Does anyone eat fish eggs? Many of the fish I have brought back and cleaned contain roe. Is this stuff any good? What fish? How do you prepare it?
Hell, I'll try anything, and through the years have acquired a taste for the unusual. Thanks for your advice.

Most fish roe is safe to eat, and some of them are pretty darn good. Cabezon here in CA have poisonous roe, plus a few other species in both fresh and saltwater. Google it.

Ive had mullet roe. I think smoking it is the best.

Most roes are good to eat. There are definately some better than others. A few of my favorite are mullet, mahi, and snook which rarely happens.

I've had mullet and snapper. I haven't eaten any of the white roe although a friend of mine says it's real good smoked. I usually just bread and fry. Careful about eating too many in one setting...wicked sharts will soon follow.

I haven't eaten any of the white roe although a friend of mine says it's real good smoked.

Marcus,there is just something fundamentally wrong with that sentence;)

the red roe is good, try not to break the roe apart, we meal it and fry it. i don't mess with the white roe.

sea trout roe is good

Definitely deep fry. Mullet roe is great.

Definitely deep fry. Mullet roe is great.

I get a kick out of that everytime I read that,especially since I am a 'Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern' fan and mullet roe was one of the foods that had him retching.That and durian fruit.

flying fish roe are the little orange ones that you find in sushi, tastes alright to me. No idea how they collect it though lol

I get a kick out of that everytime I read that,especially since I am a 'Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern' fan and mullet roe was one of the foods that had him retching.That and durian fruit.

That guy is about as hard as the flab that covers his body (and strait as a wet noodle). :rofl:

Fresh fried mullet and mullet roe, fit for a king, period. :beer:

Don't forget the mullet gizzard too. My favorite part, fried. I like Mullet fried if the red is cut out...tastes like redfish then. If the red isn't cut out it has to be really fresh. Personally, I think a really fresh grilled/smoked (not overcooked) fatty mullet is some of the best eating to be had. I love that fatty belly meat.

Gizzards are ok. My grandma loves 'em, but I don't think they have much flavor - add hard and chewy and it's not my favorite. But, I have no problem stepping up!

Both of the mullet roe are good! as stated before sharts will soon follow if you have too much,....a mullet roe and swamp cabbage combo is guaranteed Volcano ass! But they are both what kept generations of us crackers alive during the lean times.

Both of the mullet roe are good! as stated before sharts will soon follow if you have too much,....a mullet roe and swamp cabbage combo is guaranteed Volcano ass! But they are both what kept generations of us crackers alive during the lean times.


Gunny,

Everyone I know always boiled their swamp cabbage with fatback/bacon. Ever tried stir frying it with some other vegetables/meat? Pretty damned tasty! IMO, the boiling made it too soft and mushy.

Gunny,

Everyone I know always boiled their swamp cabbage with fatback/bacon. Ever tried stir frying it with some other vegetables/meat? Pretty damned tasty! IMO, the boiling made it too soft and mushy.

Like this?

"We cut it down into bite size pieces and cook it much like you would cook cabbage cabbage...(Does that make sense? Cabbage cabbage...*L*). I particullarly like to brown some bean brothers sausage and cook the swamp cabbage in the drippings with some water added in an iron pot.

Some folks do not like the swamp cabbage to turn dark so they add a squirt of lemon juice and do not use an iron pot. Then some folks like it creamy and sweet and they will use white bacon (salt pork) cooking the swamp cabbage with a little sugar and canned milk or cream. For seasoning you can use white bacon, breakfast bacon, any kinda of sausage.

For a Southern New Years tradition you might even use hog jowl."

pretty much.

Who the hell has ever heard of swamp cabbage? I can't wait to meet my first swamp cabbage eater.:lol:

Here's a breakfast of champions: Fried hog jowl, venison liver, two eggs, and grits. That was a pre- deer hunt meal for me in NC for a while.

We don't boil the Swamp cabbage we kinda stew it with smoked bacon and diced canned tomatoes served over rice, I have had it cooked with milk and that made me hurl. The mullet roe are fried along side of the package they came in.
I took some of the guys from Tarpon,.2 of which are on the Planet up to our hunting camp and we rode air boats My buddy and I from home whipped up some for them and they loved it. They had quite a few adult beverages and a real good time. One of them commented jees leave it to a bunch of rednecks to put a plane engine on a jon boat and cut down a tree for dinner:eek::beer:

I haven't had it that way although I've eaten my fair share of stewed tomatoes and bacon over rice though. It's still boiling it but I'm sure it's very tasty that way too. Stir frying it gives a better texture, IMO.