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Originally Posted by dbussone
Bare - I'm a little surprised you don't like fish since you grew up near the Atlantic. I like most fish: tuna, haddock, salmon, cod, swordfish, etc. I'm guessing you had a bad experience with fish at some point. Fresh fish will never smell fishy - that's a sign that you should not eat it. Interestingly, I only eat fish from the ocean - no fresh water varieties, except for aqua farmed catfish (must be the 8 years I spent in Mississippi). Wine goes so well with fish.
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I too grew up with Mrs. Paul's fish sticks and other nasty foul-smelling fish. The only good "fish" was shellfish. However, when we moved to Michigan in the late '80s, I was introduced to some pretty spectacular fish--my first experience with truly fresh fish. Lake perch, walleye, and whitefish. Even fresh-water salmon, which may be a form of trout (don't quote me because I definitely do not know whereof I speak!)
I've been a fish eater ever since. Even my "brand" of vegetarianism included fish, so I guess I was never a true veggy-tarian. Protein is good for me personally; starch and whole grains do not agree with me.