Fresh is best!,,,,or is it ?

[Chris aka divingchef]

Has the diving chef finally been flipped ?
No, just been to yet another food hygene courses

Well it apeares that there is an increase in cod worm, so if your into cod or hake,,,,,,read on.

The cod worm has always existed but in the past the fish were gutted at sea but now, due to market forces, fish in many parts are sold whole weight either straight to the consumer or supermarket/fish monger.

Problem when the worm finds out that the fish is dead it burrows out of the stomach into the flesh and can be seen easly as a redish spiral mainly under the skin.
How to make safe,,,,,freeze for 24 hours,,, so you might as well buy it frozen in the first place

Bon apetit !

[Adrian Kelland]

Originally Posted by Chris aka divingchef

Has the diving chef finally been flipped ?
No, just been to yet another food hygene courses

Well it apeares that there is an increase in cod worm, so if your into cod or hake,,,,,,read on.

The cod worm has always existed but in the past the fish were gutted at sea but now, due to market forces, fish in many parts are sold whole weight either straight to the consumer or supermarket/fish monger.

Problem when the worm finds out that the fish is dead it burrows out of the stomach into the flesh and can be seen easly as a redish spiral mainly under the skin.
How to make safe,,,,,freeze for 24 hours,,, so you might as well buy it frozen in the first place

Bon apetit !

Cheers Chris, I'll stick to the filter feeding scallops and the cockroach-like lobsters and crabs

[John Williams]

Originally Posted by Chris aka divingchef

Has the diving chef finally been flipped ?
No, just been to yet another food hygene courses

Well it apeares that there is an increase in cod worm, so if your into cod or hake,,,,,,read on.

The cod worm has always existed but in the past the fish were gutted at sea but now, due to market forces, fish in many parts are sold whole weight either straight to the consumer or supermarket/fish monger.

Problem when the worm finds out that the fish is dead it burrows out of the stomach into the flesh and can be seen easly as a redish spiral mainly under the skin.
How to make safe,,,,,freeze for 24 hours,,, so you might as well buy it frozen in the first place

Bon apetit !

As a Marine Biologist I always knew that cod were carrion scavengers...but it was not until a holiday job in a well known UK supermarket that I realised what this meant in terms of "extra livestock" in your filet!

It was written into my job description that I had to go turn the cod on the fresh fish display because the worms burrowed up towards the light...every ten minutes!!!

So...every ten minutes since the fish was filleted a worm managed to burrow through it and leave behind whatever worms leave behind after eating through your dinner!

Enjoy!

John

[Paul Beal]

I think we got some worms from a Pollock during the summer. I was lining for Mackarel on the way back from the Cadmus to the sub but got a couple of pollock too. One had a cloudy eye and did not look the most healthy fish in the world. The skipper reckoned it was O.K so it went in the bucket.

When we got home and filleted the mackeral and the 2 pollock I noticed worms (about 1 cm long) burrowing into the meat on both the pollock and the mackeral. We phoned the skipper and he had only heard of them on cod. It was a real shame to do this but we binned the lot (8 mackeral and 2 pollock).

Would 24 hours of freezing have cured the problem?

Paul

[John Williams]

Originally Posted by Paul Beal

Would 24 hours of freezing have cured the problem?

Paul

No ...it would have killed the worms though!

You want to eat frozen and defrosted worms?

John

[Nick Kay]

Used to be the IT Manager for a fish processor

As a result, would never eat Cod - the worms are (nearly) always there. When you cook the Cod the worms appear like little grey anemonites (I think) near the neck of the fish

Mind you, was also put off Skate after hearing the stories about that

So, now its Haddock or (well) haddock really

[IainC]

Keep thinking about giving up eating fish on moral grounds (until someone sorts out a sustainable fishery).

I might just stop eating them now becasue I am grossed out!

Iain C.

[Ben Panter]

Hi Iain,

For advice on sustainable fisheries, have a look at this web site from the Marine Conservation Society. The decision to eat some sorts of fish is a bit morally questionable, but that doesn't apply to everything.

http://www.fishonline.org/

cheers,

Ben

[Adrian Kelland]

Originally Posted by Ben Panter

Hi Iain,

For advice on sustainable fisheries, have a look at this web site from the Marine Conservation Society. The decision to eat some sorts of fish is a bit morally questionable, but that doesn't apply to everything.

http://www.fishonline.org/

cheers,

Ben

It could be as questionable to eat veg given how much deep sea fish is used in fertilizers or animal feeds with manure to veg.

Adrian

[Ben Panter]

I'm in complete agreement with you there.

Ben