Comments on: Is It A Bird, Is It a Plane? No, it’s a Fried Skate Wing!

By: Margaret

Margaret — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:31:35 +0000

I too love skate – my husband doesn’t though. The last time I bought a skate wing it was so huge I could hardly fit it into the pan – I also serve mine with brown butter. Yours looks delicious.
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By: maybelles mom (feeding maybelle)

maybelles mom (feeding maybelle) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:13:05 +0000

oh, I love skate. i haven’t had it in ages.

By: Tom Aarons

Tom Aarons — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:27:10 +0000

This looks delicious. Yum!

By: Lo

Lo — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:36:31 +0000

Every time I see skate I’m tempted to buy it… but I’m never certain what to do with it. I guess this reduces the number of excuses I have for next time, huh?

By: Rachel (S[d]OC)

Rachel (S[d]OC) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:30:49 +0000

Don’t apologize for the blog title. Good puns make me happy!

By: Mrs Ergül

Mrs Ergül — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:16:48 +0000

This looks fantastic! I will love to have a bite, or rather, the entire serving!

By: PeterMarcus

PeterMarcus — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:56:10 +0000

Ah, I wish I could find skate here, I’ve always wanted to try it. I’ll try to ask my fishmongers if they can find some. What a great inspiriation.

I’ve caught plenty of shark fishing offshore. If one wants to keep a shark, one must immediately bleed it and put it on ice, as shark (ahem) pee through their meat and skin into the surrounding water. Ice prevents this from happening. If you don’t ice them down immediately after catching them, the death of the shark releases a bunch of pee through the meat and skin, thus kinda tainting the flavor. I assume skates have the same anatomy, so I’m guessing that’s the ammonia smell thing.

But man, that look good!

By: Chewy

Chewy — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:44:58 +0000

Agh! Skate bones are edible! Fun to eat!

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:40:55 +0000

I’ve never had skate before–I’ll have to keep an eye out for it. This looks like a tasty meal!

By: Heather

Heather — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 06:00:07 +0000

Oooh skate. One fish I’ve never had the joy of cooking. The only time I’ve eaten it, it had a piece of pork belly that had been confited overnight and then deep-fried to crispity goodness. :\

That salad is full of Win, too.