{"id":1121,"date":"2011-10-18T23:46:15","date_gmt":"2011-10-18T14:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidhed.com\/blog\/?p=1121"},"modified":"2011-10-20T01:39:01","modified_gmt":"2011-10-19T16:39:01","slug":"fish-heads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.davidhed.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/18\/fish-heads\/","title":{"rendered":"Fish heads"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Fish heads like this are available in most supermarkets with a fresh fish section. While the fact that that’s a large majority of supermarkets around here may not be surprising, perhaps\u00c2\u00a0it may surprise you that I know of only ONE supermarket with an actual deli counter. (And would you believe that they only have one variety of ground beef that isn’t mixed with pork?)<\/p>\n

One of my … eccentricities … is that I dislike picking food off the bone and despise picking bones out of my mouth, especially finicky little fish bones. Despite that, I’ve eaten this particular type of fish head on two separate occasions. The cheeks are each about one small bite each, and the rest is just a PITA.<\/p>\n

If you’re curious, this is\u00c2\u00a0\u00e9\u00af\u203a \/ \u00e3\u0081\u0178\u00e3\u0081\u201e \/\u00c2\u00a0tai, which my dictionary tells me is “sea bream,” but seems to be sold as “red snapper.” The fish makes superb sushi, and has earned its place as my second favorite fish to eat raw (after salmon, not counting o-toro, which would be like saying you prefer 1947 Cheval Blanc over a $5\u00c2\u00a0bottle of merlot). But I digress.<\/p>\n

On the upside, the heads are pretty cheap, at only about $1 each.<\/p>\n

And because I know you’re waiting for it:
\nFish heads, fish heads, roly poly fish heads.
\nFish heads, fish heads, eat them up, yum.
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