Red Snapper

[bm50]

Hi!
Can anyone tell me if it is possible to buy red snapper fish in helsinki? Or a good fresh fish shop where they have a good selection?

Thanks!

[onkko]

Sorry, couldnt resist

[hanj]

think red snapper is puna ahven ...i see them quite often in most of the supermarkets

[EP]

I think it is punamullo. Check the fish counters in the marhet halls (Hakaniemi and Old Kauppahalli next to Kauppatori). Check also bigger markets fish counters.

[Pursuivant]

red snapper=lutjanus campechanus (caribbean fish)
punamullo=keltajuovamullo=mullus surmuletus (mediterranean fish)
puna-ahven= punasimppu= sebastes marinus (north atlantic fish)

yeah, they're all red and live in da sea

[sammy]

yeah, they're all red and live in da sea

Massa, dem seas 'em be fa' apart

It's a bit of a long shot, trying to find fresh red snapper at these latitudes... see http://www.ahven.net/english/FishSpecies.pdf for the local species...

[Pursuivant]

dem seas 'em be fa' apart.

and jebus told them to throw the net overboard, and peter did so, and thee net sank in the sea of galilee, and jebus said onto peter: you then was expecting me to come walk over water to keep onto the rope for you? you stay on land and catch people to beg for a new net you dumbass...

[sammy]

dem seas 'em be fa' apart.

and jebus told them to throw the net overboard, and peter did so, and thee net sank in the sea of galilee, and jebus said onto peter: you then was expecting me to come walk over water to keep onto the rope for you? you stay on land and catch people to beg for a new net you dumbass...

Something fishy in that version of the story

[Pursuivant]

and jebus said: peter, your head is as hard as the foundation rock of the temple, if I strike it only wine will flow out.

[Rob A.]

red snapper=lutjanus campechanus (caribbean fish)
punamullo=keltajuovamullo=mullus surmuletus (mediterranean fish)
puna-ahven= punasimppu= sebastes marinus (north atlantic fish)

yeah, they're all red and live in da sea

Well...I was wondering as well...so I found these in wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_snapper_(fish)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullus_surmuletus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastes_marinus

...so I guess they all have a different flavour and texture...

I first had the Caribbean version in Mexico about twenty-five years ago...I thought it was absolutely terrific...and in fact I still tend to think of it in terms of its Spanish name...Huachinango... Maybe it was the way it's prepared in Mexican dishes...but it was great....

The other two versions I know nothing about...