Lady: I will take the box...
Kuni: Let's see what's in the box!!!!
Kuni: Nothing, absolutely NOTHING, you so STUPID!
” a bait-and-switch tactic “
Not a bait-and-switch tactic. Outright fraud.
Bait and switch is when you are lured in to buy one thing but are convinced to buy another.
This is you ordering one thing, but getting something else. That is fraud. It is not bait and switch.
Since I moved to Kentucky, I only do Groper and Catfish. So far those don’t seem to be on the “fake” list. And I can tell the difference between those and tilapia.
When I lived in Pensacola while attending the University of West Florida, I would treat myself to a mullet dinner maybe once a month.
The restaurant was only a hundred yards from where I lived. Not much chance they would substitute for mullet and if caught off the waters of the Panhandle, it s delicious.
Around two years ago, I read a similar article about grocery chains doing the same and it was a lot more than 1 in 5. Something like 80% of them were doing it.
Lady: I will take the box...
Kuni: Let's see what's in the box!!!!
Kuni: Nothing, absolutely NOTHING, you so STUPID!
And to add insult to injury most restaurants gouge you big time on the wine you had with your meal.
Alaskan Pollock, a cod fish, is good enough for me. It is cheap and plentiful. That is the fish the McDonalds and most fast food chains use.
Shellfish gives me headaches. Too much chocolate does also.
Both have a chemical called THEOBROMINE in them. - Migraine
headaches; horrible. - The last two fried shrimp I ate
probably 7 or 8 yrs. ago really hit me upside the head.
- I did manage to lay off chocolate for several years; so
now I can have a Wendy’s Frosty every week; but when I hit
the “3” mark, I get hit with a migraine. - Not worth it.
To me this indicates a great potential market for well heeled fish lovers. Quick fish identification test kits.
Not DNA testing, which would be expensive and difficult, but every fish has a whole lot of unique biochemical markers that would be much easier to test for. A few tweaks in state law and you might be able to immediately dial a food hotline, upload your results, and that restaurant would quickly get a visit, maybe from the state board of health, or maybe the USDA.
... commonly called “the Ex-Lax fish” for the intestinal distress it causes.
Damn, I always blamed it on the Wasabi:-)
Even worse is the rampant use of CMC to enhance the appearance of imported shrimp.
http://www.naturalnews.com/055820_shrimp_imports_chemical_injections_food_fraud.html
Have you experienced indigestion after eating shrimp from what used to be your favorite seafood place? (I have - and after talking to the owner found he was indeed using VietNamese and Thai shrimp.)
American shrimp ONLY!
Fortunately we live near lots of water and have a boat (although in this area you can do just fine surf or pier fishing.) We won’t eat fish he, or one of his fishing buddies, hasn’t shot or caught.
I’ve heard horror stories about fish swaps at restaurants, and then you have the risk of ciguatera if you don’t know where the fish is caught. Add to that the imported fish/shellfish they sell at the grocery, and it’s all pretty grim.
Occasionally a news channel will do an expose on how many grouper sandwiches at different restaurants are actually grouper. I’ve read one of these surveys ever year or two, and nothing changes. The restaurants cheat.
I don’t order fish when eating at a restaurant. I buy my own fresh fish and cook it the way my wife likes it. It’s 1/3 price of buying in a restaurant and it is better than what you get in a restaurant.
And the renaming of fish to promote new interest is something to be aware of also.
Asian ditch raised catfish used to be called Basa in the market. Now it’s called Swai.