Ling, lawyer fish boiled in water, dipped in garlic butter. Ever do it?

Very good eating.

Yep. Didn’t know what the ugly things were my first few years in AK and always threw them back. Not after I found out about poor man’s lobster

I'd just like to catch one!

Our “Poor Man's Lobster” was always Pike cubed and boiled in water with Old Bay seasoning than dipped in seasoned butter.

Here in Utah, they use striper or wiper hybrids. Fillets cubed and boiled in 7-Up, then drizzled in butter.

In truth, any white flesh fish ought to work. But it isn't anything like real lobster, to be honest.

monk fish

You’re an idiot.

Ya, those ling are pretty good. The texture, and flavor are very similar to lobster when boiled fresh. I found em to have a stronger flavor once frozen. Pretty good fried as fillet with lemon pepper too. We catch em at night, and they don't fight a whole lot but sure eat good!

yes

Elder abuse.

Now that he's got 22 months of south Florida under his belt, Deflave is an expert on seafood.

Yep though it has been years.

Lobster is lobster. Never ate any fish that came even close to the taste,. And that includes ling and golden eye which are both excellent.

Agreed

Never heard ling called that, up here sturgeon is the “poor mans lobster”.

All these are fine, but really ought to be called "poor excuse for lobster."

Having said that, I'm not a lobster fanatic. I've eaten it, and had my share of it in Maine, where it ought to be the best there is. I just find it to be a little bit insipid. It's a nice dense white meat that's slightly sweet, but what makes it good is the butter. And a flip-flop would be good with enough butter. Not worth the often extravagant price for it, IMO.

think i like king crab legs better

"Poor Mans".

stick to synthetic crabs

Yep, either King crab or Dungeness.

Not even close.

But I know an idiot when I see it, and you've yet to atone.

Jud, they are not the ling cod you are thinking of !

Was fishing for Cod in Mass back in the late 80's, our
Captain was Dave Rider. A salty old bastard, he has quite a gig. He sold what we paid to catch.

Anyway, we hooked a Monkfish and he was wound tight.
"That's $7/pound. They call it Poor Man's Lobstah. Be a pretty
Poor man would think that's lobstah."


He sure could put you on Cod.
6 of us caught 2300 pound of rough dressed in two days.
Nasty old puck would bitch and beller if you stopped fishing
to get a drink or eat a sandwich.

At the time i worked farms for $30 a day, and the farmers treated us decent.
I paid him $100 a day
to work dam near as hard, and to be bitched at.


As for lobster?
I prefer almost any other seafood.
Rubbery and bland isn't good food.

Heard pike called that too.

You've either had bad Lobster or someone who doesn't know how to cook or both.

I looked at lobster tail today. 28 dollar$ a pound!!!

She and her Oregon “pard” rub uglies regularly... hint

But hey, they “shoot” just a “smidge”.... [bleep] what a joke!! Haha

Definitely this. Has a nice chewy texture that's closer to lobster.
I like ling too, but the texture is much flakier.

Definitely monkfish. Has a nice chewy texture that's closer to lobster.
I like ling too, but the texture is much flakier.

the original concept, FWIW, was invented using monkfish

The little woman makes "Poor Man's Lobster" with Haddock fillets. A little butter, S&P and a sprinkle of Old Bay wrapped in foil and baked .

I've tried Lobster...I've tried to like it.... I don't care for it. But that haddock.....That's good eats. Especially when it's smothered in stewed tomatoes.

you alla re wrong.. Poor Man's Lobster is boiled bullhead fillets dipped in ot Vegetable oil

for us it was either cod loins or the back fillet off a northern pike. boiled in heavily salted water. Still make it from time to time.

Looking to buy some catfish nuggets, and give it a whirl.

poor man's 'something entirely different from lobster'

I'll eat lobster if someone else buys. I don't like it well enough to $pend the money!

no big deal scottish proclivities are widely known

you'd say the same thing about beef if you were a lobster fisherman

I'd trade lobster for crab or scallops any day.

As far as poor mans lobster, always heard it with monkfish and black cod. Both are better than lobster.

As much as I’ve tried to really like lobster, I’ve Never had lobster I loved. I’ll take scallops, shrimp, or Dungeness crab over lobster every time.

The conundrum is whether lobster is expensive because people think it's good OR if people think it's good because it is expensive.

Well, here it is.

When living in San Diego, I would go out on the morning kelp boat and fish for sheep(s)head (sp?) (pacific). They eat crustaceans and octopus around the bottom of the kelp beds. Would microwave a couple of fillets, dipped in butter, tasted just like lobster. The microwaving would give them the slight rubbery texture of lobster.

I would also trade a diving friend of mine smoked Yellowtail for Abalone, now that is good.

Yep, I do like lobster but have never thought it merited the high price. Will very occasionally have it as a special treat when it is on sale at the supermarket.

This. And you will never convince me otherwise

here in Minnesota we call eelpout poor man`s lobster, but eelpout do suck to clean and eelpout do bite better in the winter too. myself i would rather eat king crab from Alaska always !

Never found burbot hard to filet. How do you do it?

Kent Rollins has a poor mans lobster recipe that we like.


Just be careful buying cod for this recipe.


Often times the cod is more expensive than the lobster.

I’d never heard of a burbot when I moved up. Went ice fishing with a guy and caught some nice ones, he started in about what a pain they are to clean. I said I’d figure on just skinning them like a catfish, which I’d done about 12000 times. He looked at me astonished that I might know how to skin a fish. I peeled and filleted them in no time, didn’t find it any more difficult than your run of the mill blue cat.

Maine lobster are the best tasting when they are to small to keep. a 1/2 lb right out of the trap in a microwave for 90 sec. needs to be cooked hole & alive

Learned the same way from a friend that caught cats back home.

Circumcise and pull w pliers. Two chunks.

You could dip a corncob in seasoned butter, and it'd be good!

Yep, that's how we do it too.

ole joe is that u

how about a good ole wi fish fry

Our local fish fry is coming up!
I always eat to much.

Well, just as long as it wasn't a "used" corn cob.

butter is good