Talk:Northern pike
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In reality the name Northern Pike sticks with many of the nick names mentioned. However, I do not believe I have ever heard of anyone referring to a Northern Pike as a Pickerel. A Pickerel as I know it, is the alternative name for Walleye or Northern Walleye. Pickerel is usually the Canadian version and Walleye the American. As far as the Northern Pike being a tasty dish? Absolutely! After removing the Y bones the Northern Pike is a tasty fish to eat. Michael Miller 19:42, September 27, 2006.
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Actually, pike, properly prepared is perfectly edible; I am going to remove the comments about its suitability as a food pro tem. The google for pike + cooking produced 85k + hits and any number of these were recipes. Historically, pike was frequently eaten although it is admittedly nowadays unfashionable and seldom seen. Sjc 10:10, 4 Oct 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Pike as Food.
Pike is more than suitable as food, as it what we eat the most of at my place, here in Canada. The preferred method of cooking it is deepfrying, after it has been cleaned and the bones removed. (That last, no great feat!) Once deepfried, the next thing on the agenda, is to cook french fries and this makes for a meal that blows even the English Style Fish and Chips out of the water! Take it from this author; I have had both, and used to prefer The English Style Fish and Chips: I now prefer and continue to prefer battered deepfried Pike and Chips (French Fries)!!!
[edit] Pike versus Walleye
Please note that the fish known as pickerel are not walleye. The pickerel is a member of the pike family, or Esocidae. Walleye are often referred to as "Walleye Pike" but this is a misnomer. Walleye, Stizostedion, are members of the perch family. The difference in physical form between the perch family and the pike family is obvious.4.227.245.190 19:14, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
