Anyone a fan of tinned fish?
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Have you seen the reports about the increase in mercury consumption in Europe because of the fish ?
www.bloomassociation.org
I know I don't like the stuff, and must seem biased, but maybe worth being aware and limiting how much you eat ?
Bloom Association » Mercury contamination: BLOOM exposes a health scandal on an unprecedented scale
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www.bloomassociation.org
I know I don't like the stuff, and must seem biased, but maybe worth being aware and limiting how much you eat ?
Aye, have long since know Tuna is reported to figure highly for mercury contamination, to be glad my preference is for small oily HerringHave you seen the reports about the increase in mercury consumption in Europe because of the fish ?
Bloom Association » Mercury contamination: BLOOM exposes a health scandal on an unprecedented scale
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I know I don't like the stuff, and must seem biased, but maybe worth being aware and limiting how much you eat ?
To wonder what the fish eat might have a bearing on mercury content
All of what fish I eat are low mercury options
I wondered that too. Mercury's a funny metal.
Turns out that it was pollution from burning coal (China's still doing it) and it ends up building up in the smaller fish that the tuna eat. It's methylmercury that's the issue apparently.
www.bbc.co.uk
Turns out that it was pollution from burning coal (China's still doing it) and it ends up building up in the smaller fish that the tuna eat. It's methylmercury that's the issue apparently.
Mercury mystery: Poisonous element persists in tuna
Pollution controls have seen mercury emissions plummet - but levels in tuna have remained stable.
www.bbc.co.uk
Yeah Mercury, I remember we used to roll that stuff around in our hands when we were kids, plus mess with a lot of other things now considered toxic - exploding sheet asbestos on open fires anyone?I wondered that too. Mercury's a funny metal.
Turns out that it was pollution from burning coal (China's still doing it) and it ends up building up in the smaller fish that the tuna eat. It's methylmercury that's the issue apparently.
Mercury mystery: Poisonous element persists in tuna
Pollution controls have seen mercury emissions plummet - but levels in tuna have remained stable.
It's not toxic in it's element form so handling it isn't dangerous, it's the soluble salts that are. I remember being told by our chemistry teacher at school that it was consumed as a purgative for constipation in Ancient Greece. I reckon half a pint of the stuff would force most things out as it dropped through your guts
Mercury is weird. The only liquid, lead, stone, and gold will float in... The original material that produced the study of Alchemy.. Found in large amounts under the pyramids in S. America... and lots of evidence of electrical conductivity in Egypt... Wonder how they got the stones there...? How they raised them...? Don't need to lift em, if you can float em...! Also, applying high voltage electricity to mercury can result in shall we say... interesting phenomena... Pyramids attract lighting... Egypt was a rain forest when they were built... South America is still a rain forest today... Lots of storms, lots of lightening. Lots of pyramids, lots of mercury found under pyramids in S. America, and lots of evidence of electrical conduction in Egypt.... Makes one think...
you put aliens in the middle of this stuff and you’ve got all the answers
Theres life Keith but not as we know it, not as we know it, not as we know it... Cap'n... There's Klingons on the starboard bow, starboard bow, starboard bow Jim
Edit... After posting that... i realised folk may not understand the context...
Edit... After posting that... i realised folk may not understand the context...
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Like my reference to eat static... Not everyone will understand, bit iykyk.Theres life Keith but not as we know it, not as we know it, not as we know it... Cap'n... There's Klingons on the starboard bow, starboard bow, starboard bow Jim
Edit... After posting that... i realised folk may not understand the context...
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Ringpull fail.
The liver itself was fine, not a strong flavour. It’s a bit like a cross between a ‘cod roe’ like you’d get in some fish and chip shops, but with the creamy/buttery richness of foie gras. Quite a mild fish and liver taste, far less strong than I had expected.
I would have it again if it was there, but not sure I’d buy it again because it’s just a bit unexciting.
The liver itself was fine, not a strong flavour. It’s a bit like a cross between a ‘cod roe’ like you’d get in some fish and chip shops, but with the creamy/buttery richness of foie gras. Quite a mild fish and liver taste, far less strong than I had expected.
I would have it again if it was there, but not sure I’d buy it again because it’s just a bit unexciting.
Ring pull failures are why I still keep a tin opener, and what's more I have a growing dislike for ring pull cans.... I have been carrying a Shelby P38 on my Key chain for years.
The dislike comprises of the fact that I am these days having to lever up the ring with an implement to be in a position to get my finger under it to pull the thing and yes it has on occasion broken off
The dislike comprises of the fact that I am these days having to lever up the ring with an implement to be in a position to get my finger under it to pull the thing and yes it has on occasion broken off
johnnytheboy
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
So are we suggesting that aliens like tinned fish due to the mercury in some of it?
Seems reasonable to me...
About as reasonable as a stupid text from my GP practice this week saying my cholesterol is high (define high?, LDL, HDL, triglyceride?) and would I like to increase my statin dosage? So I'm a doctor now?
