Thread: Just for the halibut

My house mate works during the summer at the fish place (boats unloaded, fish filleted and packaged for shipping). His GF was telling me (she lives here too) that if I liked fish, he always has lots of scrap's and ends from the halibut and salmon. I expressed interest (actually, I said "really!?!? can I get some of that?!!!). and she said "Yeah, sure, I'll let him know"

Last night he walked into the kitchen with a bag of Halibut and said "Here's some halibut, Joe, GF says you like it". This was about the longest sentence he has ever spoken to me since I've known him. He's a man of few words. I said thanks, but didn't take much notice untill I saw him at about noon today. I said, "Hey, I'm thinking about that halibut and I was wondering if you'd mind if I try some of it. I was thinking about a little of that for lunch". "Sure" he said. "I got all of that for you anyway. eat all you want, no worries."

Man, that is one cool house mate.

Oh, but wait, it get's better, really.

I opened up the fridg and got the bag of halibut and Oh my lord, it is the size of a human torso. Lots of ends and scraps (none smaller than a deck of cards, plus, it's about half cheeks. Nice meaty halibut cheeks.

I took out about a pound and hardly made a dent in the bag. I decided to try something I'd read about, which is steaming the fish. I have a big pot with a steamer basket in it, so I got that on the stove with some water, and while it was coming to a boil, I put some lime juce, salt, pepper, and oregano on the fish. When the water was boiling well, I dropped some rosemary sprigs into the water and put the steamer basket into the pot.

In ten minutes, voila, fresh fish cooked moist and delicious. Oh my goodness, if you've never had halibut cheeks, you need to try them. Steaming works really well for cooking fish. It cooks them thoroughly, but they stay very moist. Maybe I'll have it with some basmati rice and steamed veggies tonight.

Now I'm waiting for some salmon.

hehehe sounds like a great guy!
Halibut is delicious!
Making an Irish fish chowder with veggies, potatoes and white sauce would be great as well.

Alaskan Halibut is my all time favorite fish, nothing like reeling in a VW bug from the bottom of the bay :P

O, fish! I can't eat too much, but holy moly, I could if they'd let me!

That fish chowder sounds very yummy, Olivia.

Nice housemate, Joe6! (Although things the size of a human torso and mealtime do not generally go together...)

Well, dinner was pretty tasty. I made a nice big pot of risotto and then splashed a bit of balsalmic vinagar, salt, pepper, oregano, and fresh rosemary on the halibut. It came out pretty damned good, if I do say so myself.

I have enough risotto left over to make arancini later this week.

Oh, man. I gotta stop reading this thread now. Thanks!

That fish chowder does sound amazing. I love fish chowders. You are one lucky person to have such a good house mate! Eat some for me!

I love grilled halibut (no surprise). For small pieces I marinate them in lime juice, fresh cracked black pepper and crushed garlic then I do a sort of stir fry thing on the grill in a grilltop wok with some vidalia (or other sweet) onion. It takes only a minute or two on a hot fire.

Originally Posted by icedog

I love grilled halibut (no surprise). For small pieces I marinate them in lime juice, fresh cracked black pepper and crushed garlic then I do a sort of stir fry thing on the grill in a grilltop wok with some vidalia (or other sweet) onion. It takes only a minute or two on a hot fire.

I forgot about garlic! Dang! I had some shallots as well. That would have been good too.

Next time

Fish cheeks cannot be beat!