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[inthewild]

You know what I mean... the one that's half the fish and it's still on the skin and everything. Just drop it on the ol' pan and light the fire... taking off when it looks done?

Had to buy it to try, it was so damn cheap.

[inthewild]

20 views and no replies. Anyways, I'll just ask another question. This commonly eaten fish seems to always have a bunch of bones in it. Do Koreans just regularly eat these little bones or what? Hard not to, it seems.

[Tiger Beer]

I wish I knew!

I never cooked a fish before. For 1200, I wouldn't mind learning though..

[kangnam mafioso]

i would make soup out of it ... "meun-tang." just cook it in a pot of water. add green onions, sprouts, onions, tofu, radish, etc. add gochijang and red pepper for spice. eat it with rice.

[pet lover]

Just be careful. I know someone who bought one of those poisonous fish without knowing that it was poisonous. Luckily, someone saw it in her fridge before she tried to cook and eat it.

[inthewild]

Well damn, I sure hope E-mart wouldn't put some poisonous fish right next to all this other edible stuff. Anyways, I'm still breathing... just dropped it on the pan with some oil and let it heat up... it was decent.

[Zenpickle]

I've received this half fish thing a few times when ordering Korean delivery. It was just pan fried with oil and salt. It wasn't too bad.

Yeah, I know it's too late. You've already cooked the fish. But the trick is to cook it without overcooking it, or it will get chewy and dry.

The bones are too sharp to eat, so I think you're taking your chances. on that. I just peel the fish with my fork or chopsticks, using the bones as a guide, away from the skeleton.

A lesson my whole family learned one summer -- thoroughly -- THOROUGHLY scrub your pan with hot soapy water after using. It has been 25 years, but I still remember the taste of fish-tainted pancakes the morning after a fish fry.

[jaganath69]

Next time, try putting the fish in foil with some butter, garlic and a drizzle of white wine. Close up the foil and do in the pan on medium heat for 10-15 minutes. Serve with some greens pan-fried in sesame oil with onion and accompany with a nice dry white. Voila

[peppergirl]

[tzechuk]

[Toby]

[Zenpickle]

[on phone with g/f]

Yeah, it's Bogo -- sounds like the Japanese "fugu."

[Toby]