Replies require a password and email account, "No, I'll just eat more mercurial fish like the Klingons..."? Having seen that olive oil has nearly 8% saturated fat, think I should be sticking to tinned fish in Peckham Spring Water. mutter mutter mutter.......,
Seems reasonable to me...
About as reasonable as a stupid text from my GP practice this week saying my cholesterol is high (define high?, LDL, HDL, triglyceride?) and would I like to increase my statin dosage? So I'm a doctor now?
Replies require a password and email account, "No, I'll just eat more mercurial fish like the Klingons..."? Having seen that olive oil has nearly 8% saturated fat, think I should be sticking to tinned fish in Peckham Spring Water. mutter mutter mutter.......,
Try the Cod Liver. I thought it was better than the Monkfish. Squid stuffed with its own tentacles and in its own ink was surprisingly decent too.
A friend came round on Sunday afternoon.
I saw her at her flat the previous weekend. She showed me a piece of copper pipe that's part of a lamp she had hanging from the ceiling; it was too long, people bumped their heads against the lamp, so she cut out a section of the pipe to shorten it and was planning on soldering the threaded piece back on... I said that I thought it would be safer to cut a new thread, that I have a few dies dies at home, I could take the threaded piece home with me to measure it and try my dies to see which would fit. Of course, I can't find my metric set, but an M12 nut didn't fit, and sure enough my 1/4" NPT die fits perfectly.
I thought that she would be bringing the pipe with her for me to cut the thread on it. But no, she came to talk to SWMBO about other stuff and stayed for supper. I'd cooked lamb meatballs and golden turnips and carrots in the oven on Friday, and the session of warming then up was given thumbs up by both ladies.
Plates warmed, places set, ready to serve and the friend said "oh, I just remembered, I can't eat meat today".
"Ah, right, it's Lent for the Greek church... I have some canned fish, of you want: mackerel, sardines, herring, cod liver?"
She went for sardines.
I'd never before thought about how I would cater for people who are strict about their food during Lent. I'm more used to people who decide to be more strictly kosher during Passover, to the extent of keeping potato vodka in the house for such an occasion.
But there we go: another good reason to keep some canned fish in the cellar.
But I've done more reading just now (insomnia) and it turns out that, strictly speaking, even fish is off the menu for the Greek Orthodox Lent: all food that contains blood is to be avoided, and for the very strict this includes wine and olive oil because in the past these would have been stored in skins...
Octopus and shellfish, on the other hand, are ok.
So it looks like I should get in some canned octopus, shellfish, squid, oysters, mussels and cuttlefish.
I saw her at her flat the previous weekend. She showed me a piece of copper pipe that's part of a lamp she had hanging from the ceiling; it was too long, people bumped their heads against the lamp, so she cut out a section of the pipe to shorten it and was planning on soldering the threaded piece back on... I said that I thought it would be safer to cut a new thread, that I have a few dies dies at home, I could take the threaded piece home with me to measure it and try my dies to see which would fit. Of course, I can't find my metric set, but an M12 nut didn't fit, and sure enough my 1/4" NPT die fits perfectly.
I thought that she would be bringing the pipe with her for me to cut the thread on it. But no, she came to talk to SWMBO about other stuff and stayed for supper. I'd cooked lamb meatballs and golden turnips and carrots in the oven on Friday, and the session of warming then up was given thumbs up by both ladies.
Plates warmed, places set, ready to serve and the friend said "oh, I just remembered, I can't eat meat today".
"Ah, right, it's Lent for the Greek church... I have some canned fish, of you want: mackerel, sardines, herring, cod liver?"
She went for sardines.
I'd never before thought about how I would cater for people who are strict about their food during Lent. I'm more used to people who decide to be more strictly kosher during Passover, to the extent of keeping potato vodka in the house for such an occasion.
But there we go: another good reason to keep some canned fish in the cellar.
But I've done more reading just now (insomnia) and it turns out that, strictly speaking, even fish is off the menu for the Greek Orthodox Lent: all food that contains blood is to be avoided, and for the very strict this includes wine and olive oil because in the past these would have been stored in skins...
Octopus and shellfish, on the other hand, are ok.
So it looks like I should get in some canned octopus, shellfish, squid, oysters, mussels and cuttlefish.
And today, for your edification and my delectation, I present another two cans of mackerel in Catalan sauce.
The cans are printed the right way up. Once opened, a nicely coloured sauce, one of them with a little bit more oil on the surface.
Each can contains two very nice, firm, meaty fillets. The sauce in the blue can "Petit Navire" is a little bit thicker and less sweet than the second, "Trésor des Dieux"; I prefer the first for flavor, though the second has bigger chunks of veg.
The cans are printed the right way up. Once opened, a nicely coloured sauce, one of them with a little bit more oil on the surface.
Each can contains two very nice, firm, meaty fillets. The sauce in the blue can "Petit Navire" is a little bit thicker and less sweet than the second, "Trésor des Dieux"; I prefer the first for flavor, though the second has bigger chunks of veg.
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johnnytheboy
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