# Are you trying to eat more fish? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [December 22, 2021, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-trying-to-eat-more-fish/956450 "2021-12-22T02:54:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2021, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-trying-to-eat-more-fish/956450/21 "2021-12-22T14:18:25Z")
I’m trying to but they keep flopping off the plate. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2021, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-trying-to-eat-more-fish/956450/22 "2021-12-22T14:47:41Z")
Not really. Salmon and/or tilapia 1-2x/week. But we don’t eat a ton of animal protein. I do, at times, wonder about environmental impacts of industrial fish farming. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2021, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-trying-to-eat-more-fish/956450/23 "2021-12-22T14:53:16Z")
After reviewing the thread, perhaps I misread the intent. We’re already eating a fair amount if fish, so we’re not trying to “eat more.” But we do eat fish, and enjoy it. We live in the Pacific Northwest, so we have good stuff like crab, salmon, and shellfish. ---
**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2021, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-trying-to-eat-more-fish/956450/24 "2021-12-22T17:00:17Z")
Are squid considered a sustainable food? I’m seeing differing conclusions online. It looks like they were considered sustainable 10 years ago but not now. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2021, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-trying-to-eat-more-fish/956450/25 "2021-12-22T17:16:06Z")
What’sthe general limit (lbs/week) to minimize mercury poisoning? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2021, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-trying-to-eat-more-fish/956450/26 "2021-12-22T17:19:57Z")
I personally just eat it straight of the tin. I usually buy stuff out of Croatia or that part of the world at the local grocery. It’s typically around $1.50 a can and available packed in oil, oil and chiles, mustard sauce, or tomato. A slice of rye bread or a hearty cracker/flatbread (like Wasa) and it makes a fine snack. ---
**Author:** ![El\_DeLuxo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_deluxo/32/9043_2.png) [@El\_DeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_DeLuxo)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-trying-to-eat-more-fish/956450/27 "2021-12-22T21:41:37Z")
Fishcakes. Salty, delicious skillet-fried fishcakes. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-trying-to-eat-more-fish/956450/28 "2021-12-22T21:47:30Z")
I like fish, and could eat it every day. But my wife gets tired of it quickly. Fish Florentine Cajun Salmon Chipotle Salmon Baked fish coated in tarragon mayo and breadcrumbs Fish’n’chips Salmon with Dill and Lemon-Dill Béchamel Fish tacos Shrimp Alfredo Crab Alfredo Mediterranian-style Etc. The only things she doesn’t get tired of are oysters and Dungeness crab. But then, live crabs are expensive and oysters are a chore to shuck. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2021, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-trying-to-eat-more-fish/956450/29 "2021-12-22T21:49:47Z")
> [@SanVito](#): > > This blunt message of ‘don’t eat fish’ I just don’t agree with I didn’t say that. The thread title is “Are you trying to eat **more** fish?” I suggested that we should not be encouraging people to eat more fish because it is already unsustainable. Yes, there’s room for discussion about whether any one individual, perhaps trying to cut back on red meat consumption, might look to fish as an intermediate point that’s still an improvement. But implicit in the question is that there is some difficulty in eating more fish: the taste, availability, lack of preparation skills, and so on. So I’d note that if one is already working to change their diet, they should consider reducing their meat consumption rather than switching from one unsustainable type to another. > [@SanVito](#): > > I haven’t bought a battery farmed or even barn egg in decades. I’m sure the chickens are happier but the battery farms have lower CO2 emissions. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2021, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-trying-to-eat-more-fish/956450/30 "2021-12-23T00:29:35Z")
It is certainly possible to choose sustainable fish with low levels of contaminants. No doubt environmental considerations are one of many factors when deciding how and what to eat. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2021, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-trying-to-eat-more-fish/956450/31 "2021-12-24T02:17:45Z")
