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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: BirdNester on August 09, 2004, 08:12:13 PM

Title: Just ate dinner, what was it?
Post by: BirdNester on August 09, 2004, 08:12:13 PM
Mom cooked dinner. Atlantic Salmon fillets from Costco... Did I just eat farm fish? Atlantic salmon would be a species we don't have in our rivers right?
But is it farmed here? Like 14 bucks a kilo, plus it didn't say wild on it. I imagine if it were wild it would be put on the label as a selling point. AM I GOING TO DIE!?! heheh
Seriously though, info would be appreciated.
RobertO
Title: Re:Just ate dinner, what was it?
Post by: Fish Assassin on August 09, 2004, 08:14:21 PM
Yes, it's farmed fish probably from BC
Title: Re:Just ate dinner, what was it?
Post by: casinoJim on August 09, 2004, 08:18:09 PM
I read somewhere that Health Canada  put a limit of 2 per year of farmed salmon as the suggested maximum consumption.  :P

CJ.

( sorry no source... I will try to remember )
Title: Re:Just ate dinner, what was it?
Post by: Fish Assassin on August 09, 2004, 08:24:37 PM
I recall something about that too CJ
Title: Re:Just ate dinner, what was it?
Post by: BirdNester on August 09, 2004, 08:26:42 PM
as such, I'm still wondering what sockeye tastes like.
Me too.  ;D

And I dare you to talk into my mothers house and tell her you aren't eating what she puts in front of you.... Oh do I have some stories.
RobertO
Title: Re:Just ate dinner, what was it?
Post by: Koho on August 09, 2004, 09:03:59 PM
Somtimes, Its common for farmed salmon to have artificial color added so the salmon's flesh turns a nice orange-red colour.  The colour is supposedly added to the fish pellets which the salmon eat.  Its government approved to be safe for human consumption.  
Title: Re:Just ate dinner, what was it?
Post by: otto on August 09, 2004, 09:07:26 PM
Somtimes, Its common for farmed salmon to have artificial color added so the salmon's flesh turns a nice orange-red colour.  The colour is supposedly added to the fish pellets which the salmon eat.  Its government approved to be safe for human consumption.  

yes ...because i really trust the government to dictate to me whats "safe for human consumption"

maybe a class action lawsuit against the guvmint, by parties affected by the "pink/orange dye #7" is in order. hell , maybe even lawsuit just because the feds are idiots is in order.

 
Title: Re:Just ate dinner, what was it?
Post by: Fish Assassin on August 09, 2004, 09:09:03 PM
I believe in everything the government does and says .... NOT  ;)
Title: Re:Just ate dinner, what was it?
Post by: otto on August 09, 2004, 09:12:20 PM
i would'nt sue you Gman......... just the people on my manifesto......  ;D
Title: Re:Just ate dinner, what was it?
Post by: Koho on August 09, 2004, 09:19:23 PM
Also a study found PCB's in farmed salmon.  
http://www.supermarketguru.com/page.cfm/2265

Koho
...who hasn't eaten farmed salmon in years.

Title: Re:Just ate dinner, what was it?
Post by: otto on August 09, 2004, 09:21:19 PM
last time i ate farmed salmon i felt queasy from all the fat...........(and yet i eat peking duck with no fx  ;D )
Title: Re:Just ate dinner, what was it?
Post by: Fish Assassin on August 09, 2004, 09:32:17 PM
I wouldn't worry too much about the salmon fat. It's the omega 3 fats, good for your heart.
Title: Re:Just ate dinner, what was it?
Post by: otto on August 09, 2004, 09:46:38 PM
I wouldn't worry too much about the salmon fat. It's the omega 3 fats, good for your heart.

natch....reeb is good fer the heart!!! (and mind)
Title: Re:Just ate dinner, what was it?
Post by: Fish Assassin on August 09, 2004, 09:52:45 PM
 ;D ;D ;D Speaking from personal experience Otto ?
Title: Re:Just ate dinner, what was it?
Post by: otto on August 09, 2004, 09:55:16 PM
 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

PHHSSSST.......ah thats cold!!!
Title: Re:Just ate dinner, what was it?
Post by: funfisher on August 09, 2004, 10:53:01 PM
pardon me for my ignorance, but what is REEB?
Title: Re:Just ate dinner, what was it?
Post by: otto on August 09, 2004, 11:00:29 PM
pardon me for my ignorance, but what is REEB?

