Why do British people underestimate the taste of a cheeseburger ???

[superheavyrhun]

I might catch a little flak from fresh water fish fans... but many live in landlocked areas with little or no access to the ocean. Freshness in fish is paramount... and you can't get any fresher than fish just caught in the ocean, and served up for dinner that same day.

I think its more to do with the time from hook to plate than it is access to salt water, although naturally those in larger water do grow to a much larger size. Personally I enjoy both, with a good trout well prepared on the barbecue difficult to beat!

That's what I said, rhun... freshness. No way a person living in Kansas will ever appreciate the truly magnificent taste of a broiled red snapper, as much as someone on a Caribbean island, with access to seafood restaurants serving up the catches of the day. And size of the fish has little to do with taste, IMO. Personally, when I'm in the mood for a whole snapper, anything from a 3 to a 5-pound fish will do.

Normally as we tend to have better freshwater fish in this area (I know a few poachers who work the local rivers!) those seem to do the business for me, but equally when I was on holiday on the Mexican coast, the fish there were also awesome. And of course, the ceviche in that part of the world was delectable.