Fish: what’s with all the Hoki?

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#298967 31-Jul-2022 09:26

We went shopping yesterday to refill the fridge and freezer after giving the contents away before we moved south.

I was struck again by the fact that 99% of the fish in the freezer is Hoki. It’s not as if there’s no other kinds of fish.

Why this obsession with Hoki?

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#2948517 31-Jul-2022 09:40

Freezes well and plentiful. Whereas other fish lose their taste being frozen and have limits on fishing amounts.

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#2948519 31-Jul-2022 09:45

Hoki tastes fine for a quick easy meal

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#2948524 31-Jul-2022 10:38

It’s one of the cheapest and prolific fish with a delicate taste and white so suitable for non fishy smelling sticks and processing etc. Also used for crab sticks.

This is the season for fresh Hoki, usually August it comes down in price a lot. Instead of buying it crumbed and packaged you could consider freezing your own.

It’s a very delicate fish so I would freeze half fillets unwrapped on a tray then lightly spray the frozen filets with water which will freeze onto it and give a protective coating then wrap each separately.

To cook, take out and prepare with either a batter or flour egg and crumb while still frozen and just gently fry, or add to a curry frozen.

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#2948535 31-Jul-2022 11:15

cant stand Hoki , i know this sounds strange, but i dont like it because it tastes very strongly of fish

Common sense is not as common as you think.

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#2948542 31-Jul-2022 11:45

vexxxboy:
cant stand Hoki , i know this sounds strange, but i dont like it because it tastes very strongly of fish

You must have had a very stale piece. It has hardly any smell at all, unlike oilier fish. Don’t buy it prepackaged. Buy it from the counter it should look plump, pinkish white. If it’s yellowing and dull it’s old. If it smells, take it back. Compared to most fish it has the least fishy smell of all. Now is the season so give it another try.

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#2948543 31-Jul-2022 11:49

vexxxboy:

cant stand Hoki , i know this sounds strange, but i dont like it because it tastes very strongly of fish

You're in good company, my friend. Can't stand it either and there is a good reason it is cheap. I much prefer snapper, cod, gurnard or Tarakihi

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#2948546 31-Jul-2022 12:13

Geektastic: We went shopping yesterday to refill the fridge and freezer after giving the contents away before we moved south.

I was struck again by the fact that 99% of the fish in the freezer is Hoki. It’s not as if there’s no other kinds of fish.

Why this obsession with Hoki?

if you are after greater variety look in the fresh fish section.
Or, go to one of the Asian markets - they have large varieties in the frozen fish section.

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#2948560 31-Jul-2022 13:22

farcus:
Geektastic: We went shopping yesterday to refill the fridge and freezer after giving the contents away before we moved south.

I was struck again by the fact that 99% of the fish in the freezer is Hoki. It’s not as if there’s no other kinds of fish.

Why this obsession with Hoki?

if you are after greater variety look in the fresh fish section.
Or, go to one of the Asian markets - they have large varieties in the frozen fish section.

My wife hates fish, so getting frozen rather than fresh causes less complaints!

I just find it so dull to look at a wall of Hoki in the supermarket. It’s so unimaginative!

Most supermarkets barely offer more than three or four alternatives even if you buy fresh. There’s heaps of interesting fish in Australia. I wish someone would import it.

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#2948569 31-Jul-2022 14:24

Geektastic:

My wife hates fish, so getting frozen rather than fresh causes less complaints!

I just find it so dull to look at a wall of Hoki in the supermarket. It’s so unimaginative!

Most supermarkets barely offer more than three or four alternatives even if you buy fresh. There’s heaps of interesting fish in Australia. I wish someone would import it.

Maybe, just maybe, it has to do with the possibility that humanity is scraping the bottom of the oceans clean, stripping the planet of edible resources, crashing the climate, scooping up fish before they can reproduce, and just generally scorching the earth and pillaging everything they can glom onto along the way. The day is not far off when you will weep with gratitude for the last hoki you are able to prise from the hands of a starving child.

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#2948582 31-Jul-2022 15:28

We don't buy much fish, we luckily live on the Whangaparaoa Peninsula where every 3rd house has a boat, and most of those are used for fishing :D So always someone around who will throw you some fresh fish.

I go out with a mate whenever we can, and generally come back with decent haul (our limit) of Snapper and a few Kawhai.

But I don't like fish myself :D

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#2948586 31-Jul-2022 15:35

Hoki is sustainable and affordably priced for a family. It depends where you live. Auckland has an amazing fish market with many species. Wellington has Pacnsave and that’s about it.

Sadly NZ doesn’t farm fish as much as they do in Europe where you can buy delicious farmed sea bass which is much like tarakihi.

@Geektastic I guess freezing fresh fish would be out of the question if wife hates fish then. Friend swears by Orange Roughy frozen crumbed in the freezers, I think by Sealords.

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#2948594 31-Jul-2022 16:04

Geektastic: />Most supermarkets barely offer more than three or four alternatives even if you buy fresh. There’s heaps of interesting fish in Australia. I wish someone would import it.

Australian fish ranges from average to poor. It’s one thing New Zealand has which is much better.

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#2948597 31-Jul-2022 16:05

Rikkitic:
Geektastic:

My wife hates fish, so getting frozen rather than fresh causes less complaints!

I just find it so dull to look at a wall of Hoki in the supermarket. It’s so unimaginative!

Most supermarkets barely offer more than three or four alternatives even if you buy fresh. There’s heaps of interesting fish in Australia. I wish someone would import it.

Maybe, just maybe, it has to do with the possibility that humanity is scraping the bottom of the oceans clean, stripping the planet of edible resources, crashing the climate, scooping up fish before they can reproduce, and just generally scorching the earth and pillaging everything they can glom onto along the way. The day is not far off when you will weep with gratitude for the last hoki you are able to prise from the hands of a starving child.

If a child had hoki, they would not be starving.

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#2948600 31-Jul-2022 16:17

Eva888: Hoki is sustainable and affordably priced for a family. It depends where you live. Auckland has an amazing fish market with many species. Wellington has Pacnsave and that’s about it.

Sadly NZ doesn’t farm fish as much as they do in Europe where you can buy delicious farmed sea bass which is much like tarakihi.

@Geektastic I guess freezing fresh fish would be out of the question if wife hates fish then. Friend swears by Orange Roughy frozen crumbed in the freezers, I think by Sealords.

I used to work for a large water company. We had a number of large reservoirs (the largest had a circumference of about 60kms!) and we stocked them with trout then sold Day tickets for fishing. It was a good earner!

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#2948602 31-Jul-2022 16:20

Rikkitic:
Geektastic:

My wife hates fish, so getting frozen rather than fresh causes less complaints!

I just find it so dull to look at a wall of Hoki in the supermarket. It’s so unimaginative!

Most supermarkets barely offer more than three or four alternatives even if you buy fresh. There’s heaps of interesting fish in Australia. I wish someone would import it.

Maybe, just maybe, it has to do with the possibility that humanity is scraping the bottom of the oceans clean, stripping the planet of edible resources, crashing the climate, scooping up fish before they can reproduce, and just generally scorching the earth and pillaging everything they can glom onto along the way. The day is not far off when you will weep with gratitude for the last hoki you are able to prise from the hands of a starving child.

I think that might just be a tad over dramatic!!

Perhaps we should have less humans on the planet and stop trying to save every one of them from everything? Just a thought.

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