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View Poll Results: Dolphin fish, or Mahi Mahi?
They're dolphin fish!!! 34 97.14%
Let's not offend. Make it Mahi Mahi. 1 2.86%
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Old 10-15-2007, 01:05 AM
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Default They're NOT Mahi Mahi, they're dolphin!

This is one of those things that somehow irks me. I grew up calling them dolphin, or dorado. I knew when I was about 7 or 8 years old, that Mahi Mahi referred to a specific, very strongly spiced way of preparing them, and to be absolutely correct, of preparing spotted Pompano dolphin fish . My grandfather (WWII Navy man) told me that Mahi Mahi means "strong strong" in Hawaiian, and refers to both the strength of the fish in fighting and the subsequent preparation of the fish in cooking. If you cooked it any other way, it might be "Mahi", or a strong fish, but it wasn't Mahi Mahi.
The common nickname of the common dolphin fish became "Mahi Mahi" in the mainland US because people didn't know the difference between dolphin and dolphin. Or between Coryphaena hippurus and Tursiops tursiops

I hate politically correct junk that messes with my vocabulary!! They're dolphin

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Old 10-16-2007, 08:55 PM
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Default Re: They're NOT Mahi Mahi, they're dolphin!

I am with you!
They're Dolphin.Bulls,cows,peanuts,gaffers,schoolies,etc.. .. but still Dolphin!
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Old 10-16-2007, 09:12 PM
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Default Re: They're NOT Mahi Mahi, they're dolphin!

Fr. Frank, you have to agree ever since Flipper aired
way back when is when all this political correctness
started, Just like trying to change the name of a
Jew Fish to Goliath Grouper and Jew Fish Creek in the Keys!!
I'm with you. DOLPHIN!!!! Fried, broiled or grilled...
See ya, Ken

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Old 10-16-2007, 10:49 PM
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Default Re: They're NOT Mahi Mahi, they're dolphin!

It's those idiots who stopped the manatee harvesting . Quality manatee burgers are pretty amazing.
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Old 10-17-2007, 01:14 AM
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Default Re: They're NOT Mahi Mahi, they're dolphin!

Strick said
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It's those idiots who stopped the manatee harvesting . Quality manatee burgers are pretty amazing.
Yep. Taste something like Flipper, Uhh, DOLPHINS!
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Old 10-16-2007, 10:56 PM
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Default Re: They're NOT Mahi Mahi, they're dolphin!

They are peanuts, gaffers, slammers!!!
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Old 10-17-2007, 12:43 AM
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Default Re: They're NOT Mahi Mahi, they're dolphin!

I'm all for consistency. If we're going to nitpick about dolphin vs. mahi vs. dorado, then we'd best shine a light on the fact that all those "bonito" that are being caught in Florida are Little Tunny, not bonito or false albacore or albies.
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Old 10-17-2007, 12:50 AM
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Default Re: They're NOT Mahi Mahi, they're dolphin!

If I ever catch one then I'll call it a dolphin.... just for you guys Of course that means I would actually have to go fishing again

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Old 10-17-2007, 07:42 AM
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Default Re: They're NOT Mahi Mahi, they're dolphin!

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I'm all for consistency
I've heard the little ones called "Grasshoppers" or "Lifters" and the big ones called "Doe-Doe's"

Lets hope "Imus" doesn't join in on this tally
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Old 10-17-2007, 10:43 AM
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Default Re: They're NOT Mahi Mahi, they're dolphin!

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then we'd best shine a light on the fact that all those "bonito" that are being caught in Florida are Little Tunny, not bonito or false albacore or albies.
I never did understand how the term "bonito" or "bonita" became assimilated with false albacore, a.k.a. little tunny, albies, Fat Alberts, etc. Bonito (sarda sarda) are their own species.
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