No more tilapia?
Gaygirl2120
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I keep hearing that tilapia is really the worst fish to eat. Has everyone pretty much stopped eating it for protein now?
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It's a pretty dirty fish...that fish will eat pretty much anything. It's farmed and they feed them chicken *kitten* instead of fish food. It's one of the reasons it's so cheap. It also doesn't have any benefit really in terms of omega 3 fatty acids.
I've never eaten it. I only eat wild caught (frozen)...mostly Alaskan Sockeye and Alaskan Pacific Cod.6 -
Here in Australia, they're considered a noxious fish. When caught, its illegal to throw them back and people tend to just bury them above the high tide line. I was weirded out when I found out they were a popular eating fish elsewhere.6
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I think it's been over vilified.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/tilapia-has-a-terrible-reputation-does-it-deserve-it/2016/10/24/4537dc96-96e6-11e6-bc79-af1cd3d2984b_story.html?utm_term=.88a1f1139a7f
"Tilapia, in short, is an environmentally friendly, lean, low-calorie source of protein. We need all of those we can get."7 -
Ok I'm getting so grossed out!1
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I had Tilipia once, it tasted like dirt to me. I can't eat it. Yuck. After reading the few replies, I know why it tasted like dirt now. I love fish, but not tilapia.2
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Fish that tastes like dirt is nothing! You guys should try Rakfisk. You'll be begging for the sweet release of death after even smelling it.3
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Tilapia makes me grateful that I am allergic to finned fish.0
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In aquaponics, tilipias are very popular because they breed fast, survive in filth, and produce a bunch of *kitten*. The *kitten* if fed to the plants in the garden, and the people eat the plants, occasionally also the fish. Any critter that can be kept alive and *kitten* in the water is suitable, but tilipias are easier to keep alive.
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Mycophilia wrote: »Fish that tastes like dirt is nothing! You guys should try Rakfisk. You'll be begging for the sweet release of death after even smelling it.Mycophilia wrote: »Fish that tastes like dirt is nothing! You guys should try Rakfisk. You'll be begging for the sweet release of death after even smelling it.
No thank you
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I don't care how the fish is raised any more than I care how sausage is made. I just plain don't like tilapia. Tastes like scrambled egg whites to me which I greatly dislike.0
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I like tilapia and now I'm grossed out over these posts. Not sure I'll have it again.6
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There is NOTHING wrong w/farmed tilapia.
It's cheap, has no taste that I can notice (trout and salmon have stronger flavors) and has a firm flesh that is easy to cook in many ways (braise, poach, deep fry, stir fry or pan fry) and will take on any flavor you add to it.
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There is NOTHING wrong w/farmed tilapia.
It's cheap, has no taste that I can notice (trout and salmon have stronger flavors) and has a firm flesh that is easy to cook in many ways (braise, poach, deep fry, stir fry or pan fry) and will take on any flavor you add to it.
Then why so much hate for it? I see article after article saying it's the worst fish you can eat.
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There is NOTHING wrong w/farmed tilapia.
It's cheap, has no taste that I can notice (trout and salmon have stronger flavors) and has a firm flesh that is easy to cook in many ways (braise, poach, deep fry, stir fry or pan fry) and will take on any flavor you add to it.
Then why so much hate for it? I see article after article saying it's the worst fish you can eat.
Link these articles please.0 -
There is NOTHING wrong w/farmed tilapia.
It's cheap, has no taste that I can notice (trout and salmon have stronger flavors) and has a firm flesh that is easy to cook in many ways (braise, poach, deep fry, stir fry or pan fry) and will take on any flavor you add to it.
Then why so much hate for it? I see article after article saying it's the worst fish you can eat.
It's the "gross" factor, and too many people buying into it.1 -
There is NOTHING wrong w/farmed tilapia.
It's cheap, has no taste that I can notice (trout and salmon have stronger flavors) and has a firm flesh that is easy to cook in many ways (braise, poach, deep fry, stir fry or pan fry) and will take on any flavor you add to it.
Then why so much hate for it? I see article after article saying it's the worst fish you can eat.
Just nonsense IMO.
Catfish is another farmed bottom fish and I don't hear similar criticism of it. Both are delicious when properly prepared and cooked.5 -
cwolfman13 wrote: »It's a pretty dirty fish...that fish will eat pretty much anything. It's farmed and they feed them chicken *kitten* instead of fish food. It's one of the reasons it's so cheap. It also doesn't have any benefit really in terms of omega 3 fatty acids.
