Is nothing sacred?

Looks like we can't even trust our local chippy any more!


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/fo...ps-anyone.html

http://canveybeat.wordpress.com/2009...sh-chip-shops/


and it nearly killed one man !

http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Fi...ail/story.html

Re: Is nothing sacred?

I was never into 'Cod' for my fish 'n chips - I prefer either Huss (sometimes referred to as Rock Salmon) or Haddock, but allergies apart I have no qualms in eating catfish as an alternative darlin'

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It's a bit like the horse meat recently, if they were honest and labelled it correctly you would find a lot of people would try it and may even like it but the deceit is the problem IMO

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I HAVE knowingly eaten horse meat - its OK, I'm still here, hasn't poisoned me - just another animal with edible flesh.

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A lot of people do eat and that's fine just label it correctly though and we would all know what we are eating, makes me thankful I am vegetarian at least I do know what I am eating.

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It is different if it is what you choose to eat. I would probably even try catfish - but these chippys were ripping people off by charging cod prices for something that was considerably cheaper and, in one case, dangerous.

As Julie says - we need honest labelling - and honest vendors !

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I tried the 'catfish' once and it was pretty awful - no taste or texture.
Haddock is the preferred fish here, though I'm happy to use Ling or Hake.

I've eaten horse and plenty of other animals too - no problem as long as it's properly prepared and labelled.

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a fish hawker came round our road a few weeks ago , knocking on doors , i asked for a piece of Smoked Haddock, my OH paidhim at the door and put the fish in the fridge , when it came to Tea time i looked at the wrapper and it said Saithe not Haddock .Not having heard of this fish before i googled it and what i found out was it was another name for Coley fish , one of the most cheapest fish to buy . It cost £6 for a small piece , i was miffed at being charged the price of Haddock ..

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well that explains a lot! I once bought Basa fillets from Iceland and ended up with food poisoning, then, several months ago I bought cod from the local foreign chip shop and within the hour I was violently ill! I'm thinking now it must have been the same fish, recently the shop's changed ownership and the poisoners have disappeared overnight!

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Joe, me old pal, me old beauty... Isn't Huss (or Uss) just dogfish anyway? I seem to remember it was when I lived in Folkestone, it is just a type of shark.

I like shark or Flake as it is known here. Ours are mostly gummy shark but a few other species including wobbygong, I think it is nicer than dogfish.

My local favourite fish is Bream I used to catch at work in the power station.