There are a lot of different species
of fish in the sea
that you can cook and eat
My favourite is cod
It's finally time for Tobbe and I
to do a food fight on cod
we've done a few food fights before
mostly on perch or salmon
But now we've, travelled 2000km
and arrived in the northern part of Norwat
with high mountains, cold weather
and rain
But this is where the best cods swim
We've swapped our outdoor kitchen
for this professional kitchen
we've got some great conditions
to cook the best meal we could
Tobbe is in big trouble
It's something huge down there Tobbe
Edvin is a bit to cocky
Everyone knows that cod is my spciality
They call me Cod Tobbe for a reason
But first we'll read some of your comments
Haxanshus want us to do a food fight
for pike next time
It'll be hard to catch a pike where
we are right now
But maybe some other time we will
Algis doesn't like my pronounciation
of the word cod
I can say whatever I want
Malte Mustang want us to say hello
So hello to you Malte Mustang
Now we're heading out there
and catch some cod
This food fight is deadly serious
I've done some research
for the best recipe for cod
During the last 12 months back home
and also did som test cooking
It's not easy to beat Tobbe when it
comes down to cod
You need to catch the best fish aswell
with firm meat and not cod
with worms in it
I need a good Skrei Cod
You might wonder what Skrei cod is
You might've read it on a menu
Skrei cod is almost like a regular cod
with some differences
It's the same species but
the Skrei Cod lives far out in the sea
during most of the year
besides now when the come
in here to mate
It's the only time when we can catch them
They swim all their life
which make their meat extra good
You can catch these Skrei Cods
from january to April
One small catch going up here to Norway
this time of year
the weather!
It can be extremely windy
with big waves
And often the fishing is better
far out in the sea
We're here with Catch fishing trips
at camp Steinfjord
We have a few spots that are really
good even close to shore
even if it's windy out there
our plan for today is to head out
as far as possible
If it's to windy we'll head back in and
fish closer to shore
The most fun will be to beat Edvin
in this food fight
It's time to jump in the boat and
catch the best cod
We're just outside the fjord now
and found a good shallower spot
where we thing the fish are
we're gonna be driving around
and look for fish on the sonar
It's bumpy today
We found a lot of fish here
first try for Skrei cod now
I'm gonna fish with. a tail that
I've developed myself
I think it will work for cod
especially cod to eat
I got one straight away
- it's easy when you find them
- what a strike!
- you had one?
- yeah, so hard
Fish for 2 minutes and then we have fish
No I lost it!
No food for Edvin
I'm already hungry
Here it comes
It's a really nice Skrei Cod
a perfect size to eat
this is almost 2-3 meals
maybe 3kg
No need to be bigger to get really
nice cod filets
Unhook this one
You need to empty them from blood
straight away
I'll use my knife from Morakniv
This one actually floats
No worries if I drop it
We'll do like this
I'll do a cut here, and it's blood will
run out
This is my tray now, Edvin can have
his own
I'm loosing all my fish
It's me in a nutshell
always unlucky at first
But then
Tobbe is LT, Lucky Tobbe
If I'm gonna beat Edvin this time
I need a few cods
To see which one is the best
Big one!
What the?
- Is it a halibut?
- could be
I think it's a halibut
No points for that one
But fun to catch them
- I think it's a fish
- me too
- smart comment huh?
- yeah you are so smart
It just runs again
It can't be a cod
Must be a halibut
A good thing that Tobbe get tired
from fishing halibuts
To not be able to catch the
real good cod ones
I really hope it's a halibut
I had something on
here it comes Edvin
- what is it?
- I don't know
here it comes
It's a big cod!
- is it?
- no a halibut
a nice one
Let's see if we can grab it
- come on Edvin
- I'm trying
it's not that easy
I got it!
It's so heavy
- nice one Tobbe
- thanks
See how far out the lure is?
like that
a halibut like this is a great fish to eat
But in February they are not allowed
to catch and take home
they are not allowed until April 1st
So this one needs to go back
Even though I really would've wanted
to eat this one
I need to do something now
I will have to change lure
and try something completely different
look at this one, a squid
looks really cool with these tentacles
The cod will like this one
down it goes
It smells like Skrei now
This is the life, be in the boat and
fish for cod
and look at this scenery
the sun is out and the mountains
are filled with snow
Almost feels like a movie
I got one now!
Tobbe!?
It's big!
I think so
I told you, when I catch one
it's a big one
no small fish filets for me
This one is big
- what is it? a cod?
