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re: Bay Snapper = Sheepshead
Posted on 4/14/25 at 8:38 pm to Icansee4miles
Posted on 4/14/25 at 8:38 pm to Icansee4miles
There’s been a crackdown on restaurants labeling species Royal Reds. Now, unless you have those, you have to name them Ruby Reds…most restaurants serve Ruby Reds now. Doesn’t stop anyone from eating them.
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Posted on 4/14/25 at 8:53 pm to Gaston
I didn’t know this. Are the using the Argentinian Red Shrimp?
Posted on 4/14/25 at 9:02 pm to Ol boy
quote:
make fake crab meat
This is what I do with a majority of mine. Crab boil and cheesecloth. Either crumble and use like crab meat on steaks, use in a sauce or make "crab" cakes. It works great for all of them.
Posted on 4/14/25 at 9:35 pm to Gaston
I worked at a seafood restaurant in the 90’s that called them bay snapper.
IMO they are as good as any fish, just hard to clean and the meat to size ratio sucks.
IMO they are as good as any fish, just hard to clean and the meat to size ratio sucks.
Posted on 4/14/25 at 9:39 pm to Gaston
A while back the restaurant industry started using the name Mahi for dolphin (the fish, not the mammal) because people just didn't want to eat Flipper. I expect this is for similar reasons.
Sheepshead is one of the best-tasting fish to me but a lot of people can't get over the name or what they look like.
Sheepshead is one of the best-tasting fish to me but a lot of people can't get over the name or what they look like.
Posted on 4/15/25 at 12:04 am to REB BEER
White table cloth restaurant I worked at called sheepshead every gulf fish known to man. It was the cheapest fish from the wholesaler.
Nary a complaint.
Nary a complaint.
Posted on 4/15/25 at 6:51 am to mdomingue
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A while back the restaurant industry started using the name Mahi for dolphin (the fish, not the mammal) because people just didn't want to eat
Same thing with Sea Bass. It's usually a Patagonia Toothfish, not a pretty fish. Also, called Chilean sea bass.
Posted on 4/15/25 at 7:16 am to REB BEER
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just hard to clean and the meat to size ratio sucks.
They will never be as easy as something like a trout, but cleaning them by fileting above the rib bones and leaving the ribs on the fish is really easy. It’s the only way I clean decent sized snapper, grouper, etc now also. Don’t cut through the ribs just work over them. Tons of videos online
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Posted on 4/15/25 at 7:18 am to Gaston
I wouldn’t say its a common name, but I’ve heard it before. I think its mostly just restaurants that use the name because it sounds more appetizing than sheepshead. Plus yankees also refer to gaspergou as sheepshead, so the restaurants probably don’t want those people thinking they’re serving goo
Posted on 4/15/25 at 7:57 am to Tiger Prawn
Redfish used to be a trash fish also until the blackened redfish craze. Seeing all these captains starting to chase sheepshead mean some stricter regulations will come in play like they did with redfish
Posted on 4/15/25 at 8:53 am to Ron Cheramie
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captains starting to chase sheepshead
Posted on 4/15/25 at 5:53 pm to iron banks
To each their own.....I actually like sheepshead over snapper!
I agree with a few others, sheepshead is up there with the best out of the Gulf.
I agree with a few others, sheepshead is up there with the best out of the Gulf.
Posted on 4/15/25 at 6:35 pm to WAR TIGER
quote:Ahh my people! I thought I was the only crazy one. I absolutely love sheepshead and will cook it 10 out of 10 times over red snapper. And I say that with red snapper being the fish I fish for most...taste and quality is identical, I just prefer the naturally smaller pieces of the bay snapper.
To each their own.....I actually like sheepshead over snapper!
I agree with a few others, sheepshead is up there with the best out of the Gulf.
Guarantee most people could not tell apart a small red snapper from a bay snapper on the grill.
Posted on 4/16/25 at 2:22 pm to Gaston
Yes, very common. I think the Landry's or Pappas' families started this. 3-4 decades ago.
Posted on 4/16/25 at 4:12 pm to Gaston
Never heard of Bay Snapper, but Sheephead are good-eating fish.
Posted on 4/16/25 at 4:34 pm to RichJ
I am sure it was delicious, but I could use about a pound less almonds. Damn. Posted on 4/16/25 at 4:36 pm to Ron Cheramie
quote:Still one of my least favorite fish to eat, I will eat it day of or so on the shell, or fry it up with the trout, but once frozen I really dont care for it.
Redfish used to be a trash fish also until the blackened redfish craze
Posted on 4/16/25 at 6:12 pm to tigerfoot
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Redfish used to be a trash fish also until the blackened redfish crazeStill one of my least favorite fish to eat, I will eat it day of or so on the shell, or fry it up with the trout, but once frozen I really dont care for it.
Really? I think they freeze much better than trout.
Posted on 4/18/25 at 2:18 pm to Gaston
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Posted on 4/18/25 at 2:22 pm to Gaston
Its a violation for restaurants to offer sheepshead as bay snapper as it was determined it is not a snapper species and therefore a deceptive practice. In order to alleviate the unappetizing name of sheepshead it is allowed to be presented as a "rondeau sea bream" but I have yet to see or hear one restaurant use it.
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