Tonight's plan: some fried fish nuggets, for the first time in ages. Good opportunity while I'm on my own and trying to keep myself distracted, since I am the main fish fan around here. Plus, it's warm enough to have windows open anyway, for frying fish under a stove hood that doesn't vent to the outside.
To that end, I actually thought ahead and stuck this pack of mixed stew/pie fish into the fridge last night to thaw out.
Cubes of pollack, cod, and salmon. Looks promising enough. Let's just open the bag and gently squeeze some of the excess water out, shall we?
Did that salmon somehow go weirdly squishy? It smells and looks OK, other than the structural integrity issue.
It appears that some cheap goddamn fishmongering maniac decided to form finely minced salmon scraps into a frozen block. Which they then proceeded to saw up into little cubes and throw in a stew mix. Nobody will ever notice the difference, right? 🥴
In all fairness, I did not read the bag carefully. And I am not wanting to dig it out of the trash now. I have, however, bought similar frozen fish pie chunks before, and never gotten hold of anything like that.
(To Be Continued, no doubt. I am taking a little break to regroup.)