Not Familiar

When we returned to Doha this fall we were all keen to add more fish to our diet. After a summer in Nova Scotia eating fish and chips, pan-fried haddock, fish chowder, and grilled salmon we looked forward to making these simple meals like home. So I purchased tarter sauce -- even the Heinz brand like home -- and began the search. Salmon from Norway is readily available and we have a BBQ so it was an easy start.

Parrot fish from Oman

But then the challenge was to find the right white fish. Tuna, haddock, halibut are not available here. Instead there is Hammour, Kingfish, Milkfish. The fish market in every grocery store has the fish whole and on ice display. The fish markers tell the type of fish and the country where it was caught. Sherri, Travally, and Yanam are caught on the shores of Qatar. Pomfret comes from Kuwait. Mullet comes from Egypt. We have tried a couple of these but none have the same colour or texture that we are familiar with. And Lisa still does not enjoy filleting. And sometimes it is just too embarrassing to ask the clerks to do it......