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Zero Wing | 17 comments (17 topical, 0 hidden) | Trackback

Ahi by ucblockhead (4.00 / 1) #1 Mon Mar 27, 2006 at 01:33:38 PM EST

I've never managed to cook tuna to a level that justifies the price. It always comes out crappy. Most other fish, I can cook. Salmon is dead easy to cook well. But tuna always comes out grey and dismal. Too bad, because when done right (at a restaurant) it can be wonderful.
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Aha by TheophileEscargot (2.00 / 0) #2 Mon Mar 27, 2006 at 01:35:55 PM EST

I thought it might be just me (and it probably is) but it seems to go from pink and totally raw to grey and overdone in about 4.5 seconds...
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: Exactly by ucblockhead (4.00 / 1) #3 Mon Mar 27, 2006 at 01:38:10 PM EST

I suspect it requires attention to detail and accuracy not availble to most people in the home.
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Freshness could also be a consideration by lm (4.00 / 1) #4 Mon Mar 27, 2006 at 02:04:50 PM EST

Some types of fish get most ``fishy'' with every passing day while others tend to remain mild for a fair length of time. While I'd expect tuna to be fairly fresh out your way on the coast, it may not have been. Out here in the midwest, it's rare to find fresh fish at the market.

There is no more degenerate kind of state than that in which the richest are supposed to be the best.
Cicero, The Republic
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I don't think so by ucblockhead (4.00 / 1) #5 Mon Mar 27, 2006 at 02:34:27 PM EST

The last attempt was on a really expensive cut from Whole Foods, claimed to have never been frozen, and I live where it's presumably freshest.

Anyway, it doesn't get "fishy" for me so much as gray and tough, like the stuff in the can. Not thrilling when you paid $14.95/lb.
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It was cooked the same day as purchased? by lm (4.00 / 1) #6 Mon Mar 27, 2006 at 02:35:54 PM EST

If so, then I'm almost certainly wrong on the specifics.

There is no more degenerate kind of state than that in which the richest are supposed to be the best.
Cicero, The Republic
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: oh yes by ucblockhead (4.00 / 1) #8 Mon Mar 27, 2006 at 03:16:08 PM EST

We're talking multiple attempts and failures on the part about both my wife and I.
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I've only had tuna success... by Metatone (4.00 / 1) #7 Mon Mar 27, 2006 at 02:53:32 PM EST

by scouring M&S for the odd couple of pieces cut thick.

Tescos was a complete washout.

Actually, I did have some good luck at one Morrison's fish counter, but then they changed monger and the quality of tuna coming in went down.

I did mine in pan though, coated with pepper, so YMMV.

pan by ucblockhead (4.00 / 2) #9 Mon Mar 27, 2006 at 03:35:21 PM EST

We were trying the oven...probably our mistake.
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Gah! by gazbo (4.00 / 1) #10 Mon Mar 27, 2006 at 04:48:06 PM EST

There is One True Way of cooking tuna, and that is to fry it. The exact specifics don't matter (I use thick steaks with a bit of salt+pepper, moderate heat, and a bit of olive oil) and then cook it for a couple of minutes each side (or more if you're not such a fan of raw food as me) and serve with lemon.

But leave plenty rare - it's almost like meat rather than fish, and really rather nice.

"Engarde!" cried the larvae, huskily. - Scrymarch

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I'll try that. (nt) by ucblockhead (4.00 / 1) #12 Mon Mar 27, 2006 at 05:05:52 PM EST

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The only way I've done it. by ambrosen (4.00 / 1) #13 Mon Mar 27, 2006 at 08:35:53 PM EST

And there's a layer I get which is delicious, in between the raw bit, and the exactly like in the tin bit.

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or grill by garlic (4.00 / 1) #14 Tue Mar 28, 2006 at 12:11:49 AM EST

but direct heat is necessary. Baking is a definate nono.

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: Yes, or grill by gazbo (2.00 / 0) #15 Tue Mar 28, 2006 at 03:13:07 AM EST

I relax my frying-based dogma to allow for grilling. Though frying is my choice.
"Engarde!" cried the larvae, huskily. - Scrymarch

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WIPO: Them all together by Rogerborg (2.00 / 0) #11 Mon Mar 27, 2006 at 04:53:39 PM EST

which maintained so politic a state of boring that they will not admit any interesting part to intermingle with them.

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Fishy tuna by nebbish (4.00 / 1) #16 Tue Mar 28, 2006 at 03:58:28 AM EST

It might have been a bit off.

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Rare tuna is rarely achieved by glamorgan (4.00 / 1) #17 Wed Mar 29, 2006 at 10:24:28 AM EST

Like you said in a previous comment, in goes from raw to well done is 3.8 seconds. If you can time it right it's melt-in-your-mouth tasty. Add wasabi mayo and a dry white wine......

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