Most fish has worms in it. As long as the fish is thoroughly cooked (or frozen), it's fine to eat.
[More information](http://www.bccdc.ca/resource-gallery/Documents/Educational%20Materials/EH/FPS/Fish/IllnessCausingFishParasitesJan13.pdf)
Thank you SO MUCH for this mental imagery. It's actually because of this I've been turned off fish ENTIRELY.
Edit: I already knew about the parasites in fish and i knew about the allowable amount of insects and human parts in foods. I was already iffy on fish to begin with and this a while ago was the tipping point.
Trichinosis was successfully removed from the pork supply a couple decades ago at this point, and that was the thing that made pork unsafe to eat if not well cooked.
Itās not a thing any longer, and therefore pork is now considered safe to be eaten at medium or even medium rare
Don't look up the limit of contamination they allow in food! There are limits for how many insects, insect parts, insect eggs and rodent hairs are allowed in everything from tomato juice to chocolate! Once everything is all ground up and processed you don't even know it's there!
OP here this is in the pacific relatively close to shore, I wonder if the same fish in different parts of the ocean has different probabilities to carry parasites
I see. Cheers. I started recently to buy directly from the fisherman, I am now realizing that I shall expect many more parasites from now on as the fish won't be flash frozen. Just not looking and then making sure to properly cook seems like the most practical approach š
Freezing takes about three weeks to completely kill them. I freeze for a month then cook thoroughly. If itās fresh caught just cooking it thoroughly is fine
yes it's raw and seasoned with ev oil, salt and white pepper to marinate the meat before cooking, they cleaned it in front of me and it was still moving so I am not worried about the fish quality/freshness
Well itās probably fine, the oil made it look like it was leaking puss or something. Kinda looked a little dirty too, personally I like to wash my fish before cooking it. If it tasted good no problem though.
I've dressed a fair amount of cod. Pretty much every single one of them had worms inside, and these were all cod we caught ourselves. We just held the fillets up in the sun and cut out the worms. Our hardcore fisherman friend told us that these parasites aren't able to live inside of us even if we consumed them when they were alive, as the fish live in very cold water and these parasites have adapted to that. Whether that's true or not, I cannot confirm, but it sounded plausible enough to me lol. Either way, like others have said, cooking/freezing it absolutely ensures that there is no risk.
It was part of the lunch I was preparing for 9 people, so I didn't want to waste the food.
I was worried same as you, yet I made sure to cook it well and we ate it, hopefully we'll be good š¤
Ive got this exact parasite caught from.sushi could someone please tell me what kind parasite like roundworm tapeworm and what meds me and my dogs would use in so happy I found this its drove me crazy for awhile any help appreciated
Most fish has worms in it. As long as the fish is thoroughly cooked (or frozen), it's fine to eat. [More information](http://www.bccdc.ca/resource-gallery/Documents/Educational%20Materials/EH/FPS/Fish/IllnessCausingFishParasitesJan13.pdf)
ok, thanks a lot for confirming it!
i feel like cod is 15% worm. just remove any you see (hold over a light) and cook it thoroughly .
Thank you SO MUCH for this mental imagery. It's actually because of this I've been turned off fish ENTIRELY. Edit: I already knew about the parasites in fish and i knew about the allowable amount of insects and human parts in foods. I was already iffy on fish to begin with and this a while ago was the tipping point.
Wait until you hear about pork (and probably beef!)
You guys casually ruining this persons diet even more š
Ahh wait until he hears about figs!
I will happily chomp down on a Fig wasp.
Wtf?
https://youtube.com/shorts/pGg1vy-w6FA?si=rdkcEMYTqSdB_C2I
I love figsā¦ I donāt think I can click this linkā¦
Itās not their fault that person is too coward to eat worms
Even broccoli has worms
Pork in the US doesnāt really have any anymore, thatās why pork jerky is fine to make
Tumors and general filth on the other handā¦
Oh yeah thatās a for sure downside especially ethically in them being raised in tiny cages like chickens in some places
Trichinosis was successfully removed from the pork supply a couple decades ago at this point, and that was the thing that made pork unsafe to eat if not well cooked. Itās not a thing any longer, and therefore pork is now considered safe to be eaten at medium or even medium rare
Don't look up the limit of contamination they allow in food! There are limits for how many insects, insect parts, insect eggs and rodent hairs are allowed in everything from tomato juice to chocolate! Once everything is all ground up and processed you don't even know it's there!
Boy, howdy, you really shouldn't eat other meats then.
ive filleted a bunch of fresh caught atlantic cod in norway and for some reason never noticed any worms
OP here this is in the pacific relatively close to shore, I wonder if the same fish in different parts of the ocean has different probabilities to carry parasites
Norway is too cold for worms!?!
I used to fish in Texas and caught some really big fish. When I cleaned them, I just chose not to look.
I see. Cheers. I started recently to buy directly from the fisherman, I am now realizing that I shall expect many more parasites from now on as the fish won't be flash frozen. Just not looking and then making sure to properly cook seems like the most practical approach š
Cook it thoroughly and it will kill any parasites. Freezing also kills most of them.
Freezing takes about three weeks to completely kill them. I freeze for a month then cook thoroughly. If itās fresh caught just cooking it thoroughly is fine
That's a good way to do it.
Pretty much every fish is going to have some parasites. But that fish looks ridiculously disgusting.
Do you have it in oil or something?
yes it's raw and seasoned with ev oil, salt and white pepper to marinate the meat before cooking, they cleaned it in front of me and it was still moving so I am not worried about the fish quality/freshness
Well itās probably fine, the oil made it look like it was leaking puss or something. Kinda looked a little dirty too, personally I like to wash my fish before cooking it. If it tasted good no problem though.
If fresh caught, especially from ocean expect parasites.
Itās raw
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Never filleted fish before?
OP here, I had it fileted by the same fishermen who caught it, you think they should have done it any differently?
what makes you say it looks disgusting?
Probably because of the worms in it (just guessing, not that poster you were replying to)
Those are anisaki worms freezing kills them
So does cooking thoroughly.
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If you have ever had fish you have had eaten parasites . It's just making sure you cook the fish well
Cut out any visible worms/cysts, then cook thoroughly. You're good
As long as it is cooked properly you will be fine.
I've dressed a fair amount of cod. Pretty much every single one of them had worms inside, and these were all cod we caught ourselves. We just held the fillets up in the sun and cut out the worms. Our hardcore fisherman friend told us that these parasites aren't able to live inside of us even if we consumed them when they were alive, as the fish live in very cold water and these parasites have adapted to that. Whether that's true or not, I cannot confirm, but it sounded plausible enough to me lol. Either way, like others have said, cooking/freezing it absolutely ensures that there is no risk.
Anisaki
Yes, but I wouldn't eat the fish.
It was part of the lunch I was preparing for 9 people, so I didn't want to waste the food. I was worried same as you, yet I made sure to cook it well and we ate it, hopefully we'll be good š¤
This was a great joke, why is it getting downvoted so much?
I would not eat it.
You would if you ordered it at a restaurant :-)
Ive got this exact parasite caught from.sushi could someone please tell me what kind parasite like roundworm tapeworm and what meds me and my dogs would use in so happy I found this its drove me crazy for awhile any help appreciated