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Calling All Fishermen

giveup | 22:41 Sat 09th Feb 2013 | Quizzes & Puzzles

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Did you know a pollock was also known as colin. It was a question earlier on "In it to Win it"

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penelope2

Yes

vakayu

Certainly never heard of that,I learnt something tonight also,I did not know fish had names!!

baza

I've heard of Red Herring and John Dory

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Can you explain penelope2.

vakayu

Seemingly it was renamed Colin to save people asking for pollack and being embarrassed.

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You are joking???

penelope2

It was a marketing ploy by a supermarket to get more people to eat Pollock as opposed to cod etc.

frugalfred

Mmm, I'm thinking rowlocks....

shoota

The French call it colin too.

vakayu

No giveup I'm not joking,If you google it you will find out it was Sainsbury's!!

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Thanks all, I quiz quite a lot but have not heard that one. Mind you its now in my book of questions for when I next compile one.

paddywak

I've been sea fishing as a hobby for fifty years and never heard it referred to as a colin in the fishing community. I did hear though that one of the supermarkets' I think it was Sainsburies had started calling it Colin, which is what the French call hake to make it more acceptable to the customers.

vakayu

That's just another reason to confuse us all about which fish we are eating now,and make it sound more palateable,what next!!!

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Would you fancy colin and chips.

vakayu

I read in a newspaper not so long ago some disreputable chip shops sell substitutes to cod anyway and most people are none the wiser.

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Not Seahorse please!!

vakayu

No giveup they haven't gone that far yet,they are so CUTE aren't they and also quite comical to watch.Can you imagine asking or telling a child we are having Colin for tea tonight,I think they would be horrified and think they were eating a pet.

paddywak

There's nothing wrong with pollack, and for years if chippies just advertised fish & chips as opposed to specifying a type of fish, nine times out of ten it would ling which apart from having bigger flakes then cod is virtually indistinguishable.

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My fathers hobby was sea fishing so we ate whatever he caught (mind you he also caught rabbits).But we had so much as children that still don't have it often now.I love scallops and crab and lobster.

lilypoppyfre

in France, it is known as colin ( pronounced colAIN, not colEEN )

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