On 5/22/2013 2:46 PM, Helpful person wrote:
> On May 22, 2:39 pm, Dave Smith > wrote:
>> On 22/05/2013 2:09 PM, James Silverton wrote:
>>
>>> I have noticed that not all supermarkets have monkfish. This seemed a
>>> pity since I like it broiled, kebab-style. However, I checked with the
>>> Monterey Aquarium and it is one to avoid...Damn!
>>
>>> Anyone have any ideas for a possible substitute?
>>
>> I have never seen it in a supermarket. The only place I have ever seen
>> it was at a fish store that was in town for a while. That place closed
>> and the woman who owned it runs that fish counter at the local grocery
>> store, which does not carry it.
>>
>> We tried it once. It was good. I was being touted at poor man's lobster.
>> I can understand the lobster part of that moniker but not the poor man
>> part, because it sure wasn't cheap. It was good.
>
> Monkfish liver is also very good. Japanese dish.
>
> http://ww.richardfisher.com
>
There is a "gourmet" store, Balducci's, that often has it at not totally
outrageous prices, $9-10 a pound but I think I will take the advice of
the Monterrey Aquarium. One of these days, I will gather the nerve to
try monkfish liver since I like most Japanese food.

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Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

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