Reactions to FISH PIE

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 2:29 pm

I had never heard of nor eaten Fish Pie until earlier this week. I thought it was delicious. Some kind of fairly sweet tasting white fish in a creamy sauce with browned and seasoned bread crumbs on top.

The response from many people that I told about this meal was gaaaaa yuckll.

Have you had Fish Pie? Do you like it?

Here's where I had mine.

The Naked Bun - a taste of Europe

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Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 2:35 pm

Usually fish pie has a mixture of white fish, smoked fish and oily fish with a potato and cheese topping - delicious.

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 2:36 pm

Yes, to the ingredients as listed by Bryn. I love fish pie.

Snowfire · Post by **Snowfire** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 2:38 pm

Fish pie is a regular in my household. Home made a white sauce, smoked haddock, prawns and salmon covered with mashed potato.

Served - in our house - with broccolli and carrots

fuzzywuzzy · Post by **fuzzywuzzy** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 2:44 pm

sorry I find it revolting. My freezer is chockers full of all kinds of fish, prawns, scallops, salmon, loads of flake, crayfish, leather jackets and flathead and much more

and every delectable morsal appreciated...........but put fish pie or fish cakes near my plate and I'll throw it at you . What was wrong with the perfectly good fish before putting it through the mincer? It's sacrilage!!!! I tells ya.

beowulf · Post by **beowulf** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 3:33 pm

Snowfire;1304244 wrote: Home made a white sauce, smoked haddock, prawns and salmon covered with mashed potato.

thats how my mother makes it...nom nom nom

hoppy · Post by **hoppy** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 3:39 pm

Fish was meant to be fried.

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 3:43 pm

hoppy;1304265 wrote: Fish was meant to be fried.

I'll bet you even fry your fish in CRISCO Hoppy.:wah:

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 3:44 pm

Sounds yummy I would try it. :-6

hoppy · Post by **hoppy** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 3:46 pm

Lon;1304267 wrote: I'll bet you even fry your fish in CRISCO Hoppy.:wah:

Sometimes bacon drippings.

fuzzywuzzy · Post by **fuzzywuzzy** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 3:55 pm

fried as in deep fried? please say no ...please please please.

ZAP · Post by **ZAP** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 3:58 pm

I had some in Scotland and have made it since. I love it! Here's a recipe I'll try next time I make it. Sounds a little different with the tomatoes & eggs.

Eyemouth Fish Pie

12 oz fresh white fish filleted (cod, haddock, whiting or sole) (350 g)

1 tbsp finely chopped shallots

Half pt milk (250 ml)

2 eggs, hard boiled

3 large tomatoes, skinned

For the sauce -

Strained cooking liquor from the fish

1 oz flour (25 g)

1 oz butter (25 g)

For the topping -

1 and half Ib cooked mashed potatoes (750 g)

2 oz grated cheese (50 g)

1 oz butter (25 g)

2 tbsp breadcrumbs

Put fish in a pan with milk, shallots and seasoning. Cover and simmer very gently for about 5 minutes. Cool.

Make up the sauce now by melting the butter in a pan and adding the flour. Stir for a few minutes over a gentle heat without colouring. Then add the strained cooking liquor gradually and a little white wine, if available. Check seasoning and add fish and shallots. At this point slice the eggs and tomatoes. Put a layer of fish mixture, then hard-boiled eggs and tomatoes into a 2-2 and half pt pie dish (1 L-1 and a half L) till it is full. Beat the cheese and butter into the potatoes, check seasoning and spread on top. Sprinkle with breadcrumbs and brown under the grill.

Post by **LarsMac** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 4:29 pm

hoppy;1304270 wrote:

Sometimes bacon drippings.

That's what I"M talkin about!!!

MM MMH!

a nice meaty Catfish or Walleye rolled in corn meal, and fried in the iron skillet in bacon fat.

Yassir!

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 4:32 pm

hoppy;1304270 wrote:

Sometimes bacon drippings.

Do ya ever wanna just lick the drippings?:)

hoppy · Post by **hoppy** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 5:24 pm

LarsMac;1304280 wrote: That's what I"M talkin about!!!

MM MMH!

a nice meaty Catfish or Walleye rolled in corn meal, and fried in the iron skillet in bacon fat.

Yassir!

Now yer talkin. I never knew any other way to cook fish. Yuuuummmmmmmy.

:)

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 5:33 pm

hoppy;1304287 wrote: Now yer talkin. I never knew any other way to cook fish. Yuuuummmmmmmy.

:)

Steamed catfish, baked catfish, broiled catfish over spinach and rice-----ahhh

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Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 6:04 pm

Gotta give a nay on this one Lonnie.

