Is it okay to eat fish?
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Salmon!joephys said:
That's a good fish to eat.. Too bad there are no live salmon down here to catch. But, store bought frozen is ok too. They have been "hit and miss" when grilling them. I wonder if it's due to the meat from different fish, or cooking too much, or not enough?
125gJoe said:
The problem you are probably having with the meat being hit or miss is that the most widely available salmon for purchase are farmed fish. Farmed fish are fed all sorts of "crap" to make them larger and to try to enhance the redness of the meat, because farmed fish lack the brilliant red. IMO they taste like crap. Don't even compare to wild caught salmon. Not too long ago the FDA started a fish labeling program that requires that every packaged fish for sale in the United States must state whether it is farm raised or wild caught and it must also state the country of origin. I would recommend reading these labels and only buying wild caught salmon! Boycott any and all farmed fish!! By buying farmed fish you are taking food out of the mouths of fishermans families!!! Fish farming has literally ruined the salmon seining industry and put many hard working men out of jobs!
This is my 2cents, I might be a little predjudice though, seeing as how my fiance is a commercial fisherman!
Just to play devil's advocate, buying only wild-caught salmon will take food out of the mouths of hard working fish farming families!!
That said, I think farmed fish are of inferior quality taste and texture. They are also more prone to disease and are actually "Atlantic Salmon" that are raised on farms in the pacific so that's sort of screwed up.
That said, I think farmed fish are of inferior quality taste and texture. They are also more prone to disease and are actually "Atlantic Salmon" that are raised on farms in the pacific so that's sort of screwed up.
I'd just like to say, whats the differentce between eating fish and cows? or sheep? or pigs? or ginea-pigs? (yes they do that in some countries, i'd advise agains't it to much fluff) I'll tell you whats the different, the taste thats it!. All the same morol values are there, if u chose not to eat lambs cause its cruel dont eat fish its the same concept, if ur ok about eating lambs, eat fish, again the same concept. Just cause you may have a nice shiney tank full of tetras doesn't mean you cant have a fry up does it? I my self have many tropical fish. but i would happily walk down the chippy and order a medium haddock and chips. (no cods please they are getting scarse)
Oh btw shark tastes good too, had that in spain, and sword fish
oh oh and gupy steak. 
Oh btw shark tastes good too, had that in spain, and sword fish
oh oh and gupy steak.
btw i cant spell :sad: and before you say anything guppy steak doesn't contain guppys :dance: what do you think i am, inhumain?...now where did i put that geraff leg? :joke:
Somewhere it can be proven fish is better for you to eat than beef.simplyplainfish said:
I think you knew that, but I couldn't follow your post.
I had shark once, and tried it unseasoned, and seasoned.. The unseasoned had just about no taste at all. I've tried many fish, but so far snapper and grouper tasted the best.
I was a vegetarian for years. I read books, talked with others who'd done it knowledgeably, got great cookbooks----but I still, finally, ended up with my doctor telling me my protein levels were just too low--I had to eat meat.
(But I must say, coming across "Rib of Foal"--baby horse--on a menu in Geneva SW caused me to run out and boot in the garden!! lol)
I think that our individual bodies, as with brains, have varied needs, which maybe even change as we grow older. There are some great insights in this thread in re different philosophies--jeez, when my brother found out at 30 that he had a bad valve--resulting in a heart equal to an 80-year old man--and could die within 5 years, his wife converted them to a complete macrobiotic diet. He's now a healthy 41, has changed some other things in his life, but is going pretty strong with a growing business, still with that 80-yo heart. It works for him. Woulda killed me!!
Yes, living creatures are sentient beings, and if PETA had their way we wouldn't even eat plants (they have a life energy which we can take advantage of within a few short hours of harvest). Do trees have souls? Pray for bounty, give thanks for all you have, appreciate life, and do the best that works for you!!! :shark: We all become fodder for something at some point! It's the circle of live. :thm: And I really apologize for going on and on and on and on. . . . .
(But I must say, coming across "Rib of Foal"--baby horse--on a menu in Geneva SW caused me to run out and boot in the garden!! lol)
I think that our individual bodies, as with brains, have varied needs, which maybe even change as we grow older. There are some great insights in this thread in re different philosophies--jeez, when my brother found out at 30 that he had a bad valve--resulting in a heart equal to an 80-year old man--and could die within 5 years, his wife converted them to a complete macrobiotic diet. He's now a healthy 41, has changed some other things in his life, but is going pretty strong with a growing business, still with that 80-yo heart. It works for him. Woulda killed me!!
Yes, living creatures are sentient beings, and if PETA had their way we wouldn't even eat plants (they have a life energy which we can take advantage of within a few short hours of harvest). Do trees have souls? Pray for bounty, give thanks for all you have, appreciate life, and do the best that works for you!!! :shark: We all become fodder for something at some point! It's the circle of live. :thm: And I really apologize for going on and on and on and on. . . . .
PETA is pretty clueless though. Nature has a system. That system includes some animals eating other animals. Humans are animals, whether some people like to admit it or not. Our bodies are designed to consume and use meat as a part of our diet. If we weren't meant to eat meat, we'd be physologically different.
If they just held it at their namesake, ethical treatment of animals (not attempting to ban the consumption of meat or keeping of animals), then they might be a legitmate group. Instead they choose to take the extremist view and border on terrorist tactics.
As to fish and intelligence, some of the more advanced species might have intelligence of a sort but sentience I doubt highly. Certainly not in the way humans and some other animals may have.
If they just held it at their namesake, ethical treatment of animals (not attempting to ban the consumption of meat or keeping of animals), then they might be a legitmate group. Instead they choose to take the extremist view and border on terrorist tactics.
As to fish and intelligence, some of the more advanced species might have intelligence of a sort but sentience I doubt highly. Certainly not in the way humans and some other animals may have.
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