Bluefish:
The Latin species of Pomatomidae, is called Tallaharns or Trencaharns in Catalan.
In French it is called Tassergal. There is no name for it in Spanish or Basque or Galician.
The blue fish is a hunter, and its greatest appreciation is in the Usa.
There is little appreciation for this breed here. I have never seen it at the La Boqueria or in Madrid Capital or El Corte Inglés, our only department store with a 10.000 sq. foot hyper - super market …
The flesh is quite rich, has an oily finish and is best baked in the oven or grilled.
It is not my cup of tea and I am very Pescatarian. I had shared it at the Hotel where we stayed many many years ago in Cuba. And it was not very appetising to us. It was grilled lovely, but the taste, was just not for us.
It is a rarity to find it here as it swims predominately in the Caribbean waters and southern Usa.
The best of this sector of fish, is the AMBERJACK, ALSO CALLED RUDDERFISH in The Usa, and found in The Western Atlantic - as far north as the Chesapeake Bay area. It is very common in Mallorca and Sicilia.
HOW DO I KNOW ALL THIS ? My dad and my two grandfathers were in the hotel hospitality wholesale sector, which is now run, by our two sons and my Mom still is involved with some of the activities.
My dad goes fishing a couple times a month and sometimes we go out on his boat with him and my grandfathers and father in law. They live on the Cadaquès Cape on the Northern Costa Brava.
Have a lovely weekend.
