Hey Kye,

I love fish, so does my OH, but I cannot serve him fish as a whole (just the filet), and he doesn´t like anything else coming from the water, like mussels, crabs, calamari etc. whereas I love it!

We are very lucky to have a very good fish dealer on our market, I can order almost any fish, just have to let him know about a week in advance. It´s not 100% certain that he does get it because he only accepts 110% quality fish, but that´s fine with me.

I would really like to use more fish, but good quality fish that is environmentally acceptable is REALLY expensive. We had sword fish not long ago and that was 15 Euros for the two of us.

Love
Maddi

It's interesting isn't it KYe , the Uk is an island nation yet it eats little fish.
Unless you live near a beach where the smaller fisherman might sell its catch you have to seek out fish that are not the norm' !

Many people who eat fish are dependant on the small selection that are seen in the supermarkets .
Fishmongers like butchers are fast disappearing from the high street shops and more and more convenience style little supermarket chain shops are appearing on the high street monopolising the market.

I think there is also another issue , as people's lifestyles have changed since the world war two years and more women go out to work its that age old problem of thinking there is not much time to cook and grabbing the familiar at the shops.

I think that now , whilst the British still seem to be the butt of all culinary jokes , this is not quite the case anymore and I more people would me more acepting of a change if they knew how to cook the different products.

This is partly down to the supermarkets but also down to the Tv chefs which only seem to cook similar fish , fish that are easily available.
But is a well known chef introduces an ingredient that is not normally used in an appealing dish then sales often soar.

Another problem is the fish quotas that were introduced to protect the stocks , but sadly these often seem to be having a detrimental effect as many fish are returned to the sea dead having been caught and the not been landed as part of the catch or simply as I understand the wrong type of fish !
This to me seems dreadful .

As you know I do not eat fish and my one regret, as a mother when my children were small ,  is being wary of cooking fish for my family as they were growing up , however now as adults , all but one of my children eat and enjoy fish .
(Fortunately they have always been good at trying new things to eat )