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 6:43 pm

Lon;1304281 wrote: Do ya ever wanna just lick the drippings?:)

I've never brought myself to have the wish to lick the drippings of bacon fat but I will admit bacon grease is excellent to cook with. Did I mention how good bacon is? :wah:

As for the OP I assume many people will automatically shun "fish pie" only because it's not a familiar choice of cuisine for them. In my experience with taco soup, and fish tacos, both being very delicious(Fish tacos is a recipe RedGlitter, a special friend of mine personally, had given me(She's no longer a member here at FG due to being "banned"), I will say that I would surely try "fish pie".

ZAP · Post by **ZAP** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 7:07 pm

I Love fish tacos! Is taco soup the same as tortilla soup? If so, I love it too.

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 7:26 pm

Zapata;1304321 wrote: I Love fish tacos! Is taco soup the same as tortilla soup? If so, I love it too.

It could be. We Ohians can't necessarily imply we know anything about Mexican cuisine other than it consists of meat, cheese, beans, lettuce, tomato, and obviously tortillas all wrapped together in about 2,000 different ways!

! :yh_wink

Post by **LarsMac** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 7:38 pm

Lon;1304289 wrote: Steamed catfish, baked catfish, broiled catfish over spinach and rice-----ahhh

I've done that with Bluefish and Flounder. Not Catfish.

Post by **LarsMac** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 7:42 pm

Snowfire;1304244 wrote: Fish pie is a regular in my household. Home made a white sauce, smoked haddock, prawns and salmon covered with mashed potato.

Served - in our house - with broccolli and carrots

That sounds pretty tasty.

I had something similar when I was in Maine, but with Scallops, Cod and Mackerel, with a topping sorta like Potatoes au Gratin, and crumbled Pilot Crackers.

I asked my hostess what she called it, and she said, "Dinnah"

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 10:07 pm

My first mother in law prepared for me what she thought would be a Special Dinner by DEEP FAT FRYING A T BONE STEAK--------Holy sh-t!!! It looked like a piece of a boot when she got done with it. It was served along with collard greens (also fried) and fried tomatoes. That family fried everything in bacon grease.

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 1:53 am

Having covered fish pie, what does the membership think to Bou1llabaisse?

Bouillabaisse from Provence from FrenchEntrée.com

Absolute heaven when cooked right :-4

Snowfire · Post by **Snowfire** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 2:32 am

Bryn Mawr;1304366 wrote: Having covered fish pie, what does the membership think to Bou1llabaisse?

Bouillabaisse from Provence from FrenchEntrée.com

Absolute heaven when cooked right :-4

A beautiful dish. I go for any fish dish when I have the opportunity to go to a decent restaraunt. I will always choose scallops and mussels. Last year we went to a resteraunt just outside Rye on the south coast of England. Their speciality was Lemon Sole stuffed with scallops and crab meat. I went again a few weeks later just to have that dish again.

Last year we had a weekend trip to Brugges in Belgium so I inevitably overdosed on mussels

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 2:46 am

Snowfire;1304369 wrote: A beautiful dish. I go for any fish dish when I have the opportunity to go to a decent restaraunt. I will always choose scallops and mussels. Last year we went to a resteraunt just outside Rye on the south coast of England. Their speciality was Lemon Sole stuffed with scallops and crab meat. I went again a few weeks later just to have that dish again.

Last year we had a weekend trip to Brugges in Belgium so I inevitably overdosed on mussels

One of the bet meals I've had was a Bouillabaisse from a resteraunt on the Fish Quay in Brussels. Cooked to perfection.

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 3:05 am

Bryn Mawr;1304366 wrote: Having covered fish pie, what does the membership think to Bou1llabaisse?

Bouillabaisse from Provence from FrenchEntrée.com

Absolute heaven when cooked right :-4

One of my favorites-----and I love dipping San Francisco Sour Dough Bread in the juices.

Post by **Betty Boop** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 1:47 pm

Real fish pie:

Stargazy pie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 7:44 pm

Fur pie. There, I said it.

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 8:11 pm

Nomad;1305503 wrote: Fur pie. There, I said it.

:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 8:19 pm

That you did.. :yh_rotfl

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Fur pie. There, I said it.

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Lon · Post by **Lon** » Sat Apr 24, 2010 1:36 pm

crikeymoses;1305547 wrote: Fish pie made with oily fish is a recipe for divorce - it made my ex vomit and was the beginning of the end

Don't use oily fish--------use white fish with a cream sauce--------mom's ole tuna fish casserole was never oily-----------crumbed potato chips on top----remember?