Types of Fish
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My only concern on tilapia would be that it's almost always Chinese/Vietnamese (where environmental and food safety regulations and enforcement kind of suck) - so a potential for heavy metals and other contamination from industry. (Other than it being pretty blech taste and texture-wise).
Fish closer to the top of the food chain will concentrate mercury and other heavy metals more so than the fish lower down on the food chain. And wild caught versus farmed, and location of origin will have an effect. Macros will also shift based on these as well (Different salmon species have different fat content for instance, and supposedly may vary for farmed versus wild caught).0 -
Two more good white fish (light texture) I poach in milk or white wine with herbs and a bit of salt:
Pacific rockfish http://www.seafoodwatch.org/seafood-recommendations/groups/rockfish?type=pacific-ocean-perch&location=domestic
Petrale sole
http://www.seafoodwatch.org/seafood-recommendations/groups/sole?type=petrale&q=Sole, Petrale&t=Petrale sole0 -
In for the sushi.
I don't like farmed fish, more because I don't like the current farming techniques and the impact on the environment and wild fish. So no farmed salmon for me. Wild are great. Fix the farming process and I would consider farmed, but they are a bit more fatty.
Never tried tilapia and sounds like I never will.
Rainbow trout is very much dependent on the lake. Caught and cooked a big one (5ish lbs) that tasted like mud. Have had some that were good. For the most part I throw trout back.
Kokanee (landlocked salmon) are tasty and in a lake 20 minutes from home.
Can't catch them anymore but Pickerel/Walleye will always be my favourite fish to both catch and eat.
Biggest trout for me was ~9 lbs. Catch and release lake.
Biggest fish for me was ~100 lbs. Need to go catch Sturgeon again. That's fun even if you can't eat them.2 -
Halibut is my favourite. Costco have bags in the freezer of portioned steaks - not very cheap but really good fish and good quality. I also like tuna steaks and get those fresh or frozen wherever, but don't cook much other seafood at home or eat much in general actually.1
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I limit my intake of bottom feeders because of concerns about Mercury and other heavy elements that settle on the bottom.0
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The problem with tilapia is that they are usually bred in Asia. They live in to small tanks thay don't get cleaned often. Also on top of that the feeding the fish gets is usually very poor (quite often pig feces). This makes the macro and micro nutrient profile of tilapia quit bad (not much nutrients)
I am never eating tilapia again!!!! I love tilapia but never again.2 -
crisma1974 wrote: »The problem with tilapia is that they are usually bred in Asia. They live in to small tanks thay don't get cleaned often. Also on top of that the feeding the fish gets is usually very poor (quite often pig feces). This makes the macro and micro nutrient profile of tilapia quit bad (not much nutrients)
I am never eating tilapia again!!!! I love tilapia but never again.
Find out the source of the fish. If you like it and it is sourced locally (not in Asia) it may be perfectly fine.2 -
Sturgeon rules.
Just about any sushi is also right up there.
Good with salmon, halibut, trout and catfish.0 -
Silentpadna wrote: »Sturgeon rules.
Just about any sushi is also right up there.
Good with salmon, halibut, trout and catfish.
Sturgeon is right up there with Bald Eagle or Snowy Owl....
Yeah, not allowed to eat them where I can catch them.0 -
diontre840 wrote: »What types of fish are good to eat besides Salmon? I used to eat Tilipia but I heard it was bad for you. Is it true?
The "best" fish to eat are thought to be the oily ones, which included salmon, sardines, mackeral and anchovies, and those lowest in mercury, which based on the chart above include salmon, sardines, mackeral, flounder, catfish and, yes, tilapia.
As evidenced by the comments above, there seem to be a lot of people on MFP who do not like tilapia and there are a lot of myths about the fish prevalent on the Net.
True, tilapia is a bottom fish which lives in the mud but so is catfish and you don't hear the same negative myths spread about catfish as you do about catfish.
However, most (if not all) tilapia sold in quantity are farmed and there really is no evidence that they are fed pig feces. That's nonsense.
I've purchased and cooked tilapia from Costco and it tastes fine to me. It's a firm white fish that you can do pretty much whatever you want with it.
Deep dried, pan fried or just marinated and dropped into ramen it's just fine. It really has no taste of its own and taste on the flavor of whatever you cook it with.
So, OP, if you like tilapia I don't think there's any reason why you shouldn't eat it. I do for the reasons above and also because it a very cheap source of seafood protein.6 -
Tacklewasher wrote: »Silentpadna wrote: »Sturgeon rules.
Just about any sushi is also right up there.
Good with salmon, halibut, trout and catfish.
Sturgeon is right up there with Bald Eagle or Snowy Owl....
Yeah, not allowed to eat them where I can catch them.
It's been pretty rare. Only had them at a couple of seafood restaurants in the Pacific Northwest, where I no longer live. But as good as there is.0 -
I am not biased when it comes to seafood (except tilapia) although I do aim to eat a serving of salmon every week for the omega 3. The problem with tilapia is the male are much smaller than the female in nature but the female (obviously) are the only ones who make more tilapia so they feed horomones to the male to turn them into female so they’ll grow larger for the food market. My knowledge of tilapia was when I was researching raising them on my little farm for extra income. :-/ Take all information with a grain of salt so feel free to do your own research.1
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katphi1618 wrote: »I am not biased when it comes to seafood (except tilapia) although I do aim to eat a serving of salmon every week for the omega 3. The problem with tilapia is the male are much smaller than the female in nature but the female (obviously) are the only ones who make more tilapia so they feed horomones to the male to turn them into female so they’ll grow larger for the food market. My knowledge of tilapia was when I was researching raising them on my little farm for extra income. :-/ Take all information with a grain of salt so feel free to do your own research.
My initial research indicates that the opposite is true -- the male is preferred by producers because it grows larger. Do you have some sources you can share on this and how exactly male fish are transformed into female fish?1 -
Mackerel and Monk Fish are my favourite but don't mind Cod, Haddock or Plaice too.0
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In a dietary context, there is a difference between a fatty or oily fish and the rest. If you are eating fish for the omega 3 fatty acids, ALA, EPA, DHA, etc., you generally want to look at salmon, tuna, sardines, herring, mackerel, and trout. These are best prepared simply via steaming, broiling, or even grilling.
Two or three normal sized servings a week is generally recognized and safe and recommended by dieticians - any more and you will want to consult a dietician as there are concerns around eating 'too much' fish.0 -
Love fish, but the cost is a huge turn off! And it really doesn't fill me up at all.
When I splurge, it's usually on sushi... some of my favorite fish (Dover sole, 'skate) are hard to find here and very expensive when they are.
Don't really care for flounder and tilapia or the US 'sole', but I like salmon, halibut, cod, catfish (not sure how 'healthy' that one is for you). I don't like tuna at all unless it's raw.0 -
Oh, skate is amazing. There's one store here that usually has it. Skate in brown butter sauce.
Sole is great too, but definitely harder to find IME and expensive.0 -
I eat salmon, tuna, cod, halibut, trout, shellfish, anything I can find.0
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I just made a chowder last weekend that had haddock, cod, scallops, clams, and shrimp...yummy.0
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