- biggest of the day
It's a cod
It doesn't run like a halibut
I can see something
It's big
something huge down there
- you see that?
- I can see
It's just white
last push now
that's not a small one
just get it in the boat now
I got it!
I can barely lift it
come on, lift it
What a cod Edvin!
This is Skrei fishing for real
SO much fun
My first cod is this one
It fills my whole tray
It must be closer to 12kg
That felt so good, No need for me
to fish anymore
it's dinner for 7-8 persons
It's so much fun so I need
to dance around
It's not that advanced to fish for cod
Just grab a jig like this and
throw it in the water
and let it sink to the bottom
which right now is at 50 meters
You need really heavy jigheads
of around 3-400gram
when you are at the bottom the
line gets slack
I'll just retrieve the lure like
8 cranks
and then do like this and twitch
the rod
and be ready to do a hookset when
they bite
There!
What a strike!
This is a good one
MIne is better aswell
we both have big ones on
This one is not playing around
I've got a big one
look at that rod bend
It's coming now!
it's super big
I got mine!
Not as big as the first one
but a big cod
everybody should try this fishing
It's something special
look at mine Edvin
big aswell
we have enough food now
Stage 2 now, we need to clean the fish
welcome to....
the slaughter house
Shall I start with the big one?
or the smaller one?
which may give me some smaller filets
These are my cods, the tray is full
and this one is Edvins
only 3 of them
Doesn't matter how many cods he's got
That's not what matters
I got a big one and a small one
so I can chose which one
it doesn't matter how many cods you catch
I'll chose the big one
more filets per fish
they are quite heavy
I got all slimey
We got classic filet knife with 19cm blade
from Morakniv
It's great for big cods like this
and the blade is very flexible
It's important to cut out the filets
You can get 2-3kg filets from this one
in Sweden a cod filet is around 399:-/kg
so this cod is worth almost 1000:-
You really want as much meat as possible
I'll start from the tail
put an angle to the knife like this
and cut until the bone
and then angle the knife and cut along
the bones all the way up
right here it comes to a stop
Turn the cod around and keep cutting
all the way up
I'm not gonna explain how I do it
I do exactly as Tobbe
But have a look at this beautiful meat
Just keep on cutting up here
Right by the bones
Soon done with my first filet
There we go, a really nice filet
I'm gonna remove the skin
and some bones over here
It's quite quick and easy to cut out
one side from a cod
This is how a cod filet should look like
You can see the result of us emptying
them on blood before
no blood whatsoever
I removed both side filets on this one
You could cut out some more meat
from this one
cheek filet
cod tounge
they are really expensive
It would've been fun to cook something
out of it but
I feel like doing something with the filet
I'll put this aside and come back to
it later
This is the result from my cod
But I'm not gonna use them now
I've got another plan
I'll save these for later
This cod has the filets that I need
or maybe should I say meat
this cod weighed around 14kg
big stuff to handle
like a wild boar
as Tobbe said earlier you have some
real delicacies on the cod
this cheek that's really tasty
and also this tounge muscle under
so that's my plan for today
tounge and cheek
- that doesn't look to easy?
- no it's advanced
it's hard to get the whole cheek
I can do like this now
pull it away from the skin
This piece is so tender
You can get to pieces from this side
From the tail and up here are the
tail filet
and up here is the back of cod
If you plan to fry it in a pan
keeping the skin is a good idea
so it doesn't get stuck in the pan
But that's not what I'm gonna do so
I'm gonna remove the skin
I'll do the same as before
and just follow along the skin
look at this skin
well done by myself
Not any skin anywhere
This is almost 3kg
okey, a small small piece of skin
is left
He thought he was good at this
and then he just fail
I can feel where the bones end
and here there are no bones
I'll make a cut right here
this is the tail filet
and the bones are here
I'll cut everything off
and this is a really nice back filet of cod
I can smell victory with this one
It's so nice and tender
a big difference from the cods
we catch during summer
This is the piece I'm cooking my meal on
I'll cut it in some smaller pieces
look at it, it jiggles
This is it Edvin
We've borrowed the kitchen
from catch fishing trips
I never cooked in a professional
kitchen like this before
I can see gear I never seen before
and gas ovens, totally new for me
They are remodeling right now
so it looks chaos
I'm gonna use the cheek and
tounge from the cod
I'll keep it simple
a cauliflower puré cheek and tounge
cooked in butter
with some burnt butter on top
I'll make a maincourse
cod, with some mushrooms and bacon
and some stomped potatoes to go with
so let's get started Edvin
let's go Tobbe
I'm gonna steal this one from you
- I'll use some chili
- chili?
no it's white pepper
they have been laying in some
water and salt for 20 minutes
I'll cut som cauliflower
chop it up in some smaller pieces
I'm gonna cook them
These thick filets on the Skrei are hard
to fry in a pan
So I'm gonna braise it and
first fry it quick and then in
to the oven with it
So I'll start and fry them now
I need to find a frying spade
You're way out on deep water now Tobbe
Why do I help my contestant?
