Fish stock (food) Fish stock (food) Fish stock forms the basis of many dishes, particularly fish soups and sauces. In the West, it is usually made with fish bones and fish heads and finely chopped mirepoix. This fish stock should be cooked for 20–25 minutes—cooking any longer spoils the flavour. Concentrated fish stock is called "fish fumet". In Japan, a fish and kelp stock called dashi is made by briefly (3–5 minutes) cooking skipjack tuna (bonito) flakes called "katsuobushi" in nearly boiling water. Other Japanese fish stock is made from fish that have been fried and boiled for several hours, creating a white
HMS Skipjack (1889) and in clearing this minefield. On 18 November 1914 "Skipjack" and the gunboat were about to start a minesweeping run in the channel between Fair Island and North Ronaldsay when "Skipjack" commanding officer sighted the conning tower of the German submarine "U-22". The two gunboats set off at full speed in pursuit, but the submarine outpaced them and dived to safety after a chase of 45 minutes. On the evening of 24 November 1914, the German submarine "U-16" was off the east coast of the Orkneys when she was spotted by a group of trawlers that were minesweeping. The trawlers