Food, Food, and More Food Thread

kitakaze wrote:If only some of my favorite fish wasn't so expensive.

Those two things go hand in hand, unfortunately.

I had some nice mesquite-broiled swordfish a week ago... It wasn't cheap, but it was good. Yum.

I don't know whether it's paranoia, or my basic distaste for seafood, but after some of the reading I've been doing, I think anyone that eats a lot of fish would do themselves a favor by going and getting their mercury levels checked.

Geezer wrote:I don't know whether it's paranoia, or my basic distaste for seafood, but after some of the reading I've been doing, I think anyone that eats a lot of fish would do themselves a favor by going and getting their mercury levels checked.

Aren't there particular fish that seem to accumulate mercury more than others?

BMW,

Not a clue as to which fish might store more mercury than others.

But what I have been reading about is the huge increase in mercury levels in the rivers and oceans, since the EPA restrictions on dumping unfiltered waste from industries, especially coal mines were scrapped.

Health workers have been running around with their hair on fire for the last two years or so, screaming about the increased mercury levels in pregenent women, and the resulting birth defects.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., a senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), has a book out on it now,and hasbeen making the rounds of PBS shows.

I think some fish (catfish comes to mind) are raised on farms, so maybe the mercury levels in those fish are near-nonexistent...

Unless they use filtered water on those fish farms... I doubt it.

I don't know. And I'm not trying to be an hysteric.

I just know that the mercury levels in fish have spiked in the last 4 or 5 years... and the people who would normally sound the alarm, are now the guys who played a big part in scrapping the regulations and the enforcement of the laws.

I'm just saying that if you eat a lot of seafood, because you like it, or because you think it's better for you... you might be well served to get your levels checked.

I'll have to browse through some of my past issues of Consumer Reports... They're always keeping an eye out for things like this, particularly since the consumption of fish has increased...

dang, i love fish. it's probably a good thing i can't afford to eat it that often.

jholic wrote:dang, i love fish. it's probably a good thing i can't afford to eat it that often.

I wouldn't get too paranoid about eating fish... Would eating lotsa red meat be any better?

Moderation is the key word again.

bmwracer wrote:
I wouldn't get too paranoid about eating fish... Would eating lotsa red meat be any better?

Moderation is the key word again.

agreed. Mercury and Steroidals in moderation don't hurt too much. ^^

Ushiroyubi wrote:agreed. Mercury and Steroidals in moderation don't hurt too much. ^^

Touche. :doh:

bmwracer wrote:
Touche. :doh:

lol... I was actually being completely serious and not sarcastic in the least. :hehe:

Ushiroyubi wrote:lol... I was actually being completely serious and not sarcastic in the least. :hehe:

I know. :hehe:

Ushiroyubi wrote:agreed. Mercury and Steroidals in moderation don't hurt too much. ^^

ha, i'd like to see the mlb baseball players use that as their defense, next time they're up against the congressional committee.

"your honor, i only used it once or twice a week, and look what it did for me. you should try it. might help you build some biceps....."

All that talk bout mercury and fish....makes me wonder if that'll convince me to avoid sushi, specially those sushi buffet :headscratch:

KT, don't think such thoughts. Eat well, my friend. :mrgreen:

I don't care if I have problems with mercury or not, I'm going to stuff my face at boathouse sushi like I usually do.... :jumpie:

K.T.Tran wrote:All that talk bout mercury and fish....makes me wonder if that'll convince me to avoid sushi, specially those sushi buffet :headscratch:

At those sushi buffets, I'd be more worried about the quality of the fish over the possible mercury content.... More times than not I try to avoid mass-produced sushi...

When I go to one of those places, I go there to get stuffed out of my mind. I've yet to see a buffet place have excellent quality fish.

dochira wrote:When I go to one of those places, I go there to get stuffed out of my mind.

Me too. Vegas is a prime example. :woot:

I've yet to see a buffet place have excellent quality fish.

Exactly. I've only seen average to good, and that doesn't cut it when you're talkin' sushi/sashimi...