This was the smallest one I could find
I need a lot of butter
and this cast iron pan
I need to rinse my cauliflower
And they need to boil now
Now I just wait
here we go
They will be nice
I have to watch out not to burn them
I need to melt some butter
I have a lot of things to do
just flip them over now
Look how nice they are Edvin
I'm in the middle of a food fight now
I can't look
I need to melt the butter
I'll take the rest of the butter
talk about a click of butter
These fish is gonna boil in butter
I need to have enough butter
to cover them all
I'll melt this butter
I'm done with these now
It smells really good
I'm so stressed now I can't even turn
on the stove
I need to melt my butter
I don't know how to do it
gas is scary
I need to melt the butter slowly now
I don't want to burn it
everything that grows under the soil
you can put in the water before it boils
slow but steady
need to keep it yellow
I'll rinse off the cauliflower
just mix it now
I need some cream
just keep on going
It's to much cream
I need to have a backupplan
or loose some of the fluids
let's see if this will work
it seems to work just fine
better than expected
I'll cut som bacon to fry with some
red onions I just chopped
Yes!
I found some starch
It will be great
I will make it
Now I'm gonna fry some mushrooms
with bacon
You do that Tobbe
a mix of chanterels and mushrooms
let's put the fish in the oven
the cod will have to come up to 50°
it's ready when it's 52° so I'll
take it out when it reach 50°
You don't want it to be dry
I'm gonna stomp some potatoes now
and add some butter
Now I add some red onions in here
and some vineager
I'll boil up my butter
when it start to boil
I'll turn off the stove
add the fish
and let them cook of the heat
I'll start to plate my dish now
My cod is perfect Edvin!
add some of this
It's my turn to plate now
It's a puré, not a sauce
here's my extremely sensitive fish
I need to grab them with a pincett
careful now
like that, looks really nice
I'm serving Tobias butterfried cod
with mushroom and bacon
while Edvin has done
buttercooked cod cheek
we've found 3 judges
they will taste our dishes
and grade them from 1-10
the 3 judges are:
The chef from Catch fishing trips
Marcus Norström
a professional chef that have many
years of experience
Björn, a carpenter
and a dedicated fisherman
He loves to eat cod, and could eat
it 7 days a week
at last we have Sean Banan
or his lookalike Thor_erik
and electrician that often fish for Skrei
you get the main course first
butterfried skrei cod, with potato stomp
and accesories
- what you think?
- looks really good
- enjoy your meal
- thank you
Let's see if I get to keep my job
well cooked
the cod was really good
good ingredients
I'm a bit nervous now
there are a lot at stake
at this food fight
I feel happy about my meal
- are you ready for meal number 2?
- absolutely
butterboiled cod cheek
with some cauliflower puré
and burnt butter
looks almost like a dessert
thank you
very tasty
well cooked aswell
the cod is so tender
now it's time to hand out the grades
the first course was really well made
well cooked cod
I would've wanted some more salt
but I'll give it a 8,5/10
number 2 that we got
the cod cheek was so tasty
well salted
I give it a 10/10
meal number 1 had a well cooked cod
I would've wanted more salt
but I give it a strong 7/10
number 2 was fantastic
nothing to complain about
9,5/10
We've been served food
by Tobbe and Edvin
It's a surprise that they can
actually cook
I will not be as nice with the grades
as the other two did
there are always room for improvements
Tobbes cod was best cooked
but the taste was better in Edvins meal
a 7/10 for Tobbe and 8/10 for Edvin
We've double checked the result
and we have a winner
It is...
Edvin, well fought
thank you Tobbe
the cod cheek won it this time
But you might learned something
Yes I want a rematch sometime
and I also want to fish some more
but not today
it really windy today
If you want to come up here and try
this fishing for Skrei Cod
take contact with www.catchfiskeresor.com
They have trips to this camp
have a look at www.catchfiskeresor.com
and look what package deal that
works best for you
a few days before this episode was filmed
I caught a dream cod on 32kg
I'll leave a link to that video down below
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