When my wife was sick recently, so I did market run.
It was ages since I went to the market. I did it last when we had our first child newly. The remaining deliveries, there were people around to do it. My wife rarely falls sick and even on occasions when she did, there was enough raw food in the house to cook.Among the things I went to buy was Titus fish (Mackerel) or according to SDK Lizard fish. Lol.
As a bachelor, I used to cook very well, I even worked as a chef at a point, so I know things.Getting to the fish seller, she brought out the supposed Titus fish. It was then that I discovered that market women sell this Titus look-alike as the original Titus fish to people who don't know the difference.
She brought them out, gave me the price (very high). I told her I needed original Titus fish and not the one she brought out. She was shocked to know that as a man, I knew the difference.
She then told me that she didn't have the number 1 and that the one in front of me was number 2. She went on to say that Titus number 2 is as sweet as Titus number 1 and that there is number 3 and 4 which are not sweet.
I couldn't hold the laughter as I left her to search for the real deal.
That fish she showed me was Kampala (in local palance). It looks similar to Titus but not Titus.
Titus has a clear and shiny white belly while the back has deep black stripes. The one she showed me had spots on its belly and the stripes on its back were dots.
Bvs, pls which one is number 3 and number 4? how do I spot those ones? I want to start going to the market regularly now, like once in two months.
Your knowledge 9f the first one will suffice. Don't bother about others. Lol
ReplyDeleteYou too sabi abeg!! That fake one has spots like a leopard's that one sabi scatter for pot; e dey even melt most time.....
DeleteIf you no sabi spot, just buy kote jeje!
You wan start market runs, make you con dey short madam gain , abi?
ReplyDeleteMe,my husband do the buying and I like it that way because he will even buy more than what I need
DeleteWe know how to label things in this our country Nigeria. Original Titus and fake Titus, both of them is fish. But one is sweeter than others.
ReplyDeleteI have learnt this one today, I never know the differences between the between fake or original ones, I just buy, let me screenshot this your description first.
ReplyDeleteLol,we just call it original and fake but I am sure they are different species.
ReplyDeleteYes,they are actually different species.
DeleteExactly what I wanted to type @Mariam
DeleteBought the fake one a few times but I have a trusted seller now.
ReplyDeleteYou be sabi man
I really do not know the difference oooo
ReplyDeleteBut I sha know there's kampala that one is not sweet .make I copy and paste...
Hello iya boys
Wow!
ReplyDeleteThanks for this info oga
Thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteI don learn the difference between fake and original Titus today
The description you gave makes me wonder if the original Titus fish is a relative to the shark.
ReplyDeleteI am from a different part of the world so I don’t know anything about fish that are native to Nigeria. All I know is that with the changing weather new fish that were never seen before will be showing up in different waters. Test any unfamiliar fish well before preparing. If a cat or dog won’t eat it then you shouldn’t either.
My fav Fish still remains Panla 🤭
ReplyDeleteThat Titus thing e don teeey .
Try frying Panla and eat with bread Omo !!!!! You go understand why Jesus love eating bread n fish and washing it down with wine 👌🏻
You and Panla, Nky.
DeleteNk baby panla that is tasteless, you've to use all the spices to make it sweet.
DeleteTitus any day anytime but not the kampala.
There is really no fake or original. The fishes are different species of the same fish found in different oceans. The major difference is that one set of the same fish is either caught free ranging or farm bred in the ocean. Generally the free range of any specie of the fish will taste different from the farm fed.
ReplyDeleteGod bless you. Different species, that's all.
DeleteThanks for enlightening me. I know their differences now
ReplyDeleteThanks for enlighten me. You are the real husband material. cheers
ReplyDeleteThank you for funny story daddy chef. Detective fish. I love to cook as a dad and my wife still want to intervene
ReplyDeleteMarket women like passing the fake as real Titus, good you could tell the difference.
ReplyDeleteTitus used to be my fav but not any more it's just too expensive.
I never knew there was number 3&4. It's 1&2 I know. And the market I go to, they will always ask you which you prefer
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