Do Americans ever eat fish for breakfast, apart from on bagels? Smoked herring? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2021, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-trying-to-eat-more-fish/956450/32 "2021-12-24T02:32:51Z")
I do, on occasion; canned kippered herring. (Frozen kippers inna bag were too much.) Used to eat fish with breakfast more, but then a female moved in. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2021, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-trying-to-eat-more-fish/956450/33 "2021-12-24T03:54:37Z")
More fish, or _more of the fish_? I’m surprised this hasn’t been posted yet… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/H-K2DZojWi0/maxresdefault.jpg "" Fish Heads " 80's MTV video by Barnes & Barnes") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-K2DZojWi0) ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2021, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-trying-to-eat-more-fish/956450/34 "2021-12-24T15:47:26Z")
I like Aldi flat cans of herring fillets, in some kind of sauce - one of them (dill? cream?) is scrumptious, but I forgot what kind, so I just buy any of them hoping to strike gold again…I buy cooked frozen shrimp from a grocery store here that sells them in enormous plastic bags the size of a throw pillow. $30 for about 6 pounds. Shrimp cocktail, shrimp newburg, shrimp alfredo, you name it - can’t get enough… I buy catfish fillets by the pound, coat them in tartar sauce and press panko crumbs on, and cook in the air fryer. Heavenly! Other white fish works, too…once in a while I’ll buy a crab leg cluster or a whole cooked dungeness crab and spend a happy half hour picking and cracking away at it. … Clams casino (frozen, Capt. Davy’s, I think) are addictive with a piece of french bread,d and of course steamed clams, and pasta with white clam sauce. (Fish heads fish heads roly poly fish heads fish heads fish heads eat them up, yum.). ---
**Author:** ![sohvan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@sohvan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sohvan)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-trying-to-eat-more-fish/956450/35 "2021-12-24T17:09:42Z")
I’m trying to eat more fish and more vegetables. Fish around 2-3 times per week, mostly vegetables and chicken on other days, red meat a few times per month. I eat fish because I like it. I eat less red meat and more vegetables mainly for environmental and health reasons. I’m a little concerned with freshness of fish. I keep a small compartment in my fridge at around 3C. I figure I can keep fresh fish for 1-2 days max in it, preferably eating it within one day of buying. I’ve been getting food delivered from a local supermarket once a week for the past few years. It avoids a lot of the hassle of needing to go to a store myself, but it means I can’t get fresh fish every day. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2021, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-trying-to-eat-more-fish/956450/36 "2021-12-24T18:02:04Z")
We’re having seafood paella for Christmas dinner, but I was literally shocked at the price of scallops at $42/lb. We had a great chunk of so-called sea bass from Costco. Its real name is Patagonian toothfish, so it’s not surprising that it’s marketed under ‘bass’. Very nice texture and fat content; absorbs other flavors well. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-trying-to-eat-more-fish/956450/37 "2021-12-24T18:23:21Z")
Not really a big fish fan, although I love top-grade sushi. On rare occasions I’ll grill salmon or sea bass, or buy some of my favourite store’s “house smoked salmon” which is exceptionally smoky and beautifully textured. I do enjoy fish & chips and make it occasionally, but fried fish and french fries is probably not the healthiest concoction – although the recipe I use, provided by a fellow Doper, involves frying the fish in avocado oil, which is probably healthier than many other oils. ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2021, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-trying-to-eat-more-fish/956450/38 "2021-12-24T18:36:05Z")
No, I _loathe_ it. Fish (and seafood) is of the few foods I have a viscerally negative reaction to. And don’t tell me I just haven’t had good fish; I grew up in a coastal New England state. I also agree with the environmental concerns above. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-trying-to-eat-more-fish/956450/40 "2022-03-16T16:12:55Z")
Fish every Friday, panko’ed catfish in the air fryer, shrimp in curry sauce, clams casino, whatever kind of fish there is, including canned tuna. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-trying-to-eat-more-fish/956450.md?page=1)