# Milk and Fish: Toxic Meal? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 3, 2003, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-and-fish-toxic-meal/158863 "2003-03-03T22:47:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![surfin\_buddhas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8491ac/32.png) [@surfin\_buddhas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/surfin_buddhas)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-and-fish-toxic-meal/158863/1 "2003-03-03T22:47:39Z")
I hear that eating fish and milk together is not a good idea. Apparently this is a non-kosher combination, and certainly I don’t find this appetizing. But what if I absently chug a half-gallon of Vitamin D after having fish? Considering that I can tolerate dairy pretty well, how long can I expect to live? Or, at least, how sick could I get? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-and-fish-toxic-meal/158863/2 "2003-03-03T23:28:15Z")
I don’t think it’s true; there are previous threads on this topic - I’ll be back shortly with some links. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-and-fish-toxic-meal/158863/3 "2003-03-03T23:31:37Z")
[Milk and Fish together](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?&threadid=100300) [Milk and fish](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?&threadid=13311) ---
**Author:** ![surfin\_buddhas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8491ac/32.png) [@surfin\_buddhas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/surfin_buddhas)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-and-fish-toxic-meal/158863/4 "2003-03-04T01:40:49Z")
Thanks for the references! I sought and searched the archives, but alas was somehow stymied. The previous posts ought to keep me budy for awhile. ---
**Author:** ![surfin\_buddhas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8491ac/32.png) [@surfin\_buddhas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/surfin_buddhas)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-and-fish-toxic-meal/158863/5 "2003-03-04T01:57:11Z")
Here’s something that points to a verifiable hazard, for what it’s worth… Potentially Dangerous Ingredient Found in Salmon Product By Mike Fillon WebMD Medical News Dec. 22, 1999 (Atlanta) – It’s not always possible to tell what’s in prepackaged food from the name, as a 30-year-old woman in the Netherlands recently found out. One hour after eating a “fresh” salmon sandwich, her ears started itching, her stomach ached and her face swelled. It wasn’t the fish that caused the allergic reaction. It was a minuscule amount of casein, a milk protein. [http://my.webmd.com/content/Article/20/1728\_53591.htm](http://my.webmd.com/content/Article/20/1728_53591.htm) ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-and-fish-toxic-meal/158863/6 "2003-03-04T02:10:02Z")
Well, I’ve been eating fish breaded with milk and crumbs and drinking glasses of milk with my swordfish or salmon steak for probably 15 years and I’m still kicking in healthy shape… Dunno what to tell you. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-and-fish-toxic-meal/158863/7 "2003-03-04T11:58:46Z")
I had [cod mornay](http://www.greenchronicle.com/valentines_recipes/cod_mornay.htm) for dinner on Saturday … I’m still here. ---
**Author:** ![surfin\_buddhas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8491ac/32.png) [@surfin\_buddhas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/surfin_buddhas)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-and-fish-toxic-meal/158863/8 "2003-03-04T17:42:30Z")
Sure, we all seem to know that we can cook the milk with the fish and live to tell about it. Perhaps the prejudice against eating milk and fish together leans toward the milk not being changed (by cooking, or by extension, pasteurization), and consumed by drinking it? I shall continue testing. If you don’t hear from me, presume the worst. Khuda Hafiz ---
**Author:** ![Apos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Apos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apos)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-and-fish-toxic-meal/158863/9 "2003-03-04T19:25:47Z")
Poaching whitefish in milk is delicious, and I’ve never had any problems. But then, I wasn’t born with wisdom teeth. I swallowed my toothpaste, and have super-flouridated bones. I was very unhygenic as a child, and as a result, have no allergies and an immune system that could take down an ox at fifty paces. So, your mileage may vary. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-and-fish-toxic-meal/158863/10 "2003-03-04T19:54:15Z")
**Moderator’s Note:** Although it seems to have already been pretty well answered, I’ll go ahead and move this over to General Questions. ---
**Author:** ![Janx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Janx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Janx)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-and-fish-toxic-meal/158863/11 "2003-03-04T20:08:56Z")
Well, I been doing this all my life and _never herd it was a bad idea._ What now? ::Hack, cough, WheeeeeeZ – THUMP::