And now a warning about Tilapia

18 years ago

Just heard on the news this morning, that you need to avoid eating farm-raised Tilapia that originates in China. The fish are showing overlarge amounts of drugs that are used to keep the fish healthier and living longer, so they can maximize their profits.

The reporter and expert were recommending American, fresh caught tilapia as a safer choice. Or best choice, to get one live (we live near a good Chinatown and have that option) and have the fish monger prepare it for cooking for you.

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wanda_illinois
18 years ago
Oh geesh! Its always something.
earthlydelights
18 years ago
thanks so much for this warning, azzalea. i didn't hear it and i eat quite a bit of fish. i am going to have to pay strict attention to where the local store gets their fish. i did stop eating the farm raised shrimp for some reason or another that i can't recall. now just something else to add to the never-ending list.

maryanne
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alisande
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I went through my freezer a few months ago and tossed all the fish that came from China. Unfortunately, that was all the fish. And I won't eat farm-raised salmon because of the PCBs. That doesn't leave a lot of affordable fish. In fact, that doesn't leave any affordable fish unless I run into a good sale.
shea
18 years ago
I will only buy wild fish, and won't buy anything edible from China. It's a shame, because I've always liked to order fish when we eat out, but there's no way of knowing what you're eating, so I've all but abandoned it. You do have to pay more for wild salmon and other fish, but it's worth it.

It is hard to find shrimp that isn't from China or Thailand, too.
Jamie_MS
18 years ago
The only farm raised fish I eat is Mississippi grown catfish.
cherbo
18 years ago
Oh my, I just thawed out a package of Tilapia for supper. Thanks, azzalea for the heads up. I hadn't seen it on the news yet.
marilyn_c
18 years ago
I also won't eat any seafood other than wild caught. I was buying farm raised catfish the other day, from Mississippi, and the guy tried to talk me into buying tilapia. I refused.
I know they are raised in filthy conditions and given lots of antibiotics because of it. That is the same for farm raised shrimp.

I used to love to make crawfish etouffe. For a long time, I had six mud bottom ponds that I raised waterlilies in. Every year, I would pump them out, hand pick out all the crawfish...which ate the new waterlilies shoots, and replant the waterlilies. I made etouffe with the crawfish. If I got hungry for etouffe after my yearly clean up, I could buy crawfish tails already picked out...came in a little package from Louisiana. Then I noticed that the little packages were now coming from China. Even when I went to Louisiana for an iris convention and tried to find crawfish tails...they were all from China.

Crawfish live in mud in the first place, but I am not going to eat anything that I know lives in mud in China. We went out to eat a couple weeks ago, and I had some crawfish etouffe. I could tell by the texture and the size, they were from China.

We have a crawfish farm a couple of miles from here. Making etouffe from live crawfish is a lot of work, but I guess if I ever eat it again, I will have to do that.

My husband is a commercial shrimper. I used to hear all this b.s. about not eating wild caught shrimp because shrimpers kill sea turtles. In 42 years of shrimping, he has never caught one turtle and if he did, he wouldn't kill it. So everyone was touting farm raised shrimp. I hope they know what they are eating.

Now the price of fuel and low price of shrimp, due to all the imports, have forced him to get a job for the first time in his 61 years. He will keep the boat and shrimp a little on his days off...but mostly for us. I love shrimp, but I am not going to eat imported ones.

And now a warning about Tilapia

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