Food, Food, and More Food Thread

Tu_triky wrote:HAHA...it'll be like a special episode of Iron Chef. I'll get the flamboyant Liberace style clothes and a ripe bell pepper so I can play the M.C.

I'll bring the candelabra. :rofl:

bmwracer wrote:
I'll bring the candelabra. :rofl:

HAHA. We gotta recruit somebody to play Fuku-san.

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Sushi DNA Tests Reveal Fraud
by Aaron Rowe Email Author
November 20, 2009 |

www.wired.com

A biologist walks into a sushi bar and orders some tuna. What does he get? Escolar, a nasty fish with buttery flesh that can cause bizarre episodes of diarrhea, accompanied by a waxy intestinal discharge.

Itfs not a joke. It happened five times to the same scientists during a brief research project. The results of that study were published Wednesday in PLOS One.

gA piece of tuna sushi has the potential to be an endangered species, a fraud or a health hazard,h wrote the authors. gAll three of these cases were uncovered in this study.h

The team of researchers from Columbia University and the American Museum of Natural History ordered tuna from 31 sushi restaurants and then used genetic tests to determine the species of fishes in those dishes. More than half of those eateries misrepresented, or couldnft clarify the type of fish they were mongering. Several were selling endangered southern bluefin tuna.

Although their results were shocking, exposing sloppy sushi joints wasnft their main goal. The scientists were trying to improve on a new species-identification technique, called DNA barcoding. A coalition of labs has been collecting fish, reading their genes and uploading the information to a database called FISH-BOL.

Their goal is to build a catalog of every fish species on earth so that anyone with a handheld DNA reader could definitively identify fish within minutes. Wildlife officials could use that technology to spot-check fish markets, and fine people who are selling protected species.

Right now, the FISH-BOL database is roughly 20 percent complete, but zooligsts canft seem to agree upon the best way to condense the genetic information from each fish into a concise signature. Thatfs where this study comes into play. By checking 14 carefully selected spots on a gene called cox1 and matching them up with the database, the scientists could accurately identify any kind of tuna.

^ Wow, high-tech meets sushi.

bmwracer wrote:^ Wow, high-tech meets sushi.

Sushi sagi = Sushi Fraud! :beatyou:

Tu_triky wrote:Sushi sagi = Sushi Fraud! :beatyou:

Scary.

Especially the ramifications. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
Scary.

Especially the ramifications. :sweat:

Dayem I would be hella pissed off if I went somewhere and thought I was eating maguro when I was actually eating Gorton's Fish sticks...but then again...if I couldn't tell the difference I'd even be more pissed.

Tu_triky wrote:Dayem I would be hella pissed off if I went somewhere and thought I was eating maguro when I was actually eating Gorton's Fish sticks..

Your first suspicious clue would be that the sushi chef is wearing yellow coveralls. :hehe:

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bmwracer wrote:
Your first suspicious clue would be that the sushi chef is wearing yellow coveralls. :hehe:

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LMAO :lol:

That's the worst! HAHA. All the waitresses would be wearing yellow galoshes.

Tu_triky wrote:All the waitresses would be wearing yellow galoshes.

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bmwracer wrote:
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Hehe. I don't know what kind of sushi joints you've been frequenting...but apparently I need to go there.

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Tu_triky wrote:[image]

Sushi DNA Tests Reveal Fraud
by Aaron Rowe Email Author
November 20, 2009 |

www.wired.com

A biologist walks into a sushi bar and orders some tuna. What does he get? Escolar, a nasty fish with buttery flesh that can cause bizarre episodes of diarrhea, accompanied by a waxy intestinal discharge.

Itfs not a joke. It happened five times to the same scientists during a brief research project. The results of that study were published Wednesday in PLOS One.

gA piece of tuna sushi has the potential to be an endangered species, a fraud or a health hazard,h wrote the authors. gAll three of these cases were uncovered in this study.h

The team of researchers from Columbia University and the American Museum of Natural History ordered tuna from 31 sushi restaurants and then used genetic tests to determine the species of fishes in those dishes. More than half of those eateries misrepresented, or couldnft clarify the type of fish they were mongering. Several were selling endangered southern bluefin tuna.

Although their results were shocking, exposing sloppy sushi joints wasnft their main goal. The scientists were trying to improve on a new species-identification technique, called DNA barcoding. A coalition of labs has been collecting fish, reading their genes and uploading the information to a database called FISH-BOL.

Their goal is to build a catalog of every fish species on earth so that anyone with a handheld DNA reader could definitively identify fish within minutes. Wildlife officials could use that technology to spot-check fish markets, and fine people who are selling protected species.

Right now, the FISH-BOL database is roughly 20 percent complete, but zooligsts canft seem to agree upon the best way to condense the genetic information from each fish into a concise signature. Thatfs where this study comes into play. By checking 14 carefully selected spots on a gene called cox1 and matching them up with the database, the scientists could accurately identify any kind of tuna.

lol i was jus reading this article the other day... this pisses me off cuz i eat sashimi all the time! >=[ i better be gettin what i ordered...

nocturn4l3030 wrote:

lol i was jus reading this article the other day... this pisses me off cuz i eat sashimi all the time! >=[ i better be gettin what i ordered...

Word. That is a straight jack move...to be passing off cheap quality fish and charging customers market prices for more expensive fish.

You guys in the USA post pics of your Thanksgiving feast.

Takoyama wrote:You guys in the USA post pics of your Thanksgiving feast.

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Tu_triky wrote:

Hehe. I don't know what kind of sushi joints you've been frequenting...but apparently I need to go there.

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Good enough to eat, huh! :hehe:

Like your brown paper turkey, Tu. :victory:
Looks like easy cleanup after the feast. Garbage bag included.

Eve wrote:

Good enough to eat, huh! :hehe:

The shoes are cool...like slip on galoshes...

Like your brown paper turkey, Tu. :victory:
Looks like easy cleanup after the feast. Garbage bag included.

Paper? No wonder it tasted like crap...

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A new America's Test Kitchen cooking variation? :hehe:

Looks a tad dry. :rofl:

bmwracer wrote:
A new America's Test Kitchen cooking variation? :hehe:

Looks a tad dry. :rofl:

:lol:

Someone please, please, pass the gravy.

Tu_triky wrote:

Paper? No wonder it tasted like crap...

Perhaps a different brand might be better

bmwracer wrote:
Looks a tad dry. :rofl:

Im thinking an Origami bird is the way to go. :victory:

Not so dry.....