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Just had some smoked river cobbler from tescos great taste and texture dont know what all the fuss is about

If you do your research properly you will actually find that the farms in the Mekong Basin producing River Cobbler which supply UK supermarkets have been assessed by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council and the water is cleaner than a lot of places elsewhere in the world, certainly less polluted than the sea! Not sure why there are so many nonsense horror stories about River Cobbler on the internet but myself and my hubby eat it regularly, our organs have not failed and we are not radioactive either - in fact we're both in very rude health. :)

just tried river cobbler from tesco, and it was very nice, yes I read the scarmongering AFTER we had eaten it and yes it made me think but would our supermarkets be allowed to sell something if it was so obviously bad for us, so yes we will be eating it again.

A friend of mine has just died of organ failure, the hospital has blamed his diet of daily portions of river cobbler. He was on a diet to reduce weight and ate this fish and salad every day (He bought the fish in Tescos). It is worth doing some research before trying this out.

Are you people serious? This has to be the worst tasting concoction of a meal I've ever made, it was a complete waste of money, time and effort, bland and disgusting. The Vietnamese can keep their River Cobbler!

Only just starting to get into fish, so on cruise holiday tried Cobbler fish, loved it.<br /> Shopping in Tesco's and found cobbler fish. Did receipe absoultely lovely flavours, fish was light and all flavours came through. Definately recommend this recipe especially with the cous cous. I put it with rocket salad.

i've been eating cobbler for a few years now. so far i am not radioactive. <br /> ignore the scaremongering and enjoy!

We brought the river cobbler from tescos last weekend and ate it last night with salad and new potatoes, the river cobbler was Slightly dusted in bread crumbs, we all enjoyed this beautiful fish tasted so nice not too strong in taste it was delicate juicey, we will be eating this again. will try different recipes with it.

I have just bought river cobbler from asda, it was on offer and it looked lovely. I baked it in the oven with marinated peppers and mushrooms some of the oil marinade, lemon juice, a dollop of creme fraich and a good shake of mozzarella tomaten salz we bought in germany. served it with cauli carrots and broc. Made a sauce from the juices with some cream mmmmm delicious!!!!! We dont expect to die any time soon. In fact I didn't even know the fish was supposed to be bad for you. We regularly eat yoghurts and some out of date food without any side effects. If it tastes ok, fine. We are now in our sixties never had all this fuss and pallarver when we were growing up even ate veg straight from the ground when we were hungry!! Come on people get a life live dangerous!!!!!! bon appetite.

I tried this fish for the first time last night, it was really lovely. The recipe was nice and straight forward too. Only as I am wheat intolerant, we did not have it with cous cous , but with new potatoes instead and it worked really well.

i just bought cobbler for the first time yesterday and im gonna do it for tonights dinner with oriental sauce and stuffed baby potatoes. i hav read all the stuff that apparently is wrong with it and i honestly think it is no more poluted than any other fish.the sea is polluted the air is polluted even the stuff like oranges that are supposed to be good for us is polluted. how much vitamin c is now in an average orange?? research it. answer very little! if we all worried that much about pollutants wed eat nothing we wouldnt breathe. lets bear in mind asia are very healthy when it cmes to diet so any thing that they can eat ill eat aswell!

I've eaten fish all my life and have only just discovered river cobbler...absolutely delicious !!! Will definitely buy it again and does anyone out there not realise that Tesco et al would get away with selling us "poison" ? The usual load of scaremongering busy bodies....I think maybe some of those people need to look into what other "toxins" they are eating and also maybe ensure they are cooking it properly !!!

I eat River Cobbler all the time, Tesco's and Adsa purchase theirs from UK farms so there is little chance that it will contain any of the so called pollutants that some people have talked about, also watchdog tested the fish and found no traces of any pollutants in the fish they purchased from the supermarkets. I like river cobbler as it is less dry than other white fish and much cheaper. please dont be put off by some of the scare monger web reports out there.<br /> I am going to try this recipe as I think it will be with smoked River Cobbler and i want to try a new spin on cooking the fish. <br /> Will let you know how I get on!<br />

The scare stories surrounding river cobbler are most likely false. Many test have been carried out on the fish but none of the 'poisons' said to be in this fish have been found. River cobbler is a very tasty fish and this recipe is brilliant, dont be put off by what you may hear on the internet

I bought this fish after being advised by the guy on fish counter at Tescos. I then looked for recipes on the internet. I found some good recipes but decided on this one as I had all but fresh coriander in my kitchen. I then found the scaremonger site which made me uneasy but I still cooked the fish for my huband and I. It was delicous!

