Would this be two portions in your house?

[KenAdams]

If you look at the per portion calories each piece is about 95g. The NHS recommends a portion of fish is 140g in weight.

Would this pack feed two people in your house? DH and I are in disagreement.

I'd need lots of extras, otherwise single portion

1.5 would be perfect amount for me but with less carbs and more veg

1 portion definitely - how this this be for two people?

@Kaiserin

I would feed myself, DH, and 2 primary school aged DCs with that, but with some starch (rice, potatoes or pasta) and lots of veggies on top. And probably a bit of seeds, nuts or pulses for extra proteins.

God, that's measly as anything.

Yeah 2 of us.

I'd like to know what the seeds, nut and pulses are that you'd add to this fish dish are too.

I would eat that as a portion but my husband always complains that fish isn't very filling so he could probably eat about four times that portion.

I quite often do herby green lentils with white fish midsomermudress

The photo isn’t detailed enough for me to see well, but the description says it costs 4.99 and that’s equivalent to 20.99/kg. So there must be a touch under 250g in the packet.

So if the weight of “a portion” of fish is 90-95g there must be more than two pieces of fish in there (about 2 and a half portions, in fact).

I think you may be reading the nutritional details wrong. Just because it says “A portion” contains x amount doesn’t mean that one of the pieces of fish in the packet is what it is considering to be “a portion”. I would guess, since fish slices probably aren’t always uniform weight they may not be able to print on the box what each piece of fish contains, so they use a standardised amount as their go to portion.

That sounds good, Bike, not sure where I see seeds and nuts coming in.

@Bwlch

If you can get hold of five loaves as well, it could feed 5000.

It's been done before.

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£20.80 a kilo?

Strewth. Buy pollock instead.

Yes one piece each.

We must be fat greedy fuckers then
We’d have one each 😂

2 portions and if it's not enough for DH he can eat extra vegetables.

Cod is actually quite filling, I generally have a good appetite, but one piece with veggies, potatoes & either a sauce or some sort of crust would fill me up.

Frozen fish is much cheaper.

Frozen fish is cheaper - a 6 portion pack of Waitrose coley for example costs less than a fresh two portion pack - the cats love it

Yes, but we don’t do Waitrose, we buy from the fishmonger at the port and portions are normally larger. I’d serve that with a lot of veg.

Whether it's enough really depends on the individual. For me, a 120g portion of fish would leave me hungry within a couple of hours unless I ate a lot of rice or potatoes alongside the fish.

@RoseCider fishmonger sounds great sadly our local one closed this year - presumably Covid was the final nail in the coffin

Yes. Though yesterday I stretched two fillets to feed 3.

Yes but I'd bulk it out with potatoes(probably new, with butter & chives ) & salad or veg. It's what I think of as an annoying size. 1.5 pack would probably be a better amount but 2 full packs would be too much.

That pack would give two very small portions by the look of it- you would need plenty of chips and peas with it!

NO WAY would it feed a family of four unless you didn't expect much or unless you were having lots of the things with it or adding it to a curry or something!

If they served you a portion of fish that size in the chippy you'd be mortified!

@Benjispruce2

Frozen fish is much cheaper.

Agreed. Iceland's frozen cod fillets are fantastic. 450g of sustainable cod for £4. Think it's three for a tenner. I know lots of people turn their nose up at Iceland, I used to myself but honestly, their frozen fish fillets are great.

WRT the Waitrose cod, it would feed two calorie counters/poor appetites or one person and a small child on its own. I'd probably use the amount in that pack to make two big fishcakes on home chipper night.