[Sca-cooks] tilapia

[Elaine Koogler]

One of the main dishes I served at our Middle Eastern feast in April was a
Tilapia dish.  I didn't worry too much about the bones as I was able to
purchase fillets at our local Restaurant Depot for a very good price.

Kiri

On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 12:20 AM, Terry Decker
<t.d.decker at worldnet.att.net>wrote:

> Tilapia are freshwater fish of east African origin that have spread
> apparently by themselves into the Middle East.  For our purposes, the
> natural range would be from the Nile to Syria.  In modern times, they have
> been widely imported as a staple animal for aquaculture.  The question to my
> mind is, where and when were they spread in period?
>
> Bear
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>  What do people feel about using tilapia for an event fish?
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>> I know it was around in biblical days and in the Roman and early Middle
>> Ages
>> in some countries.
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>> Tirloch
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