| Archive for Downsizer For an ethical approach to consumption |
| Rob R |
Smoked haddockWhat is the point of the yellow dye in most smoked haddock? I understand it's meant to make it look more appealing, but only if eating one of the Simpsons actually does appeal to you.
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| Barefoot Andrew |
The yellow smoked cod in Sainsbury's looks similarly unappealing.
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| vegplot |
Re: Smoked haddock
I think its there just to look like it has been smoked. "The colour of smoked fish is an unreliable guide to quality, since it depends so much upon the degree of smoking and upon whether a dye has been used and in what quantity. Generally, undyed kippers are walnut or yellow-brown, undyed finnans a pale yellow. Dyed kippers are usually reddish-brown, while dyed finnans are a bright yellow or orange. Cod and haddock fillets, nearly always dyed, are golden yellow. Whatever the colouring, it should be uniform and free from blemish." - http://www.fao.org/wairdocs/tan/x5895e/x5895e01.htm#Introduction |
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| Rob R |
You don't think I should dye the lamb green then to show that it's grass fed? 
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| Barefoot Andrew |
I'm rather glad you didn't... A. |
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| vegplot |
I dread to think what grain fed beef would look like. |
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| Barefoot Andrew |
I first read that as "drain fed beef". Would that look worse? 
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| vegplot |
My imagination says not. |
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| Fee |
I avoid the yellow stuff, ASDA do a lovely undyed smoked haddock that I'm rather fond of though...even if it does mean going to ASDA 
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| gil |
Undyed smoked haddock. Mmmmm.
They only need to be smoked for 3 minutes. |
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| Jamanda |
Kedgeree. Mmmm. - Must try and buy fish tomorrow. | ||||
| Rob R |
We had some last night, it was rather nice 
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| sean |
The fish man who comes to our market sells both. When I asked him why he said that the OAPs (who are a large part of his market) won't buy the undyed stuff. | ||||
| gil |
So did I. Great minds etc... I would have had it with scrambled egg, but broccoli was quicker. |
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| bodger |
I havent hooked and landed a smoked haddock for years 
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| vegplot |
We bought a small boat last year, a 13ft Dory, and am in the process of changing the outboard from a 30HP 2 stroke to a 8HP 4 stroke. earthyvirgo has an urge to mackeral fish around the bays in Anglesey. RYA level II, hand held radio, life jackets all in hand now waiting for some fine weather. |
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| bodger |
Give it two or three months and the big shoals of mackerel will be in VP. | ||||
| Silas |
Well, I'm still far from being an OAP, but I do like the dyed smoked fish - it just dosent look right to me undyed. It probably is an 'age' thing as to me, smoked fish has always been yellow. |
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| vegplot |
I have a freind who fishes off a kayak around the north west iof the island and he say the mackeral is already out and about, much to his surprise. |