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Topic: Pickling halibut, lingcod, rockfish, etc...  (Read 1492 times)

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Malibu_Two

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Has anyone ever tried pickling any fish other than herring? I enjoyed my pickled herring so much this year that I want to try it again, but seeing as herring are a once-a-year event, I'm thinking of experimenting with some of our other species. I imagine the process would be similar.
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Andrew, Keep us posted on your trials....sounds like a great option.
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Andrew, Keep us posted on your trials....sounds like a great option.

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Andrew, Keep us posted on your trials....sounds like a great option.

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I was thinking the same thing to do with mackerel. Please keep us posted with recipe.
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my dad pickled mackerel and bonita when I was a kid. HE liked it, but i was never sold (possibly because I was 10 yrs old)
IIRC, he pulled the recipe from a library book. It was pretty standard I think, mostly vinegar in the brine.

for halibut and lingcod, I am interested in hard salting or day salting. With the potential increase in ling limits this season I might actually have enough of a surplus to try it, and the flesh of lingcod is perfect for the salt recipe.
 I've got the "River Cottage Fish Book" and it has good directions for salting and smoking. I'll see what it has to say about pickling.
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Here's a video on pickling halibut:



What I don't like is that it uses heat to cook it. I know the risk of botulism can come into play here, while I think that's not the case when you do cold-pickling.

Here's a video on pickling tilapia or pike (recipe's for pike, but he uses tilapia), very similar to the pickled herring recipe I've used. I'll more than likely use this one:

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