Pixietoadstool Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 When we were in Normandie at Easter we ate some filets de pangas (Vietnamese frozen fish fillets) bought from Leclerc and I can't find the on-line translation - what are they please (they were very good)!?Valerie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWINKLE Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 Hi ValerieIt's Vietnamese Tra Fish[+o(]Enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixietoadstool Posted May 6, 2006 Author Share Posted May 6, 2006 Hi Twinkle!Thanks for that - I see it is a type of cat fish. It was OK but we had been looking for red snapper and didn't know the French name for this. Any ideas what it is ... anyone?Valerie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWINKLE Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 Apparently there isn't a french word, just a literal translation - snapper rouge. I've often looked out for it on the fresh fish counter, but I haven't been able to find it myself. I love it too, when we got married in Cancun, we stayed in a gorgeous hide-away for a few days with no electricity or running water. There was a young native, Victor who would ask as every day what we would like to eat and he would go and fish it for us then prepare it al fresco! There was always conche or red snapper! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony F Dordogne Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 Round here they're just called rouget - love them, two mins max each side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derf Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 If you want to know the French names for Fish have a look at this site: http://www.hafro.is/ordabok/?op=list&wanted=6&PHPSESSID=bd82bd6e47777b515cc79fad179fc020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixietoadstool Posted May 6, 2006 Author Share Posted May 6, 2006 Having looked at this site it confirms what I thought - that rouget is in fact red mullet. I believe red snapper is a tropical fish (but could well be wrong) and so I suppose I shouldn't be encouraging the importing of fish from so far away when France has so many of its own good stuff.My husband has just cooked me a red snapper dish (a Rick Stein recipe) substituting sea bream for red mullet and it reminded me why I often don't eat many kinds of fish - there were so many bones in the fillets that it seriously put me off and my son rushed into the back garden to offload the contents of his stomach in an effort to dislodge the vicious bones stuck in his throat! What a disappointment!! Yet when this recipe is cooked with something like red snapper there are almost no bones to spoil the enjoyment!Valere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWINKLE Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 [quote user="Tony F Dordogne"]Round here they're just called rouget - love them, two mins max each side.[/quote]No Tony, that's a much smaller fish, and the taste is much stronger than red snapper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derf Posted May 7, 2006 Share Posted May 7, 2006 Then you could try this site:http://198.103.183.14/waves2/thesaurus.html?thes.search=LUTJANIDAE&thes.field=&__SID=cecd2d71520221294c3183d708b4a8a1&__LANG=en Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaJ Posted May 7, 2006 Share Posted May 7, 2006 Think this is it - Vivaneau campèche, but I don't think you will find it in French waters. Daurade would be a good substitute, they are all sea bream.Red mullet is totally different and utterly delicious, especially with tapenade.regardsLisa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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