Re: Ocean Perch?

jmcquown wrote on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:55:01 -0500:


j> "Sqwertz" <swertz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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??>> On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:13:30 GMT, Michael "Dog3" wrote:
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??>>> "jmcquown" <j_mcquown@xxxxxxxxxxx> dropped this
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??>>>> For some reason when Mom buys (frozen) fish the only
??>>>> thing she buys is 'Ocean Perch'.
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??>>> Ocean Perch is on the endangered list ;)
??>>
??>> I don't know if you realize, but ocean perch *IS* Orange
??>> Roughy. So yes, this is funny is more ways than one.
??>>
??>> -sw

j> Citation, please. I can't find any references to Ocean
j> Perch and Orange Roughy being the same fish. According to
j> Cooks Thesarus Ocean Perch is one of the fish which may be
j> *substituted* for Orange Roughy.

Renaming by commercial interests to make a fish more appealing to consumers is pretty common. Rock Salmon is the the dogfish, wolffish or catfish (not the Mississippi one). The not particulaly euphonious names huss or hass are also known and its actually a small shark and quite good eating.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

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