Food, Food, and More Food Thread

bmwracer wrote:
I woulda thought the bears would prefer hand rolls... :beaten:

Well with those sharp claws they can go either way....temaki or cut rolls.

:hehe:

Wow, I didn't realize they had different ones:

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http://www.moreys.com

I guess the salmon I had previously from Costco was Sockeye, based upon the deeper red-orange color...

bmwracer wrote:Wow, I didn't realize they had different ones:

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I guess the salmon I had previously from Costco was Sockeye, based
upon the deeper red-orange color...

Yeah I've only tasted the one above....the only one they carry at Costco. Well Alaskan is the best for purity.

Tu_triky wrote:Yeah I've only tasted the one above....the only one they carry at Costco.

Yup.

So much for choice.

"You can have it in any color you want, as long as it's black" :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:
Yup.

"You can have it in any color you want, as long as it's black" :beaten:

Buraku Salmon. Yum.

Edit: Farmed salmon is really gray...that's why they have to inject it with synthetic substances to give it that color we're all familiar with.

Tu_triky wrote:Buraku Salmon. Yum.

Cajun Buraku Salmon. :hehe:

Edit: Farmed salmon is really gray...that's why they have to inject it with synthetic substances to give it that color we're all familiar with.

Eeek. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
Eeek. :sweat:

I love the thought of gray salmon....ashen and dull.

Tu_triky wrote:I love the thought of gray salmon....ashen and dull.

I'm guessing the salmon in the Morey's box is Coho, judging from what I've just read in Wiki... And it's not very red or pink at all.

Would that mean that typically salmon used for sushi is Sockeye?

bmwracer wrote:
I'm guessing the salmon in the Morey's box is Coho, judging from what I've just read in Wiki... And it's not very red or pink at all.

Would that mean that typically salmon used for sushi is Sockeye?

I STRONGLY doubt it...let's not kid ourselves....I bet almost all salmon in sushi is farmed and it's probably Atlantic salmon.

Tu_triky wrote:I STRONGLY doubt it...let's not kid ourselves....I bet almost all salmon in sushi is farmed and it's probably Atlantic salmon.

Oh... Salmon novice here.

Sushi salmon "farmed?"

Itai... Can you say dioxin? :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
Oh... Salmon novice here.

Sushi salmon "farmed?"

Itai... Can you say dioxin? :sweat:

I won't front, I'm not saying for sure it's farmed...but it seems highly unlikely that it's wild...the amount of salmon consumed as sushi restaurants seems to be enormous and if it was mostly wild I would have to say that salmon would be really expensive at sushi restaurants, which it isn't....like something almost always wild...like bluefin.

Even when I go to Mitsuwa...99 percent of the time the salmon there is farmed salmon, uisually from Canada.

I just got a box full of pastries from a patient who owns a bakery. I'm in heaven. :D :drooling: My boss took a couple of goodies though. :puppydog:

Tu_triky wrote:

I won't front, I'm not saying for sure it's farmed...but it seems highly unlikely that it's wild...the amount of salmon consumed as sushi restaurants seems to be enormous and if it was mostly wild I would have to say that salmon would be really expensive at sushi restaurants, which it isn't....like something almost always wild...like bluefin.

yeah. shouldn't we be happy eating farmed animals?
those chinese restaurants kinda freak me out. turtles, sharks fin... :beaten:

monta wrote:

yeah. shouldn't we be happy eating farmed animals?
those chinese restaurants kinda freak me out. turtles, sharks fin... :beaten:

The point being is that farmed fish is not as healthy as wild fish...because of higher levels of contamination and lower levels of nutrtion ~ vitamins, minerals, fatty acids, etc.

monta wrote:shouldn't we be happy eating farmed animals?

That's what I would've thought, but keeping the animals cooped up and feeding 'em makes 'em big and meaty... But not as healthy to eat as those allowed to roam free. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
But not as healthy to eat as those allowed to roam free. :sweat:

Ain't that the truth.....I was watching that Ultimate Sushi Restaurants documentary and in this one town, Hima, famous for Buri (Adult Yellowtail) a sushi chief showed the difference between two Buri, one farmed and one wild....the farmed one was gray on the inside while the wild one was that deep crimson red like with maguro....friekin' fish looked NOTHING alike despite the fact they were the same exact species.

Tu_triky wrote:the farmed one was gray on the inside

That's scary. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
That's scary. :sweat:

Fo' reals...and the farmed one didn't stay as pristine and fresh looking for as long...in fact the chief ran his hand on the outside of the fish (the skin) and it was slimy....whereas the wild buri was still glistening with no such residue.

Tu_triky wrote:and the farmed one didn't stay as pristine and fresh looking for as long...

With the farmed one being gray, it was probably already spoiling... :bleh:

bmwracer wrote:
With the farmed one being gray, it was probably already spoiling... :bleh:

they nicknamed the fish, Gandalf the Grey.