Gouramis As Food, I Dont Believe It.

[chishnfips]

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I thought I had seen it all, seems not

 

[donna123]

hi,
i eat a lot of fish but i dont fancy that much ,i bet its nice really just the thought it could of been someones pet , i read on the net that adult size clown loaches are eaten from where they come from.

 

[chishnfips]

Yeah I know it proibably tastes like any other fish. lol. just weird, I wonder if they keep mackerel as pets in other countries. lol

 

[Bloo]

It's just food no problem with that.

That said - probably the same reason I will never eat rabbit

 

[stephen2825]

love it kill em all!

 

[wendywc]

I myself have eaten lots of tilapia filets. It wasn't until a year ago that I saw someone had some in an aquarium as pets. Oh well, I still eat tilapia.

 

[KimA]

Because of having kept Gourami's, I can no longer eat Plaice (unless it's totally covered in a sauce/batter), and even then the shape of it makes me feel ill, and I used to love Whitebait, but those darned Neon Tetras got to me, lol

 

[dwarfgourami]

Have to admit I can't see what's odd or funny about it. Would we expect poor people to starve just because rich westerners have decided that their particular food fish are pets, not food?

Still, I have to admit the cookery book my in-laws gave me for Xmas went straigth to the charity shop. First recipe I opened up on was fried catfish. But I wouldn't be in the least shocked to learn that people in the Amazon eat my catfish- why shouldn't they?

Anyway, more rare tropical fish species are under threat from the Western burger-eating, with its ensuing environmental problems, than from locals battering a few gouramis.

 

[Miss Wiggle]

just out of interest, are a lot of people on here veggie, or at least don't eat fish?

I went to china once and just resigned myself to the fact I'd probably end up eating cat/dog etc etc.... I didn't ask what the meat was and was happy just being ignorant about it, visiting a country like that is a once in a lifetime opportunity so I wasn't gonna pass it up just cos they eat some wierd stuff! The only wierd thing I know I ate is snake, wasn't very nice though

I am a little sqeaumish with what I eat, I wouldn't eat rabbit for instance cos I've had pet ones. I've tried being veggie before when I was younger but I just couldn't do it, like meat too much! But my big sis and dad are vegan, I just couldn't live restricting myself like that, just like food too much!!

 

[mark7616]

I would say the people that eat catfish and fully grown clown loaches would be poor people in poor countries who have no other choice. My reason for saying this would be that they are bottom feeding fish and would there for sift throught the dirt / silt to filter out there food meaning a lot of crap and waste produtcts lying in there stomachs this is the same reason as you dont eat carp and fish like that.

 

[KathyM]

I don't find it shocking or abhorrent either. I'm personally not a huge seafood fan (I like white fish but not oily fishy fish if you get me *lol*) but I don't see it differently to eating beef, pork, dog, moose, kangaroo etc. I have a dog, but have nothing against the eating of dogs (although I do have something massive against the methods of killing those dogs and cats in Thailand etc), rabbit (love rabbit actually despite having a pet one), etc.

What I do find odd (no offence) is people who are disgusted by the use of "cute" or unexpected animals as food, and yet are happy to eat their battery chicken/KFC etc.

 

[Dragonscales]

I don't see nothing wrong with it either and to be perfectly honest, my mouth started watering as soon as the page loaded It looked damn nice hahaha

People eating gouramis is nothing new, giant gouramis are a dietary mainstay of many people where they are native.

As far as dogs, cats, battery hens, etc go, I agree wholeheartedly with being against the method used to raise and then subsequently kill the animals involved. The way I see it, regardless of if an animal is to end up on a dinner plate or not, it still deserves a decent quality of life as well as a quick, painless, humane and respectable death. Other than that I don't see a problem with the types of animals people eat where they live (or ones imported for that matter). The only other exceptions I can think of is the obvious ones, when the animal in question is endangered or such.

 

[AMS]

A favorite dish in Brazil is Piranha. My friend recently sent me a recipe as follows:

"Prepare your fish native style, with these Brazilian recipes.

