Captain D

[Alan W.]

Wife wanted to eat fish while we were out today. Captain Ds was close by so we went there. Every piece of fish was nothing but the dark vein of a fillet. It appears to me they are selling nothing but the cull of the fillet. We always cut the vein and discarded it. And when the piece is only about one inch wide it makes for nothing but vein. Guess Ill go to Long Johns from now on.

 

[Big Barn]

Catain D

The healthier option would be neither.



Here’s my dinner last night. Two minutes prep and 10 minute cook time.

Total cost :UNDER $5 (Cdn). All fresh ingredients.

 

[Bird]

We've eaten in a lot of different Captain D's over the years, and they used to be really good. Perhaps the best was in Princeton, WV. But we haven't been there in quite a few years now. And perhaps 8 or 10 years ago, we found one here close in Highland Village. But we ate there one time and one time only because it was so bad. And very shortly after that, it closed. After it stood vacant awhile, the building reopened as a What-a-burger. I don't even know where there is a Captain D's around here anymore.

And Terry, that looks like a fine meal to me.

 

[Big Barn]

Thank you, Bird.

I’d never even heard of Captain D’s before. Are they just in Eastern states?

 

[SJay]

Re: Catain D

The healthier option would be neither.

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Here’s my dinner last night. Two minutes prep and 10 minute cook time.

Total cost :UNDER $5 (Cdn). All fresh ingredients.

Horror of Horrors - what is that green stuff:laughing:

 

[George2615]

Re: Catain D

I've never heard of Captain D's either. Apparently there is one in Fort Drum NY that's 50 miles north of me. Too far to drive for a fish sandwich or dinner.
And I agree with SJay, what is that stuff.

 

[oosik]

Captain D - - new to me.

 

[/pine]

IMO...All those fast food fish places the food all tastes like the grease it was fried in...
What I miss are the "fish and chips" places like Churches and Arthur Treacher's...

 

[fried1765]

Re: Catain D

The healthier option would be neither.

View attachment 578264

Here’s my dinner last night. Two minutes prep and 10 minute cook time.

Total cost :UNDER $5 (Cdn). All fresh ingredients.

"healthier option"???
Farm raised salmon?

 

[Big Barn]

"healthier option"???
Farm raised salmon?

Definitely healthier than fried fast food options.

As far as the salmon goes omega 3’s are pretty much equal to wild. Environmental issues are debatable. For consistency/price/ value, farmed gets the nod IMO.

Of course there’s much more to the debate than this....

 

[Alan W.]

Most of my meat is raised on a farm why should fish be any different.
It is sad that there is no quality seafood places close by. I do know a good catfish place. But there was a shootin there about a week or so ago.

 

[Jstpssng]

Definitely healthier than fried fast food options.

As far as the salmon goes omega 3痴 are pretty much equal to wild. Environmental issues are debatable. For consistency/price/ value, farmed gets the nod IMO.

Of course there痴 much more to the debate than this....

People with heart conditions are advised not to eat farm raised fish, as the antibiotics interfere with their heart meds. The same is true for animals raised in feedlots though, so it's a wash. If the rest of us regularly ate the meal that Big Barn just posted the overall population would be much healthier, and less obese.

 

[TractorGuy]

Never got a bad piece of fish at Capt Ds. Hopefully you just walked in on a bad day.

 

[Bird]

Thank you, Bird.

I壇 never even heard of Captain D痴 before. Are they just in Eastern states?

I'm not sure how wide spread Captain D's is, but we've eaten in them in West Virginia AND Texas.

 

[MossRoad]

We had one Captain D's that I can remember. I think it's been gone for 15 years. We go to Long John Silvers maybe a couple times a year at most. We used to call them Long Thin Slivers when they gave less generous portions.

 

[plowhog]

Guess Ill go to Long Johns from now on.

Never heard of a Captain D's anywhere, and I have traveled quite a bit. In Northern California, we used to have a number of Long John Silvers. That chain declined pretty rapidly at one point. Before I cleaned up my eating habits, I would eat there. Then during the chain's decline it got so horrible even I wouldn't go. :yuck:

My wife and I saw one the other day-- first time we realized the chain didn't go entirely bust.

And, here in CA, most folks find it hard to eat slippery sea food while they are hugging a tree ...

 

[Big Barn]

If anyone’s interested, over on Garage Journal there’s a great ongoing thread “Let’s get healthy ‘cause we’d like to play with our tools when we get old”

 

[Bird]

There was a Long John Silver in Lewisville that we traded at occasionally. It sold, the building was torn down, and something new in its place. But I think there's still one in Denton. And while we don't have a Captain D's close to us, there are at least 4 in Dallas and northern suburbs. The closest one to us is in Plano.
Captain D's - Your Seafood Restaurant | The Taste of the Coast!

 

[oosik]

PLOWHOG - that is a FANTASTIC one liner - - "here in CA, most folks find it hard to eat slippery sea food while they are hugging a tree". I read that and laughed right out loud - scared my sleeping puppy - he woke with a loud bark. I shan't soon forget that one............

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

The Captain D's out here all got shut down by the health dept. They never reopened. Most of them became Churches Chicken