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Can you provide a comparison if possible to other types of food; I have that typical Westerner squeamishness towards the idea of eating fish "heads"

• jacquesm 7y ago
  The smell and texture were such that I felt an urgent need to temporarily become a vegetarian. But one other HN'er was present at that dinner and gave in to peer pressure, maybe he'll chime in.
  • gexla 7y ago
    Same in the Philippines. The smell will drive non-Filipino's out of the area. The locals love it, but I never heard of such a thing before arriving here.
• paulgerhardt 7y ago
  Depends on the fishhead. One of the best meals of my life involved lingcod cheeks at the Tjoruhusid in Isafjordur, Iceland. If you can imagine the difference between leavened bread and non-yeasted bread - it's a bit like that. The cheeks specifically were lighter, fluffier, and more buttery in comparison to the otherwise delicious but more dense fillet.
  • p1necone 7y ago
    Cheeks seem to be the best part across a wide variety of animals - both fish and mammal.
  • bifrost 7y ago
    I love Fish Cheeks! I don't usually eat fish that are big enough to have big meaty ones but even on tiny fish they're amazing and usually worth the effort to dig em out. Even on Salmon its worth it.