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Title: Worms in fish
Post by: Ice Cream on August 15, 2014, 06:40:26 AM
So I learned the other day that white fish can have a lot of worms in it. They apparently get removed before they are sold, but if they are less than 1 inch, they don't have to be removed.  Now I cannot eat fish anymore.  DH says it does not bother him, since the worms are harmless if the fish is properly cooked.
Title: Re: Worms in fish
Post by: fancypants on August 15, 2014, 06:41:53 AM
What?!?!
Title: Re: Worms in fish
Post by: onawhim on August 15, 2014, 08:51:13 AM
Wouldn't you see them if your fish was full or worms?  :skep:
Title: Re: Worms in fish
Post by: GeekMaster on August 15, 2014, 08:53:17 AM
Now, that right there is why I will NEVER, EVER eat sushi .
Title: Re: Worms in fish
Post by: Magic Microbe on August 15, 2014, 11:11:50 AM
Now, that right there is why I will NEVER, EVER eat sushi .

Sushi grade fish has to be frozen (I think for three days) to kill tgsse sorts of things. And you don't make sushi from cod.

But I am almost certain nobody picks through fish picking out worms at the fish market.
Title: Re: Worms in fish
Post by: radial on August 15, 2014, 12:13:28 PM
Cook or freeze fish properly, and any worms will be dead.  Eating dead worms might seem perilous, but it isn't going to hurt you.  Consider Martin Luther.  The Diet of Worms didn't do him any harm. 
Title: Re: Worms in fish
Post by: rocketgirl on August 15, 2014, 04:34:29 PM
On the surface I am grossed out.  (Also not a huge fan of fish to begin with, although I do like that thin sliced seared ahi tuna.)

However, I have eaten escargot, so I think as long as my fish has butter and garlic, I can handle it.
Title: Re: Worms in fish
Post by: Ice Cream on August 16, 2014, 07:43:05 PM
I know they don't do harm when cooked properly, but, yuk.  I cannot get the thought out of my mind when eating fish.

FP: look up cod worm.
Title: Re: Worms in fish
Post by: fancypants on August 16, 2014, 09:03:19 PM
I think I'm gonna be sick.
Title: Re: Worms in fish
Post by: CheryG on August 17, 2014, 10:13:26 AM
Removing Worms from Fish (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nVLiDlzlac#)
Title: Re: Worms in fish
Post by: Magic Microbe on August 17, 2014, 10:14:52 AM
This is why you never see cod sushi.
Title: Re: Worms in fish
Post by: Ice Cream on August 17, 2014, 07:22:00 PM
Removing Worms from Fish (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nVLiDlzlac#)

I am not watching that.
Title: Re: Worms in fish
Post by: radial on August 17, 2014, 07:28:17 PM
I am not watching that.

Don't, it's disgusting.  Just keep freezing/cooking your fish and remember that practically everything you eat includes some entities you didn't really count on consuming. 
Title: Re: Worms in fish
Post by: caribougrrl on August 18, 2014, 07:34:25 AM
parasites are a pretty ordinary state of being, particularly for wild caught/shot animals which haven't been dewormed on a regular basis... but even "husbanded" meat can have worms... often the requirement is to freeze for a specified amount of time before it is fit for human consumption... but no one is plucking tapeworm cysts out of your steak for you


I've eaten a LOT of cod... I've bought it from fish mongers, grocery stores, guys selling it out of the back of trucks... been gifted cod from neighbours who caught & cleaned it themselves... I have only encountered a worm once, to my knowledge.  And what I don't know about has obviously never hurt me.
Title: Re: Worms in fish
Post by: The Turtle Whisperer on August 26, 2014, 08:02:25 AM
It's been my experience that water temps matter.  The warmer it is, the more worms there are. 
Title: Re: Worms in fish
Post by: radial on August 26, 2014, 12:04:09 PM
This is why I always snicker internally when I hear somebody rave about how "fresh" their sushi tastes.

If the worms aren't still wriggling, the sushi isn't fresh. 
Title: Re: Worms in fish
Post by: Natasha on September 14, 2014, 10:31:57 PM
Cook or freeze fish properly, and any worms will be dead.  Eating dead worms might seem perilous, but it isn't going to hurt you.  Consider Martin Luther.  The Diet of Worms didn't do him any harm. 

 :smiliegroan:
Title: Re: Worms in fish
Post by: mariobrega on September 15, 2014, 02:34:55 AM
that's why, to take the fish they use worms...  :rotfl:
Title: Re: Worms in fish
Post by: caribougrrl on September 15, 2014, 07:20:29 AM
that's why, to take the fish they use worms...  :rotfl:

 :D
Title: Re: Worms in fish
Post by: cgraz on September 15, 2014, 07:38:05 AM
 :panic: