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In article > , "kilikini"
> wrote:

> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> > In article >, "jmcquown"
> > > wrote:
> > (snippage)
> >>>
> >>> How about cod? Sam' t'ing?
> >>
> >> Yep, good simple meal. I just bought some nice thick cod fillets at
> >> the store today and stuck 'em in the freezer. To me, cod just
> >> screams "fish & chips" but tilapia - baking, absolutely.
> >>
> >> Jill

> >
> > Do you remember Poor Man's Lobster? Back in the 70s maybe.
> > Poached/simmered cod served with melted butter. Blandblandbland. I
> > think the resemblance to lobster came about by virtue of the butter
> > and nothing else. I'll probably be fixing poached cod in the next
> > couple weeks. :-)

>
> Poor man's lobster is Monkfish. I love it! It's sweet and good. Not
> fishy.
>
> kili


I don't think it was monkfish back then. At least up here it was cod.
Oh, and it was promoted (around here) as torsk. A quick search came up
with this from All Recipes:
<http://seafood.allrecipes.com/az/Torsk.asp>
"Torsk is broiled and buttered cod fillets. This recipe uses frozen
fish; defrosting is not necessary. Make sure to use butter. There it too
much water in margarine."*
Original recipe yield: 6 servings
INGREDIENTS:

6 (6 ounce) fillets cod

6 cups water

1 cup white sugar

2 tablespoons salt

1 1/2 cups butter, melted

1 dash paprika
------------------------------------------------------------------------
DIRECTIONS:
1. Preheat broiler. Lightly grease a cookie sheet.

2. Place the fish in a large saucepan. Mix together the water, sugar,
and salt. Pour the water-mixture over the fish. The water-mixture should
fully cover the fish, if it doesn't add more water. Bring the water to a
boil over a medium-high heat. Boil for 3 to 5 minutes.

3. Remove fillets from water, and blot on paper towels to remove excess
water. Brush with 6 tablespoons melted butter, and sprinkle with paprika.

4. Broil for 8 to 10 minutes per inch of thickness, or until the fillets
are golden brown. Serve with the remaining melted butter.

Now, that's not at all the way I used to do it, but you get an idea. . .
I never broiled it and I sure as hell didn't use 3 sticks of butter in
the process.
--
-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Sweet Potato Follies added 2/24/05.
"I read recipes the way I read science fiction: I get to the end and
say,'Well, that's not going to happen.'" - Comedian Rita Rudner,
performance at New York, New York, January 10, 2005.