Worms in fish

[Ice Cream]

So I learned the other day that white fish can have a lot of worms in it. They apparently get removed before they are sold, but if they are less than 1 inch, they don't have to be removed.  Now I cannot eat fish anymore.  DH says it does not bother him, since the worms are harmless if the fish is properly cooked.

[fancypants]

What?!?!

[onawhim]

Wouldn't you see them if your fish was full or worms? 

[GeekMaster]

Now, that right there is why I will NEVER, EVER eat sushi .

[Magic Microbe]

Now, that right there is why I will NEVER, EVER eat sushi .

Sushi grade fish has to be frozen (I think for three days) to kill tgsse sorts of things. And you don't make sushi from cod.

But I am almost certain nobody picks through fish picking out worms at the fish market.

[radial]

Cook or freeze fish properly, and any worms will be dead.  Eating dead worms might seem perilous, but it isn't going to hurt you.  Consider Martin Luther.  The Diet of Worms didn't do him any harm. 

[rocketgirl]

On the surface I am grossed out.  (Also not a huge fan of fish to begin with, although I do like that thin sliced seared ahi tuna.)

However, I have eaten escargot, so I think as long as my fish has butter and garlic, I can handle it.

[Ice Cream]

I know they don't do harm when cooked properly, but, yuk.  I cannot get the thought out of my mind when eating fish.

FP: look up cod worm.

[fancypants]

I think I'm gonna be sick.

[CheryG]

Removing Worms from Fish

[Magic Microbe]

This is why you never see cod sushi.

[Ice Cream]

Removing Worms from Fish

I am not watching that.

[radial]

I am not watching that.

Don't, it's disgusting.  Just keep freezing/cooking your fish and remember that practically everything you eat includes some entities you didn't really count on consuming. 

[caribougrrl]

parasites are a pretty ordinary state of being, particularly for wild caught/shot animals which haven't been dewormed on a regular basis... but even "husbanded" meat can have worms... often the requirement is to freeze for a specified amount of time before it is fit for human consumption... but no one is plucking tapeworm cysts out of your steak for you


I've eaten a LOT of cod... I've bought it from fish mongers, grocery stores, guys selling it out of the back of trucks... been gifted cod from neighbours who caught & cleaned it themselves... I have only encountered a worm once, to my knowledge.  And what I don't know about has obviously never hurt me.

[The Turtle Whisperer]

It's been my experience that water temps matter.  The warmer it is, the more worms there are. 

[radial]

This is why I always snicker internally when I hear somebody rave about how "fresh" their sushi tastes.

If the worms aren't still wriggling, the sushi isn't fresh. 

[Natasha]

Cook or freeze fish properly, and any worms will be dead.  Eating dead worms might seem perilous, but it isn't going to hurt you.  Consider Martin Luther.  The Diet of Worms didn't do him any harm. 

[mariobrega]

that's why, to take the fish they use worms... 

[caribougrrl]

that's why, to take the fish they use worms... 

[cgraz]