Scallop myth?

[Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker]

pssst!, just in case you missed it: General Overseer and Designer

[Dogzilla]

In Florida, we have problems with Tilapia being sold as grouper. Lots of imposter fish being sold.

The shadier restaurants do this because a Tilapia meal might go for (depending on the type of restaurant and other variables) anywhere from $5/meal to $15. Meals including grouper go for more like $20-$25/meal. There’s quite a profit margin in it, especially if you smother the fish with coatings and sauces.

[Dogzilla]

@Moirai

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ETA- I live at the coast and have eaten seafood weekly all my life, and I have never heard of shark being sold as swordfish. But my anecdotes do not constitute data.

Here’s some actual data for you.

[Meatros]

@Meatros

My Biology 102 teacher told me this as well, although I haven’t gotten any confirmation on it. If it’s a myth, it’s a persistant one.

Came here to say this.

[mrklutz]

@Philster

BOTH names are made up: Patagonian Toothfish is made up; Chilean Sea Bass is made up. There is no** G**eneral Overseer and Designer of fish and/or fish names.

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Well, of course. All names are just made up, at some point. But if you start calling a cow a Cuddinator for marketing purposes, most people will agree that it’s really just a cow. The name that was in prior common use is generally seen as more legitimate.

[Philster]

@Mangetout

Maybe so, but there probably is a meaningful distinction between established colloquial names and those that have been dreamed up specifically for the purpose of marketing.

Both names were dreamed up.

[Mangetout]

@Philster

Both names were dreamed up.

I didn’t say they weren’t. I said the two names have different enough backgrounds that it might matter

[Philster]

I didn’t say it didn’t matter.

[ralph124c]

@Dogzilla

In Florida, we have problems with Tilapia being sold as grouper. Lots of imposter fish being sold.

The shadier restaurants do this because a Tilapia meal might go for (depending on the type of restaurant and other variables) anywhere from $5/meal to $15. Meals including grouper go for more like $20-$25/meal. There’s quite a profit margin in it, especially if you smother the fish with coatings and sauces.

I tend to agree with this-tilapia has a very muddy taste-but oddly enough, when deep fried (as for fish and chips) it is very good.

[mac_bolan00]

^
sheesh, why order a grouper if you can’t identify it? a small grouper is more head and mouth than body. a tilapia is more body than head (with a smaller mouth.) a grouper has a roundish body cross-section. a tilapia is flattish. a grouper is basically scaleless while a tilapia has that unmistakable pattern on the skin telling you it was scaled.