I've never eaten it. I only eat wild caught (frozen)...mostly Alaskan Sockeye and Alaskan Pacific Cod.
I don't eat it either. I mostly eat local wild caught (mostly frozen) alaskan sockeye salmon, local, wild caught trout, and sustainable, wild caught sardines (on salads). YUM
I tend to use the Monterey Bay Aquarium app for choosing "clean" and sustainable seafood.1 -
There is NOTHING wrong w/farmed tilapia.
It's cheap, has no taste that I can notice (trout and salmon have stronger flavors) and has a firm flesh that is easy to cook in many ways (braise, poach, deep fry, stir fry or pan fry) and will take on any flavor you add to it.
Then why so much hate for it? I see article after article saying it's the worst fish you can eat.
Just nonsense IMO.
Catfish is another farmed bottom fish and I don't hear similar criticism of it. Both are delicious when properly prepared and cooked.
Oh man, catfish is one of the few fish I cannot stand. I think it's the texture that gets to me.
I used to eat a LOT of tilapia. I didn't die. But I did discover different fish that I like a lot more, so I haven't eaten it in a couple years. It is cheap, easy and fast to cook though.0 -
I don't think too highly about factory farmed chickens and beef, still eat em like I do tilapia.
I don't eat too much seafood in general because of the price barrier.1 -
I really like tilapia. Also there's a fish called Basa, it's very buttery & tender. I read it's a Vietnamese fish1
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Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »It's a pretty dirty fish...that fish will eat pretty much anything. It's farmed and they feed them chicken *kitten* instead of fish food. It's one of the reasons it's so cheap. It also doesn't have any benefit really in terms of omega 3 fatty acids.
I've never eaten it. I only eat wild caught (frozen)...mostly Alaskan Sockeye and Alaskan Pacific Cod.
I don't eat it either. I mostly eat local wild caught (mostly frozen) alaskan sockeye salmon, local, wild caught trout, and sustainable, wild caught sardines (on salads). YUM
I tend to use the Monterey Bay Aquarium app for choosing "clean" and sustainable seafood.
I have read list and abide by it but....... I had to try the Chilean Sea Bass and OMG, it was amazing. I'm a bad person.1 -
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I like it. I'll continue to eat it. Shrimp, catfish, tilapia and a few other things are scavengers that eat anything. Jimmy crack corn.........I don't care.14
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prattiger65 wrote: »I like it. I'll continue to eat it. Shrimp, catfish, tilapia and a few other things are scavengers that eat anything. Jimmy crack corn.........I don't care.
I will never stop eating shrimp! Or crawfish for that matter!4 -
Uggh, I keep seeing posts about crawfish on Reddit.meganridenour wrote: »prattiger65 wrote: »I like it. I'll continue to eat it. Shrimp, catfish, tilapia and a few other things are scavengers that eat anything. Jimmy crack corn.........I don't care.
I will never stop eating shrimp! Or crawfish for that matter!
I wish I knew someone else that liked them to justify buying a sack and boiling them.
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There are also articles on how apples are bad and oatmeal is bad.. and I remember when milk was bad..then it wasn't..then steak was.. now certain fish has mercury and should be limited yet the healthiest longest living people in the world eat it without question. Do your own research. Articles are written by mostly uneducated monkeys. But yeah, tilapia does taste gross. Doesn't mean it's bad for you.. just means it's gross. Want to know how Germans use to make sauerkraut? You would be grossed out.. but it really isn't bad for you.0
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There are also articles on how apples are bad and oatmeal is bad.. and I remember when milk was bad..then it wasn't..then steak was.. now certain fish has mercury and should be limited yet the healthiest longest living people in the world eat it without question. Do your own research. Articles are written by mostly uneducated monkeys. But yeah, tilapia does taste gross. Doesn't mean it's bad for you.. just means it's gross. Want to know how Germans use to make sauerkraut? You would be grossed out.. but it really isn't bad for you.
By fermentation? Like I, and plenty of other people still do? Or like the one people buy from the fridge not the shelf in the supermarket?1 -
Just nonsense IMO.
Catfish is another farmed bottom fish and I don't hear similar criticism of it. Both are delicious when properly prepared and cooked.
This. If you're talking about a fish that eats excrement, catfish is king.
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I suppose I could just google this but what about haddock? I eat haddock frequently and wondering if it's in the same class as tilapia.0
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The Monterey Aquarium Seafood Watch site has lots of information about the sustainability of different types of fish.
Tilapia is considered a good choice provided it was farmed in the US, Canada, or Ecuador.
Farmed US catfish is also a good choice.0
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