TIL I was overcooking my fish for almost 10 years

I had a customer send back a halibut last Tuesday saying it was dry. I was about to argue with him but tried a piece from the same fillet first. It was like eating a saltine cracker. I pulled my next order 3 minutes earlier and suddenly the texture was night and day. Has anyone else been cooking fish way longer than they needed to?

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robin_wright1mo ago

Right there with you. Used to cook salmon until it was totally opaque and flaking apart, then tried pulling it off the heat while it was still a tiny bit translucent in the center. Completely different fish.

the_mary1mo ago

Wait @robin_wright, you pull it while it's still a little raw in the middle? That sounds scary but I gotta try it now.