Im confused. Swordfish is served on a lot of menus, and I can buy it fresh at the grocery store. But, everything I read says don’t eat it more than once or twice a year.
Is this one of those things where people try to convince you not to eat it because they don’t want people killing fish, or is it really bad to eat? Im so confused on this one… And I love the way it tastes.
Top predator, bioaccumulation of mercury is the issue. North American populations are good for numbers, so overfishing is not a major issue.
It’s the mercury content. You don’t want to be eating it every day and it’s a fish they recommend pregnant women don’t eat because of mercury levels. A few times a year is ok.
Thanks. Why is it so widely available despite the warnings and limited amount a person is supposedly OK to eat?
Thanks. Why is it so widely available despite the warnings and limited amount a person is supposedly OK to eat?
Cigarettes?
Thanks. Why is it so widely available despite the warnings and limited amount a person is supposedly OK to eat?
Cigarettes?
Cigarettes? Not a fair comparison if it is so dangerous women shouldn’t have it more than once a year, and men should only have it once or twice.
Why is it so widely available //
Because a lot of other junk fish are called swordfish. Just like scallops made out of thresher shark, and chilean sea bass.
Umm, ya gotta have some browned nicely in butter and finished with capers and lemon. Enjoy it. Riding your road bike is waaaay more dangerous.
But ya it’s the heavy metals…be it mercury or a truck.
Why is it so widely available //
Because a lot of other junk fish are called swordfish. Just like scallops made out of thresher shark, and chilean sea bass.
I thought that was illegal
Why is it so widely available //
Because a lot of other junk fish are called swordfish. Just like scallops made out of thresher shark, and chilean sea bass.
I thought that was illegal
So is “veal” that is actually pork, “honey” that is mostly corn syrup and “olive oil” that is mostly soybean oil. Yet here we are.
Brings to mind:
Norm Peterson:
Yeah, Cliffy had himself the tunnel T-bone. For less than four bucks, you get 24 ounces of USDA choice US bef.
Cliff Clavin:
Bef? You mean beef.
Norm Peterson:
Beef? Don’t be ridiculous Cliffy, that stuff is bef. You see, it’s a Hungry Heifer trademark for a processed, synthetic, what… , meat-like substance.
Cliff Clavin:
Ohh, Norm.
Norm Peterson:
What do expect for four bucks? Do you hear me complain about the loobster?
Why is it so widely available //
Because a lot of other junk fish are called swordfish. Just like scallops made out of thresher shark, and chilean sea bass.
I thought that was illegal
So is “veal” that is actually pork, “honey” that is mostly corn syrup and “olive oil” that is mostly soybean oil. Yet here we are.
Brings to mind:
Norm Peterson:
Yeah, Cliffy had himself the tunnel T-bone. For less than four bucks, you get 24 ounces of USDA choice US bef.
Cliff Clavin:
Bef? You mean beef.
Norm Peterson:
Beef? Don’t be ridiculous Cliffy, that stuff is bef. You see, it’s a Hungry Heifer trademark for a processed, synthetic, what… , meat-like substance.
Cliff Clavin:
Ohh, Norm.
Norm Peterson:
What do expect for four bucks? Do you hear me complain about the loobster?
Again isn’t that illegal?
Why is it so widely available //
Because a lot of other junk fish are called swordfish. Just like scallops made out of thresher shark, and chilean sea bass.
I thought that was illegal
So is “veal” that is actually pork, “honey” that is mostly corn syrup and “olive oil” that is mostly soybean oil. Yet here we are.
Brings to mind:
Norm Peterson:
Yeah, Cliffy had himself the tunnel T-bone. For less than four bucks, you get 24 ounces of USDA choice US bef.
Cliff Clavin:
Bef? You mean beef.
Norm Peterson:
Beef? Don’t be ridiculous Cliffy, that stuff is bef. You see, it’s a Hungry Heifer trademark for a processed, synthetic, what… , meat-like substance.
Cliff Clavin:
Ohh, Norm.
Norm Peterson:
What do expect for four bucks? Do you hear me complain about the loobster?
Again isn’t that illegal?
Bef and loobster? Probably not.
Everything else? Yes. But tough to tell without widespread testing and even harder to figure out when in the chain it happened.
I can’t remember which TV news magazine did a piece on veal. They were going around a bunch of NY deli style places ordering veal. Then testing it. Then going back to ask why they were serving pork as veal. Most of them wouldn’t comment. But I remember one guy in particular was pissed. Brought out his box of clearly marked veal and asked them to test some more because he was paying for veal. Yep, all pork.
Whitefish, crab, scallops, all look very similar when cut in the same shapes. Unless you are going to do extensive testing all over the place you are never going to know. You’ll just think the flavor and texture of your scallops or crab is a little off.
Again isn’t that illegal?
