Iâm Dick Bolles. This is my site, and itâs designed to be a complement and supplement to my book, What Color Is Your Parachute: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters & Career-Changers, revised and rewritten each year, each new edition appearing in bookstores in mid-August. That would be the 2015 edition currently.
Once cooked the color is white, and the texture is soft, moist, and flaky. Like Spanish mackerel (see below), jack have a sweet, mild flavor. Jack mackerel is commonly canned. King mackerel (kingfish): Similar in taste to Atlantic and Pacific mackerel, king mackerel has a firm texture and a rich, savory flavor. Pacific mackerel (chub, blue): These are similar both in flavor and in texture to Boston mackerel.
Mackerel are a very easy fish to clean. You will probably find this easiest to do this at your sink as it is best to have some cold running water close to hand and the mess is easier to clean up afterwards. Hold the mackerel in your weaker hand, belly side up and head furthest away from you. Carefully insert the point of a very sharp knife at the small opening slightly behind centre and slit all the way up the centre of the belly to the head.