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On Wed, 30 Mar 2011 20:16:26 -0500, Sqwertz >
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>On Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:20:39 -0700, Ranée at Arabian Knits wrote:
>
>> In article >,
>> Landon > wrote:
>>
>>> Tilapia is a very mild tasting fish. Similar in strength of flavor to
>>> flounder.

>>
>> It may be another of my quirks, but I found tilapia to be kind of
>> muddy tasting and a little too soft for my palate. I prefer cod for
>> basic white fish.

>
>If people saw how tilapia (and pangasius) were farmed they'd never eat
>them again. Some of them are good when raised well, but most of them
>are pretty ugly in all respects. Find a good brand and stick with it.
>
>Pangasius are then released into dead and fermenting Tilapia ponds to
>clean the bottoms. Then they sell those pangasius, throw in some
>chemicals, and start another batch of Tilapia. That is the typical SE
>Asian cycle for Walmart Fish.
>
>-sw


But, who eats fish from Asia?
Janet