I ate my first fried fish tail just a week before penning this column. The first video he ever posted on YouTube was a fish tail taste test. The Taste TestA man of my word, I promised Brand I’d give fish tails a shake, and my plan was to start with flounder tails. Brand says it’s hard to beat a fish tail fried in bacon fat, but I went with olive oil. You know you’re eating fish but it’s a muted undertone.