 :o :o :o :o  reeb = beer  ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re:Just ate dinner, what was it?
Post by: The Gilly on August 10, 2004, 07:47:15 AM
DON'T P**S OFF MOM.  Always eat what is put in front of you.  If you do otherwise, you run the risk of depleating your Christmas inventory to a point that would not be satisfactory :'(

I always say "thanks for the hagis Mom.  It was delish" :-X
Title: Re:Just ate dinner, what was it?
Post by: Alex015 on August 10, 2004, 08:45:47 AM
on they way home from boxing my friend saw a bumper sticker yesterday taht said, "wild salmon don't do drugs"  he didn't undertsand at all what that meant, he was making fun of it until i told him.  it just shows how the general public isn't very educated on this topic
Title: Re:Just ate dinner, what was it?
Post by: Gooey on August 10, 2004, 09:06:03 AM
I have had farmed fish and found it to taste fine....it is fatty as hell thought.

If you look at a fillet in the store, anything that has those thick white layers of fat between the musle layers is probably a farmed fish!  I thought the recommended limit on farmed was under 1lb a week or something like that.
Title: Re:Just ate dinner, what was it?
Post by: Alex015 on August 10, 2004, 09:12:02 AM
heard on the news on the way to work this mroning they tested farmed salmon and found some flame retardant chemicals in them???  forget the full name, will try to find out.
Title: Re:Just ate dinner, what was it?
Post by: The Gilly on August 10, 2004, 09:12:18 AM
I think the suggestion was something like 6oz.  2x per week.  
Title: Re:Just ate dinner, what was it?
Post by: Koho on August 10, 2004, 09:34:55 AM
Another report in the morning paper said that wild chinook salmon has some contaminants as well.  This time with PBDE's or fire retardent chemicals.   ???   I'll still keep eating fish but it makes you wonder.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/185566_salmon10.html
Title: Re:Just ate dinner, what was it?
Post by: Mabelingwane on August 10, 2004, 09:44:28 AM
Quote
I'll still keep eating fish but it makes you wonder

Makes you wonder what us humans have done to our environment? and how we have managed to screw it up so bad?
Title: Re:Just ate dinner, what was it?
Post by: Fish Assassin on August 10, 2004, 11:56:35 AM
All about money
Title: Re:Just ate dinner, what was it?
Post by: keithr on August 10, 2004, 05:27:18 PM
What was for dessert?
Title: Re:Just ate dinner, what was it?
Post by: otto on August 10, 2004, 06:32:38 PM
What was for dessert?

Dioxins, with a flame retardant topping, served on a plate drizzled with PCBs


 ;D
Title: Re:Just ate dinner, what was it?
Post by: Mabelingwane on August 11, 2004, 01:52:15 PM
So what would you say, Is this wild or farmed?

(http://www.salmonuniversity.com/images/ol_htss01_step01_640.jpg)
Title: Re:Just ate dinner, what was it?
Post by: DragonSpeed on August 11, 2004, 02:08:31 PM
So what would you say, Is this wild or farmed?

(http://www.salmonuniversity.com/images/ol_htss01_step01_640.jpg)

My thought is wild, since it's from a fishing website :D
Title: Re:Just ate dinner, what was it?
Post by: Koho on August 11, 2004, 02:26:51 PM
It looks wild..... and delicious.  But I haven't grilled enough farmed salmon to be able to tell otherwise.
Title: Re:Just ate dinner, what was it?
Post by: the_pict on August 11, 2004, 04:33:32 PM
all i want to know is can you bbq fish that has fire retardent in it  and grumman   haggis is delish .
Title: Re:Just ate dinner, what was it?
Post by: Fish Assassin on August 12, 2004, 12:24:32 AM
I say it's wild, less fat. (and less filling)
Title: Re:Just ate dinner, what was it?
Post by: Rodney on August 12, 2004, 12:29:45 AM
Don't kid yourself, we all know that is a chicken. :)
Title: Re:Just ate dinner, what was it?
Post by: Fish Assassin on August 12, 2004, 12:40:57 AM
Don't you mean that it taste like chicken ?  ;D
Title: Re:Just ate dinner, what was it?
Post by: The Gilly on August 12, 2004, 10:39:01 AM
Smells like fish, tastes like chicken ;D

Hey "the_pict", ROTFLAMO!

I like Haggis too, but most people :-X  I guess you have to have ancestors that liked to paint them selves blue ;)
Title: Re:Just ate dinner, what was it?
Post by: Koho on August 12, 2004, 10:59:02 AM
...less filling

Tastes great... :)