Updated 25-Dec-2024
Parasites
"I don't eat raw fish because of what I've seen," admitted the fish purveyor, who sells to many of the city's top restaurants. "I don't eat sushi anymore."
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"I urge people not to cook whole fish because the parasites can hide in the head and gills."
Wild vs. Farmed Fish Toxins
Gravilax (Cured Salmon)
- How to make Gravilax - Serious Eats
- Gravadlax - BBC Good Food
- Gravlax - Cooking for Engineers, with lots of commentary
Notes:
- Frozen wild salmon (King if possible, high fat content)
- Course salt (or half amount for table salt)
- Fresh dill
- Do press
- 3 days (18 hour turns)
Thai Liver Flukes in Koi Bplaa
- Deadly dish: the dinner that can give you cancer, 20,000 people per year die of liver cancer from eating this dish
- Thai doctor fights against carcinogenic raw fish dish that killed his parents
- In Thailand, Love of Food Carries Deadly Risks