You're right, it IS an acquired taste. I know a lot of Filipinos who don't eat dried fish. I prefer smoked fish to salted fish myself.Originally Posted by Tawi2
Eaten it in the past but bulad makes your breath stink,I guess its an aquired taste,I also had sun dried shark when staying with the badjao,it tasted of ammonia
When I moved back to my hometown after living in Makati for years, my brother and I lived with my uncle's wife and my cousin. For months, they refused to let us eat their dried fish or anything they deemed "too low class" for us.We kept insisting that we loved the stuff and there was no such thing as "working class food" but the only thing that convinced them to let us eat dried fish was my brother coming home from the karinderia (aka hole-in-the-wall restaurant) with his own fish and rice.
No idea what gave those nuts the idea that there was anything we wouldn't eat.
As for shark, my lolo (granddad) soaks it in milk for a few hours before he cooks it to remove the smell. you can do the same thing to other fish or even ray or skate meat (or mutton if your wives hate the smell).
