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If you ordered a whole trout from a supermarket online delivery what would you expect to get?

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pastabest · 11/08/2021 19:06

A) a whole trout - not gutted, not scaled. Entirely untouched
B) a whole trout - gutted and scaled
C) a whole trout - gutted, scaled and pin boned

Follow up question, if you got A, would you know you needed to do B/C before cooking?

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Natsku · 11/08/2021 20:46

I'd expect gutted but not scaled for a big fish like trout. I can gut and scale a fish but I prefer not to (which is why I only buy vendace from the fish counter when its been gutted as they sell it whole and ungutted in the prepackaged section and its a pain to gut lots of tiny fish)

I used to go to the fish counter and pick out a whole trout and the fishmonger would proceed to take off the head and fillet it, but I'd ask for the head and spine in a bag (and for the head and spine of the next customer's fish too, if they didn't want it), good for making fishhead soup.

Crockof · 11/08/2021 20:46

Crispy Swan Pancakes brilliant

Pogostemon · 11/08/2021 20:47

Agree, A and a half. Just gutted.

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XingMing · 11/08/2021 20:47

I would expect A, and yes, I know how to do the rest, and I'm not bad at filleting, though not always tidy with it.

itcouldhave · 11/08/2021 20:49

I would have expected it to be gutted but I’ve been caught out like that before. Bought two whole trout from Waitrose fish counter assuming they’d be gutted and found they weren’t.

Neither of us know how to gut a fish. I am significantly more squeamish than DH so he very bad temperedly did it while watching YouTube instructions. The whole thing was so traumatic that I didn’t even want to eat it after that! 😂

PenCreed · 11/08/2021 20:50

Someone gave my dad a whole salmon once - my mum had to work out how to gut it as he was way too squeamish! I wouldn't have a clue so would probably end up begging my fisherman cousin for help on FB.

Tulipomania · 11/08/2021 20:51

Kudos to you OP for ordering a whole trout!

I would have been gutted if it wasn't gutted however.

Don't think I've ever descaled a fish?

5zeds · 11/08/2021 20:53

Just ask them to gut it in store

CoraPirbright · 11/08/2021 20:54

I once bought a mackerel and forgot to ask for head off and innards out. I was a bit horrified when I realised

Mackerel is always something you want the innards out of asap. Scombrus poisoning is not something you want to be monkeying about with. It brings to mind that saying about sea-sickness: “on the first day, he was afraid he would die. On the second day, he was afraid he wouldn’t”!!

ElephantOfRisk · 11/08/2021 20:58

Tesco A
Sainsburys B

That's what I've had in store. Standard fare from Sainsburys was to get it B and then be offered a flavoured butter to go with it and they'd put it in a bag you could cook it in for you

Got one in Tesco one day and expected it to be ready to go but to be fair I didn't specifically ask. Opened the bag to A and then had to deal with it.

AppaTheSixLeggedFlyingBison · 11/08/2021 21:00

B but scales still on

ElephantOfRisk · 11/08/2021 21:00

If it makes it any posher, the trout was always for DS which he would beg for anytime he came with me shopping. I'm trying to offer pizza instead...Grin

ShortBacknSides · 11/08/2021 21:01

Either A or B. And of course I'd know how to prepare it. Who wouldn't?

But I’d also be able to catch fish in the first place.

It's a sign of how far most people are from knowing basic stuff that you even have to ask.

Dinkydody · 11/08/2021 21:05

Just gutted

mindutopia · 11/08/2021 21:17

I would expect A from experience.

No I personally wouldn’t know what to do with it (though could give it a go), but Dh would know what to do.

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pastabest · 11/08/2021 21:26

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Indeed. It does sound fishy!

Plenty of fish in the sea as it’s just a drop in the ocean.

Perhaps some immature inappropriate nonsense? What could possibly be offensive, divisive, political or woke about seafood? Snowflakes are a fish best friend!

LanaDelBoy · 11/08/2021 21:50

How are we on over 100 posts without the requisite......:

Did you order it just for the halibut OP? Hope it didn't give you a headhake. Thank cod you knew what to do with it - it could've been unfor-tuna-te.

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cabbageking · 11/08/2021 21:58

Whole is completed unless it says trimmed or tranched.

Will0wtree · 11/08/2021 22:11

A. Though I've taught myself how to do C. as I like to shallow fry it with crispy skin. (Trout is my favourite fish).

But it arriving in the bag with cook-in-the-bag instructions would make me assume it was all ready pre-prepared. So if I wanted to oven cook it I would assume it was ready to go. Very misleading I think.

SweatyBetty20 · 11/08/2021 22:13

Moaning time. When I buy a salmon I tend to get a whole 6-8 pounder so I can do it at home - 1) it’s a lot cheaper and I freeze it and 2) I like to know that I still have my former fishmonger skillz. I can gut, steak, darne, fillet, butterfly, crack anything with fins, claws or tentacles, but my God I hate scaling a salmon. Those sticky buggers have me scraping them off the sink for DAYS afterwards.

TableFlowerss · 11/08/2021 22:26

A minging fish

Straighttalking1 · 11/08/2021 22:27

A and yes I would know what to do before cooking it

Marchitectmummy · 12/08/2021 03:54

A and yes.