Need A Recipe For Shark Fin Soup

"Alan S" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Does anyone know where I could get a detailed recipe for Shark fin soup? I
have found a few on the internet but they say things like "Prepared Shark
Fin" and stuff like that. A lot of them call for "Dried Shark Fin". This
is a fresh Shark fin and I want to cook it soon. Any info would be
appreciated.

Thanks,

- A -

It is really most uncool to eat shark fins. Tens of thousands of sharks are
caught, then their fins are cut off, and they are thrown back to die a slow
death. Now if you or a friend caught the shark and made good use of the rest
of it, that's a different matter - but commercial fins are morally suspect.

--
Peter Aitken

Peter Aitken said:

It is really most uncool to eat shark fins. Tens of thousands of sharks are
caught, then their fins are cut off, and they are thrown back to die a slow
death. Now if you or a friend caught the shark and made good use of the rest
of it, that's a different matter - but commercial fins are morally suspect.

I thought it was more than uncool, Peter. If its not illegal, it should
be.

Cheers
Cathy(xyz)

On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 21:28:42 GMT, "Alan S" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Does anyone know where I could get a detailed recipe for Shark fin soup? I
have found a few on the internet but they say things like "Prepared Shark
Fin" and stuff like that. A lot of them call for "Dried Shark Fin". This is
a fresh Shark fin and I want to cook it soon. Any info would be appreciated.

Any recipe you find will be for a dried (prepared) shark fin. The
shark fins go through various stages of preparation before they're
ready to be using in a soup. You can't just make soup from a
fresh shark fin - at least not a Chinese shark fin soup.

Here's a link I posted a few years ago on the subject, complete
with pictures. You could follow the initial steps for preparing a
fin for drying, then use it as is from there.

http://www.fao.org/documents/show_cdr.asp?url_file=/DOCREP/005/X3690E/x3690e1g.htm

These steps are necessary for making a fin edible in a soup. Just
boiling it in the soup isn't going do anything for you.

-sw

"cathyxyz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Peter Aitken said:

It is really most uncool to eat shark fins. Tens of thousands of sharks
are
caught, then their fins are cut off, and they are thrown back to die a
slow
death. Now if you or a friend caught the shark and made good use of the
rest
of it, that's a different matter - but commercial fins are morally
suspect.

I would never eat a purchased Shark fin for the reasons you stated. We
caught a big Shark last weekend so I figured if I was ever going to try it
then this would be the time to do it because I do not advocate animal
cruelty. Thanks for the moral policing, but what I really wanted was a good
way to prepare Shark Fin.

Quoted message said:

I thought it was more than uncool, Peter. If its not illegal, it should
be.

Cheers
Cathy(xyz)

It is not illegal to eat Shark fin. This is food that I personally hunted.
The Shark fin trade is disgusting. What I asked was if anyone knew of a way
to prepare fresh Shark fin.

- A -

Alan S said:

"cathyxyz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Peter Aitken said:

It is really most uncool to eat shark fins. Tens of thousands of
sharks are
caught, then their fins are cut off, and they are thrown back to
die a slow
death. Now if you or a friend caught the shark and made good use of
the rest
of it, that's a different matter - but commercial fins are morally
suspect.

I would never eat a purchased Shark fin for the reasons you stated. We
caught a big Shark last weekend so I figured if I was ever going to
try it then this would be the time to do it because I do not advocate
animal cruelty. Thanks for the moral policing, but what I really
wanted was a good way to prepare Shark Fin.

Quoted message said:

I thought it was more than uncool, Peter. If its not illegal, it
should be.

Cheers
Cathy(xyz)

It is not illegal to eat Shark fin. This is food that I personally
hunted. The Shark fin trade is disgusting. What I asked was if anyone
knew of a way to prepare fresh Shark fin.

- A -

Try this:

http://fooddownunder.com/cgi-bin/recipe.cgi?r=228815

a.. PREPARE AHEAD:
1. In a small saucepan, cover the shark's fin with 4 cups of cold water
and soak for at least 8 hours or overnight. Drain off the soaking water, add
4 cups of fresh cold water to the pan and bring to a boil over high heat.
b.. Reduce the heat to low and cook, uncovered, for 1 hour. Drain off the
water, rinse the shark's fin well under cold running water and drain again.
c.. 2. In small bowl, cover the mushrooms with 1/2 cup warm water and let
them soak for 30 minutes. Remove them with a slotted spoon and discard the
water. With a cleaver or sharp knife, cut away and discard the tough stems
of the mmushroomsand shred the caps by placing them, one at a time, flat on
a chopping boards, then cutting each of the caps into paper-thin slices
horizontally. Cut the slices into the thinnest possible strips.
d.. 3. Bone, skin and shred the chicken breast in the following fashion:
Lay the whole chicken breast on its side on a chopping board. Holding the
breast firmly in place with your hand, cut it lengthwise through the skin,
along the curved breastbone, with a cleaver of sharp knife. Carefully cut
all the meat from the bones on one side of the breastbone. Then grasp the
meat in one hand and pull it off the bones and away from the skin - using
the cleaver to free the meat if necessary. Turn the breast over and repeat
on the other side. Remove each tube-shaped fillet from the boned breast
meat, and pull out and discard the white threadlike membranes. Lay the
breast meat and fillets flat and cut them horizontally into paper-thin
slices.Then cut the slices into shreds about 1 1/2 to 2 inches long and 1/8
inch wide.
e.. TO COOK:
In a 3 to 4 quart saucepan, bring the chicken stock, shark's fin, soy
sauce, salt and pepper to a boil over high heat, reduce the heat, and
simmer, uncovered, for 30 minutes. Add the chicken and mushrooms, and stir
thoroughly. Give the cornstarch mixture a quick stir to recombine it and add
it to the soup. Cook, stirring constantly, until the soup thickens slightly.
To serve. pour the soup into a tureen or individual soup bowls and garnish
it with the ham. Serve at once.

Jill