Reminds me of the Alaska restaurant that for years was passing off New Zealand red deer as Alaska reindeer. They paid a $50K fine.
http://seafood.edf.org/swordfish
You decide.
Umm, ya gotta have some browned nicely in butter and finished with capers and lemon. Enjoy it. Riding your road bike is waaaay more dangerous.
But ya it’s the heavy metals…be it mercury or a truck.
This thread is making me want to eat some swordfish. I rarely eat albacore, and never swordfish, so I can handle a little mercury, right? It sounds tasty.
http://seafood.edf.org/swordfish
You decide.
I was just curious if this were a real threat or made up threat by the sustainability people.
Can’t trust anything anymore. There always seems to be an agenda.
I find it hard to believe that a fish so toxic you can have it 0-1 times a month is commercially available… And with no warning from the place you buy it.
Why is it so widely available //
Because a lot of other junk fish are called swordfish. Just like scallops made out of thresher shark, and chilean sea bass.
I thought that was illegal
So is “veal” that is actually pork, “honey” that is mostly corn syrup and “olive oil” that is mostly soybean oil. Yet here we are.
Brings to mind:
Norm Peterson:
Yeah, Cliffy had himself the tunnel T-bone. For less than four bucks, you get 24 ounces of USDA choice US bef.
Cliff Clavin:
Bef? You mean beef.
Norm Peterson:
Beef? Don’t be ridiculous Cliffy, that stuff is bef. You see, it’s a Hungry Heifer trademark for a processed, synthetic, what… , meat-like substance.
Cliff Clavin:
Ohh, Norm.
Norm Peterson:
What do expect for four bucks? Do you hear me complain about the loobster?
Again isn’t that illegal?
Bef and loobster? Probably not.
Everything else? Yes. But tough to tell without widespread testing and even harder to figure out when in the chain it happened.
I can’t remember which TV news magazine did a piece on veal. They were going around a bunch of NY deli style places ordering veal. Then testing it. Then going back to ask why they were serving pork as veal. Most of them wouldn’t comment. But I remember one guy in particular was pissed. Brought out his box of clearly marked veal and asked them to test some more because he was paying for veal. Yep, all pork.
Whitefish, crab, scallops, all look very similar when cut in the same shapes. Unless you are going to do extensive testing all over the place you are never going to know. You’ll just think the flavor and texture of your scallops or crab is a little off.
But if I’m buying the stuff at a butcher, fishmonger, or gtocery store, probably okay?
I think it is just prudent recommendations by people who eat fish just like you and I do. Nothing over the top. My province (Ontario) publishes recommendations about in what way you should limit eating fish from many major lakes and streams for decades now.
https://www.ontario.ca/page/eating-ontario-fish-2017-18#section-5
Why is it so widely available //
Because a lot of other junk fish are called swordfish. Just like scallops made out of thresher shark, and chilean sea bass.
I thought that was illegal
So is “veal” that is actually pork, “honey” that is mostly corn syrup and “olive oil” that is mostly soybean oil. Yet here we are.
Brings to mind:
Norm Peterson:
Yeah, Cliffy had himself the tunnel T-bone. For less than four bucks, you get 24 ounces of USDA choice US bef.
Cliff Clavin:
Bef? You mean beef.
Norm Peterson:
Beef? Don’t be ridiculous Cliffy, that stuff is bef. You see, it’s a Hungry Heifer trademark for a processed, synthetic, what… , meat-like substance.
Cliff Clavin:
Ohh, Norm.
Norm Peterson:
What do expect for four bucks? Do you hear me complain about the loobster?
Again isn’t that illegal?
Bef and loobster? Probably not.
Everything else? Yes. But tough to tell without widespread testing and even harder to figure out when in the chain it happened.
I can’t remember which TV news magazine did a piece on veal. They were going around a bunch of NY deli style places ordering veal. Then testing it. Then going back to ask why they were serving pork as veal. Most of them wouldn’t comment. But I remember one guy in particular was pissed. Brought out his box of clearly marked veal and asked them to test some more because he was paying for veal. Yep, all pork.
Whitefish, crab, scallops, all look very similar when cut in the same shapes. Unless you are going to do extensive testing all over the place you are never going to know. You’ll just think the flavor and texture of your scallops or crab is a little off.
But if I’m buying the stuff at a butcher, fishmonger, or gtocery store, probably okay?
A few years ago a local news station went to area seafood distributors, grocery stores and restaurants and order snapper and grouper. They then sent them for DNA testing.
A large % were actually cheap foreign fish being sold as high end snapper and grouper.
They did several rounds and the results always had a lot of fake fish.
A few years ago a local news station went to area seafood distributors, grocery stores and restaurants and order snapper and grouper. They then sent them for DNA testing.
A large % were actually cheap foreign fish being sold as high end snapper and grouper.
They did several rounds and the results always had a lot of fake fish.
Yeah, when you buy fish you really have little idea what you’re being sold: