"Dan Logcher" > wrote in message =
...
> Musashi wrote:
>=20
> > "Dan Logcher" > wrote in message =
...
> >=20
> >>Musashi wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>"Dan Logcher" > wrote in message =
...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Musashi wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Every source I've looked at indicates that Monkfish/Goosefish do =
not have scales.
> >>>>>Instead they have slime over skin for protection.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>So they're ugly and slimey.. man, they got the short end of the =
stick.
> >>>>
> >>>Yes. It's quite remarkable that nature provided this fish with all =
this=20
> >>>"yuckyness" as a defense, and yet Humans still managed to discover =
that they are tasty.
> >>>
> >>I'll bet it was first eaten on a dare.
> >>
> > Like the first oyster?
>=20
> I find oyster a lot nicer looking than monkfish. Oysters don't look =
like
> they'd eat you if they had the chance.
>=20
> --=20
> Dan
>=20

Don't know about "nicer" but certainly more passive.
Especially once you get past the shell.