Are Trevally and Queenies Eatable?????????

[geoff72]

Can you eat trevally and queenies,if so whats the best way and do you need to bleed them straight away?
cheers

[Lucky_Phill]

You'll have to find out for yourself, but to enlighten you a tad:-

Myself and others have been donging Trevally here for a while. Some folk pooh pooh them, but I tell ya what. I provided some guests with a feed of fresh Trevor last night prior to footy and everyone gave it the double thumbs up..... [smiley=2thumbsup.gif]

I never bleed the fish upon capture, but I did place them in a saltwater slurry for 24 hours. I simply filleted them, skinned them, de-boned them and cut them into bit size pieces. For the beer batter:-

3 parts plain flour
1 part self raising flour
1 part corn flour,
start with a little " cold " water and then use beer, last night it was Mr VB;s turn........yummo

A very hot oil in a wok was used to cook the treats. pics attached.

Never, Never let anyone tell you that fresh fish of any species, description or persuasion isn't good tucker

[Lucky_Phill]

cut ready for battering

[Lucky_Phill]

OK< so there was a Tooheys New stubbie in the shot, but I promise I used VB

fellow Ausfisher themooks, his wife Terri and myself, getting stuck in. OH, yes, I did utilize the sweet chilli sauce for a dunking sauce.

[Lucky_Phill]

OH, and the sort of trevally are :-

" Agnes Water / 1770 East Australian Yummo Trevally ", until we get a definate ID.

Phill

[-Henno-]

I am guilty of being one of those that used to pooh pooh trevors. I used to love catching them on poppers in the Gold Coast canals but the ones I brought home after donging were pretty crook on the chew.

The Agnes Water jumping trevally were delish though. There was a bit of sweet chili double dipping happening until I educated the masses on the only sanitary way to perform this task.

My honourable host for the evening didn't roll out the grunter he caught the day before I noticed!!

Now I want to try some red fish given the same battered treatment. Now that's sposed to be yummo.

[agnes_jack]

They are called "tea leaf" trevally Phil!!
Identified by the small black spots.

Regards, Tony

[Lucky_Phill]

ssshhhhhhh !!! Tony. I know that and you know that, but don't tell ' themooks '.

Phill

[Ian_Reeders]

Geoff
Have eaten many trevor and queeny. I grew up in Weipa catching them of the rocks and chucking them on the fire for lunch because it was to far to ride home, what a life. I still eat them but only fresh. I would never freeze them.

Cheers

Ian

[Kendall249]

I know many a person who bags out trevs and queenies, saying they only trout, emperor etc. Though I've had some of these people around for BBQ serving either trevs or queens, so I call it mixed reef fillets and there are only compliments. As long as the fish were cared for after capture. I personally like both species, generally small to medium versions, up to about 7kg. Definately bleed and ice as soon as possible.

[young_mind]

cut troat and ice them,cook them, eat them fresh YUM YUM

[moondancer]

Geoff, they are great eating fish! I bleed them as soon as they come aboars, and make sure theyre kept in an ice slurry.
Phil, we BBQ'd a few trevor fillets on the night we saw you at the trawl wreck - very tasty!

I reckon the simpler the cooking the better - bit of flour, seasoning, and into the pan/ BBQ!!

[Aqua_Man]

Agree with Ian.R. We catch small Trevalies on poppers, head straight back to the hut and barbeque and eat them. Perfect!

Geoff
Have eaten many trevor and queeny. I grew up in Weipa catching them of the rocks and chucking them on the fire for lunch because it was to far to ride home, what a life. I still eat them but only fresh. I would never freeze them.

Cheers

Ian

[RAGINGBULL]

We were at pumpkin island a few weeks ago and caught queenies.
Everyone said that they were in-edible
They were wrong top fish mate when you are hungry??
The fillets are not as thick and you must skin them
Trevally are also good eating

Cheers Mark

[PandaBear]

Id prefer not to eat trevallies whenver we catch them. I find the flesh lacks the texture to the bread and butter fishes. But hey a meal is a meal.

Damien