kitchen. ;)

And here (http://ag.arizona.edu/azaqua/ista/recipes.htm) are a bajillion others I had on file.

I should also add that depending on the quality of butcher you should be able to get fresh fish in the midwest. Butchers Block in Bloomington, IN would list the day that their fish would arrive and it was freeze packed and overnight shipped. The price was probably much higher than on the coast, but the bottom line is that its one day old and in my opinion thats fresh.