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fugu, with a capital "F".

(i stole that from blondie, i hope she don't mind)

Watch it, chum!

Jon Lurie, aka "jhlurie"

Posted
fugu, with a capital "F".

(i stole that from blondie, i hope she don't mind)

Watch it, chum!

Kiss my bass!

Sometimes When You Are Right, You Can Still Be Wrong. ~De La Vega

Posted
jhlurie today made reference to this thread, and between reading it when new and now, I read Alan Davidson report that farmed salmon have been fed paprika to enhance their color.

wouldn't that affect the taste? this sounds susficious.

Posted
wouldn't that affect the taste?  this sounds susficious.

tommy, don't bait me. I won't fall for that hook, line and sinker.

Jon Lurie, aka "jhlurie"

  • 1 year later...
Posted

How timely this thread resurfaced... I just noticed "dyed salmon" at my local Stop&Shop, it was prepackaged and mentioned on the label - total turn-off.

The human mouth is called a pie hole. The human being is called a couch potato... They drive the food, they wear the food... That keeps the food hot, that keeps the food cold. That is the altar where they worship the food, that's what they eat when they've eaten too much food, that gets rid of the guilt triggered by eating more food. Food, food, food... Over the Hedge
Posted

Geez. What kind of fluke would lead to the revivial of this thread? Tilapia a little while ago, only the better schooled of us fished for puns.

Jon Lurie, aka "jhlurie"

Posted

Intersting timing for this thread to resurface, as I saw some "color enhanced" salmon for the first time at the Food Emporium last night. :blink:

Sherri A. Jackson
Posted

I had a conversation about dyed tuna with my fish guy. It seems that a lot of tuna is pumped full of CO2 which gives the jewel toned color.

"Some people see a sheet of seaweed and want to be wrapped in it. I want to see it around a piece of fish."-- William Grimes

"People are bastard-coated bastards, with bastard filling." - Dr. Cox on Scrubs

Posted
I had a conversation about dyed tuna with my fish guy.  It seems that a lot of tuna is pumped full of CO2 which gives the jewel toned color.

Tuna and CO2

And when a less-then-reputable-fishmonger sells you poor quality tuna that has been ‘hopped up’ it leaches a pinkish scum as it defrosts.

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Posted (edited)

I dunno... I am floundering around with the CO2 concept.

edit to add: I just read a little more closely... That is CO (carbon monoxide) not CO2 (carbon dioxide).

Edited by fifi (log)

Linda LaRose aka "fifi"

"Having spent most of my life searching for truth in the excitement of science, I am now in search of the perfectly seared foie gras without any sweet glop." Linda LaRose

Posted

From the front page of this site I Smelt something was going on here so, even if you are hard of Herring Shark my words :

Like a Sturgeon for the very first time I have come to this Plaice with a Sole Porpoise.

Nam, pla, tank and serial no. I can't tell you. John Dory

Wahoo!

I fry by the heat of my pans. ~ Suresh Hinduja

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  • 2 weeks later...
Posted

pmji, i'm new here :). The product is called saku-imported frozen from the Phillipines and other SE Asian processors.

The color is due to a "natural smoke" color enhancer. It's some da-glo stuff. I've used it before, was not my choosing.

hth, danny

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