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Post by outofmydepth on Dec 7, 2008 20:32:56 GMT
I am sure I read somewhere that sometimes when fresh cod is filleted small parasitic worms are found in the flesh.
Has anyone come across this and if so what do you do about them?
Thanks
Graham
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Post by michael1923 on Dec 7, 2008 21:07:24 GMT
Yes its true
look awful but harmless when cooked
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Post by lewis on Dec 7, 2008 21:49:43 GMT
can also find them in whiting as well.
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Post by fisherman on Dec 7, 2008 22:04:39 GMT
Can find them coiled up between the skin and flesh of Gurnards as well.
Dave
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Post by Coddo on Dec 7, 2008 22:05:44 GMT
most white fish have em... nothing to worry about cos im pretty sure the high tempereture of cooking kills them off ;D
if they caused humans problems then we would know about it by now
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Post by greysfanboy on Dec 7, 2008 23:42:08 GMT
As Coddo says, most white fish have them. If I was gutting a fish, I'd look at the liver as a sign of it's fitness as food. If it's spotty or blemished I'd chuck it but otherwise it's ok as a rule of thumb  |
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Post by squideyebarnes on Dec 8, 2008 10:48:05 GMT
If you were eating it raw ie rollmops gravlax susi all you have to do to insure its ok is freeze the flesh for an hour and it would be fine.Cooked or raw.
Andy
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Post by skatenchips on Dec 8, 2008 11:33:07 GMT
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Post by Female species on Dec 14, 2008 0:36:37 GMT
i wish i hadent watched that lol,   i only been eating fish since i been fishing ;D ;D i knew most white fish did have them, but thats enough to put anyone off lol  ;D   clare |
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Post by solehunter on Dec 14, 2008 17:45:36 GMT
I put 2 sole in the sink one morning to wash and prepare them, after 2 minutes in some water, lots of little worms came out from under the scales, this freaked me out a little, but they still got eaten skinned lol.
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Post by greysfanboy on Dec 14, 2008 18:04:28 GMT
psml dave waste not want not ;D
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Post by stevieboy on Dec 15, 2008 14:58:38 GMT
If you check the stomach of good sized cod and bass you may well find quite a few worms (over a few centimetres in length). I don't let the missus see these, or she'd never cook fish again |
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Post by swampduck on Jan 3, 2009 19:56:47 GMT
I remember my old Grandad who use to work on the docks in Fleetwood, Lancashire telling me about "candling" the cod before they went off to some places; the clients insisted that the flesh was put onto a thin transparent slab that had bright lights underneath. The bright light shone through the fish flesh and the worms were then picked out of the flesh!!
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Post by greysfanboy on Jan 9, 2009 0:05:40 GMT
I remember my old Grandad who use to work on the docks in Fleetwood, Lancashire telling me about "candling" the cod before they went off to some places; the clients insisted that the flesh was put onto a thin transparent slab that had bright lights underneath. The bright light shone through the fish flesh and the worms were then picked out of the flesh!! I hate toff snobs, I remember having fishfingers in school dinners they were full of them!!! |
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