I would probably just sit there and "pass". I might make a comment to my husband I'd he was with me but I also dont really judge what others eat so I most likely would not have even asked about it.
I also had no idea that Australians eat kangaroo on a regular basis. I recently learned about that from my niece who just did a semester abroad there and loved it. Her professors made it for them all for Thanksgiving.
I ate kangaroo at a restaurant in my boring town! It was good. I throw no shade - I just like hearing what people think.
Post by rupertpenny on Dec 26, 2018 22:03:29 GMT -5
I’m from Florida and I know that dolphin=mahi. But I’ve never heard it called dolphin fish and I haven’t seen it listed in a menu as dolphin in forever.
I’m from Florida and I know that dolphin=mahi. But I’ve never heard it called dolphin fish and I haven’t seen it listed in a menu as dolphin in forever.
This is a good point- I can't remember the last time I've seen it on a menu as "dolphin", though, I don't doubt that there are places in FL that still call it that.
I've lived in CA my entire life and eat seafood. I have never seen dolphin fish on a menu, and have never heard of that name being use in lieu of mahi mahi, which is ubiquitous on menus.
I’m from Florida and I know that dolphin=mahi. But I’ve never heard it called dolphin fish and I haven’t seen it listed in a menu as dolphin in forever.
I have never seen dolphinfish listed either. Honestly I think that more hard core old school seafood places will refer to it as dolphin. The place we were at tonight is at a marina that is home to a lot of charters and I looked up one of the most well regarded seafood restaurants in my area and it's only listed as dolphin on their menu also. Our tenants at our rental home are young guys who are commercial fishermen and they offered us "fresh dolphin" the last time we did a favor for them. I don't like fish at all lol.
Yes, but I've only ever seen it listed as dolphin in Florida, and first learned that it was fish, not real dolphin, the first time I saw it on a menu - when I was 10 or so.
ETA: Didn't actually know it was the same as mahi mahi, though.
For the people that didn’t know, or said they would assume it was dolphin, what would you do? Would you ask for clarification? Give a bad Yelp review? Side-eye but sit there? Where would you draw the line as far as lovable animals go? Rabbit? Kitten? Baby monkey? Would you be like my MIL and sit watch your husband eat what you believe to be a beloved creature of pop culture?
Not that I’m judging I just love this thread.
I would probably just sit there and "pass". I might make a comment to my husband I'd he was with me but I also dont really judge what others eat so I most likely would not have even asked about it.
I also had no idea that Australians eat kangaroo on a regular basis. I recently learned about that from my niece who just did a semester abroad there and loved it. Her professors made it for them all for Thanksgiving.
My H knows someone who is vegetarian, but makes exceptions for kangaroo, because some of those jerks are invasive.
They do not eat the giant kangaroo - mostly a variety of really common smaller species. It would be like Americans eating squirrel or rabbit.
I've never seen this on a menu. If I saw it, I don't know what I would have thought. I would have hoped I was misunderstanding, but I have never heard of mahi mahi being called dolphin and without adding "fish" after the name, I don't know that that's a given assumption, either.
I'm in Charleston, SC and it's quite commonly referred to as dolphin here. In fact, my husband is an avid sport fisherman and won't utter Mahi Mahi. It's dolphin. Mahi mahi is the Hawaiian name and Dorado is the Spanish. None of it is Flipper.
I had a minor panic attack thinking I have been eating dolphin when I eat mahi mahi. Glad to learn that is only dolphin FISH! I have never seen dolphin fish on the menu.
So basically this is not common knowledge. So thanks for making me feel stupid this am.
Post by picksthemusic on Dec 27, 2018 11:30:19 GMT -5
As someone in the PNW that eats a ton of fish and has avid fishers in my family, this is brand new information. Must be an East coast/Southern coast thing.
I've been traveling to Florida since I was a kid since my Grandparents lived there, and I have never seen dolphin on a menu there, or knew that it was an older name for mahi mahi.