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| 1. If the fish smells "fishy" it is not fresh. Fresh fish smells only slightly of the sea. |
Daniel Pfyl, hospitality management lecturer at Otago
Polytechnic, shares some professional techniques to make your
cooking easier.
This week, how to spot fresh fish.
If you catch your own fish you know how fresh it is, but if
you buy fish there are a few tricks to recognising freshness.
- Thanks to Blue Water Products Ltd for supplying the
fish.
If you would like to request a particular technique,
please let us know. Write to Trick of the trade, Editorial
Features, Otago Daily Times, PO Box 181, Dunedin or email
odt.features@odt.co.nz
with trick of the trade in the subject line.
To check earlier Trick of the trade columns visit:
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More information on cooking from Otago Polytechnic can be
found on www.otagocookeryl4.blogspot.com