How to prepare a whole fish
The Good Food cookery team show you how to prepare a whole fish for the oven like a professional including trimming the fins, scaling and gutting.
The Good Food cookery team show you how to prepare a whole fish for the oven like a professional including trimming the fins, scaling and gutting.
Fish should smell pleasantly of the sea - if it smells fishy, it's not fresh.
The eyes should be bright and shining - dull eyes mean the fish is not fresh.
If you pull the gills open, the insides should be bright pink-red - a dark bluey-purple colour means the fish isn't fresh.
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