Cooked this as close to the recipe as possible (flaked chilli not fresh, no fresh coriander), very nice. Using the same pan for the couscous as for the fish sauce worked well, lots of strong flavours which we both like. Quantities of onion and pepper pretty good, although I found half an onion was enough. Nice recipe with readily available ingredients.

Just had cobbler for the first time and loved it, even better we are still alive :)
Have honestly never seen so much 'cobblers' wrote about pollutants etc
PLEASE PLEASE stop believing everything you read in the Daily Mail

i think this is a fab recipe and all this poisoning is a load of cobblers!

The answer about the pollutant levels is that it would not be allowed into the EU if it was that bad unless it came through the back door and didn't get checked passing border control. As for its sustainability it may be poor but someone on Countryfile pointed out on Sunday that CO2 expenditure for Kenyan runner beans is high but the amount of CO2 for one portion is usually less than you going to the supermarket in your car to get them.

Just try it shallow fried with an Ale batter served with chunky chips (fried twice) and a tomato and onion salad
yum yum

ooooooo my god loved it.... but i used rice instead of cus cus... the fish was so cheap but tastey... cheers jamie xxxx

Why not try (the unsmoked version) dredged in egg and then seasoned flour (like KFC) and then shallow fried until the coating is golden and crispy. The coating protects the fish from the heat of the oil and leaves it lovely and moist inside. you could and fresh chopped chilli to your coating or maybe smoke cayenne pepper and paprika to give it an extra dimension.
Serve in a fresh seasame bun with salad of your choice, its the best cat fish sandwich you'll ever have!

I am just about to cook this recipe...
Maybe I am missing something.There is Spinach in the ingredients for the cous cous but it is not mentioned in the method later on...?? Is it to cook with the rest of the ingredients OR is it to serve it fresh??

just had cobbler for first time very good.fried in butter with salad and new pots yummy

The rumours are a load of rubbish. Tescos is hardly going to sell anything poisonous! People eat and enjoy this fish all over the world including myself. I will continue enjoying it and let you all know if anything goes wrong: which I doubt it will!

@ Ann

I had a similar experience with this fish, we ate it once and then heard all the rumours regarding the pollutants in it and threw what we had left into the garbage.

We had already eaten it but it was quite nice and we were not ill from it. In anycase we were put off from buying this fish again until we had dinner with relatives one night and were served it up, my Aunt assured me that they had heard about the rumours but since Watchdog had bought/tested the fish and came to the conclusion that the harmful substances were not present, she dismissed the bad rumours and serves it to her family regularly.

You can also see that here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/watchdog/2009/04/a_fish_called_river_cobbler.html

Whatever is true, I sided with my Aunt and went back to eating this fish (regularly, say once a fortnight), and have never experienced any ill effects.

- Paul -

Some friends served River Cobbler for dinner. I thought it looked familiar and didn't care for it at all - not a lot of flavour there except for the smoky flavour. When I got home I checked it out on the Internet , and as I suspected, it was in fact Cat Fish. I never liked Cat Fish, and smoked, it really doesn't improve anything. Cat Fish/Cobbler is popular tn the southern United States, they generally roll it in corn meal and fry it which makes it a little more palatable.

As for the level of contaminants in it, (Cobbler) Cat fish are bottom feeders/scavengers and there are a lot of pollutants that precipitate to the bottom and they will eat just about anything.

Glad I only had a few bites - you all can have my portion of Cobbler, I don't care how great of a chief you are.

Dietmindspirit.org after reading the info here while searching for recipe for river cobbler I ended up throwing it out. How true is this info and why has the food standard agency allowed this into our food chain?

Can u give me an image on what the food looks like.

Thnks x

River cobbler is farmed in Surrey for the super markets here.

I looked for a recipe AFTER buying the cobbler fish - decided to risk the health of my family & disregarded the air miles and cooked the above recipe - fantastic ! - three clean plates including my 7yr old. although next time I will try alternative family friendly/lower air mile fish !!!!

I won't eat Vietnamese River Cobbler because of the high level of pollutants, but I did try this recipe with smoked mackerel - and it was delicious.