What is milt?

[Cearbhaill]

Depends on what you're feeding.
Knowing the dietary preferences of the fish you keep is part of the game- are they herbivorous, carnivorous, omnivorous?

It's like dogfood- it's not so much the percentage of protein as it is the quality protein included in the mix- IMO.
Preference in foods is governed to a large extent by your own personal ideas about food- do you mind feeding them dye? Milt? Looking for the cheapest or the best? How about preservatives? Concerned about shelf life and need a date of manufacture? Do you favor raw fresh shredded shrimp over chicken peckers in your potted meat?


It's a huge topic!

 

[Karlsbad]

Originally posted by Julia
I have always found it interesting that people can eat products of female reproductive organs (eggs, shad roe, caviar, etc) but the male equivalents are somehow taboo.

:scratch:

Hmmm true, but we are talking about......the fluid that contains sperm. I don't know if shad or roe are the female equivalent but I kind of doubt it.

 

[Hans]

<Please stop posting posts of this nature, please read your private messages>

 

[Julia]

Originally posted by Karlsbad


Hmmm true, but we are talking about......the fluid that contains sperm. I don't know if shad or roe are the female equivalent but I kind of doubt it.

"shad roe" means egg filled ovaries of the shad fish, a rare annual delicacy where I'm from.

"lobster roe" (also a delicacy) means the unfertilized egg mass found in the abdomen of a female lobster.

crab roe is usually called "mustard" for obvious reasons... and is eaten on crackers with great enjoyment by some people...

I guess "prarie oysters" would be equivalent to shad roe but milt would be like lobster roe or crab mustard.

 

[Cearbhaill]

Gee Julia- I'm kinda losing my appetite!

 

[TKOS]

I believe prairie oysters (or mountain oysters) are actually testicles. So some people do eat the male reproductive parts.

http://eat.epicurious.com/dictionary/food/index.ssf?DEF_ID=2817&ISWINE=

 

[Watcher74]

Originally posted by Julia
I have always found it interesting that people can eat products of female reproductive organs (eggs, shad roe, caviar, etc) but the male equivalents are somehow taboo.

:scratch:

Haven't you ever heard of "Mountain Oysters"? Goes great with beer.

 

[Julia]

Yes, actually, and that's my point.

People will eat eggmcmuffins every day but mountainoystermcmuffins? No way. Why is that?

 

[Karlsbad]

So how does eating fish(fill in your favorite word that would get censored)reduce aggression?