Re: Orange roughy

Sky wrote on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:18:49 -0600:


S> And to confuse the issue even further, perhaps some fish get
S> mislabeled. For example, a lot of 'red snapper' listed in
S> sushi restaurants' menus tend to actually be 'talapia' and
S> not even true red snapper. Whether or not it's the
S> restaurant scamming their patrons or the distributors
S> scamming the restaurants, it wasn't clear. This expose' was
S> something I saw on one of the main TV networks' (ABC, NBC,
S> or CBS) news show(s). But as with anything seen on TV or
S> read in general, I don't know how true this is or isn't.

I've never thought of "red snapper" as one of my favorite sushi fishes. I can't say whether or not tilapia is substituted but I don't like cooked tilapia much. I've even had it fished out of a tank and cooked then and there in a Chinese restautant but I can't say I'd bother again. Incidentally, for those without sea access, tilapia is a fast growing fish that the Chinese used to raise while the rice paddies were flooded, I believe.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

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