THE FOOD FIGHT – Who Cooks the Tastiest COD?

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