"Know that if white liquid or any moisture pools on top of the fish it is overcooked." That white stuff you see on your salmon is a protein called albumin, and while it is perfectly safe to eat ...
"It's very tough to come back from overcooked fish [or] shellfish," Wallace told us. "It becomes rubbery and dry — and that is not good eats." However, that doesn't mean it's a complete lost ...
Cooking fish seems easy enough—until you have to check to see if the fillets are done. Letting them cook too long makes the fish dry and chalky, while undercooking it results in firm flesh that ...