Cachama, a piranha-related farm-raised species, is often used where piranha are not locally available. Cachama (in Spanish) and tambaqui or pacu (in Brazil) also originate in the Amazon and Orinoco River basins.

Two cachama species cultivated commercially in Central and South America are the white one (Piaractus brachypomus) and the black one (Colossoma macropomum).

Piranha in Tomato Sauce

Piranha, whole, cleaned and scaled
4 firm, ripe tomatoes
1 finely chopped medium-sized onion
2 tablespoons of finely chopped fresh parsley
½ cup of water
2 tablespoons of margarine
salt and pepper to taste

Peel and cut tomato into small cubes. Put half the tomatoes and onion into a large frying pan, place the cleaned piranha on top then cover it with the rest of the tomato, onion and parsley. Add the salt and pepper.

Add half of the water and cook covered over a low fire for about 20 minutes or until the fish can be easily pierced with a fork.

Carefully remove the piranha from the pan and place on a warm serving dish. Reduce the mixture in the frying pan for an additional 5 minutes until thickened and pour over the piranha.

Brazilian Piranha Soup

Piranha, whole fish or heads
green vegetables in season or to taste
carrots, peeled and sliced or diced
yams, peeled and cut up
onions, whole small or quartered
salt and pepper to taste
1 or 2 small chiles to spice things up
a bit small ginger root, coarsely chopped
1 or 2 sliced or wedged lemons or limes

Boil whole fish in vegetable stock with spices and pieces of ginger. Add fresh cut up vegetables. Remove bones and larger fins from the fish. Slice lemon or lime as garnish. Remember, the head is an aphrodisiac and is often served separately. The soup can also be made entirely from piranha heads if desired.

Fried Piranha

A medium-sized whole piranha for each serving
2 or 3 cloves of garlic
salt and pepper
sprig of fresh parsley
whole lemon or lime
1 or 2 whole ripe tomatoes, sliced
small quantity of seasoned flour or corn meal

Clean and scale the fish thoroughly. Make a series of diagonal cuts along both sides of the fish from top to belly. Crush the garlic cloves and mix with the salt and a little pepper. Rub this mixture into the cuts along the sides of the fish. Wrap with a damp banana leaf (or a moistened paper towel). Allow to marinate for 30 minutes to an hour.

Some Colombian cooks leave refrigerated overnight. Heat some fresh cooking oil to a high temperature in a large frying pan. Sprinkle the marinated fish lightly with seasoned flour or corn meal. Fry golden brown on each side, turning the fish carefully after browning.

Serve hot garnished with sliced tomato and fresh lemon or lime juice squeezed over the fish.

Grilling Piranha Amazon Style

Grilling fresh-caught fish on an open fire is always a tasty way to enjoy a fresh catch. Use a whole cleaned and scaled fish, rub it lightly with oil, season it with salt and pepper or other available spices, then place it on a grill, about 4 - 6 inches from the heat. In the wild you can use a framework of small twigs and shaved saplings to position the fish over the fire.

Cover the fish with a banana leaf (or foil), and cook until the fish is brown on the underside, approximately 6 - 8 minutes. Turn the fish carefully and continue until the flesh near the bone is (check with the tip of a small knife or long fork), in approximately 8 to 10 minutes. Smaller fish usually work best using this method, especially in the jungle."

I personally would never eat a piranha, but I have heard of hobbyists eating their own dead piranhas

 

[chishnfips]

I just didn't ever imagine that a gourami would be worth eating, they look like skin and bone. lol beware pet gourami beware.....lol

 

[Synirr]

I would say the people that eat catfish and fully grown clown loaches would be poor people in poor countries who have no other choice.

Plenty of people in the southern US eat fried catfish on a regular basis... my family is what I'd call upper-middle class and we eat it sometimes. It's a cultural thing. Personally I avoid it whenever possible though, I'm not a big fan of seafood as it is, and catfish has a very fishy flavour.

What I do find odd (no offence) is people who are disgusted by the use of "cute" or unexpected animals as food, and yet are happy to eat their battery chicken/KFC etc.

Hehe, yeah. Double standard, no?