Worth a read

 

how do i go about getting one of these fish worms?

 

Totally agree with you Bonkers, Mullet is a very underated fish. some think its only good for bait. but if you get them fresh enough, the flesh is firm and oily and the fat in the belly flap area is just devine! Went to restaurant at the Langham Hotel in Auckland and tried john dory and Hapuka sashimi for the fist time. I swear I will never Cook another john dory or puka ever again! Tasted bloody good

 

All good ........ fine with me.

I have done a bit of reading in the last few days. And what I think I have worked out is that parasites include things like worms.. so the human stomach wont kill them, that's how worms do their cycle and why things like threadworm need medication. Cattle drenches another example..

The other thing I have worked out ( I think) is that nearly all parasites live in or around the gut cavity, gall bladder etc.. and well, why would anyone eat that raw. 

Of course barracuda have worms in their flesh, and they make good bait and thats all..

seems pretty safe to eat the flesh of raw NZ fish....   good news.

 

Firstly would like to say I really enjoy Swedish food in general & having worked for a Swedish company for almost 20 yrs had ample opportunity to partake of it.

 

I stand by the comments re the salty fish such as I was served on a couple of occassions which were herring like things that had been preserved in salt according to historic tradition & I had been forewarned accordingly .... not suggesting for a moment that all fish served there is the same probably a very small percentage in fact.

 

Obviously I don't know as much about Sweden overall as you guys but I know what I know therefore stand by my comments even tho I do not have a Swedish wife however have had a couple of Swedish girlfriends that taught me about a few things other than food & beer. It also follows that I possibly might know a little bit about fishing despite being a slow learner after doing it for over 40 yrs including in Sweden.

 

Regards the beer .... as you both will be well aware alcoholic drink is taxed according to the alc content

which is the reason most spirits are an exhorbitant price particularly if imported such as Scottish whisky. The very low alc beers were freely available to the workers in there canteen ( where the salted fish was an option ) also brought around in trolleys for the workers to partake of during working hours.

Maybe it was little more than root beer but tasted like beer apart from the very low alc content.

 

Was also amused by the way hundreds scooters were used by personel to move about plant then left there when they arrived where ever they were going for the next person to use & appeared to be an efficient method of getting about.

 

Also altho they seem to have an extremely low industrial accident rate you will be aware that there does not appear to be a lot of emphasis on personal safety gear such as exists here & many other countries. It appeared to me that altho safety gear was freely available wearing it was not always enforced even tho a lot of the workers were females.

 

I obviously do not know as much about Sweden as you guys but I do know what I know & stand by it & to clarify repeat .... not all fish is still salted a very small % in fact & not all the beer is very low alc. 

cooked i take it? if so your over cooking it. cook tuna till it is just barely cooked on the inside..