What is more I know two supermarkets locally, one Chinese and one foreign that sell presentable frozen cod in batter- prime cod not horrible paste and skin.

I used to enjoy haddock and chips, and sometimes lemon sole and chips, purchased locally from chippers. But that was years ago. Maybe these days those kinds of fish have been fished out and are protected species. I dunno.

I used to fish for brown trout, rainbow trout, sea trout, freshwater char, salmon and grayling. I caught all except the last species with artificial flies. I caught grayling with small earthworms and gadgers. I grilled them all in butter with garlic and chillis. I fried chips to complete the meal. Loch trout, freshwater char -always from deep lochs, sea trout and salmon were pink-fleshed and tasted best due to their diet of freshwater snails. River fish, such as brown trout, rainbow trout and grayling were white-fleshed. They were good to eat. I fished for grayling during the winter months/ It is known as 'the lady of the stream'. The photo is of a River Tweed grayling.