Is this a worm in my fish fillet?

[sadpapercourtesan]

Disclaimer: I have a phobia of worms and similar creatures, so am freaking out to a ridiculous degree!

Is this a worm? Fish don't have sinews or ligaments, do they? It came out all in one piece and is quite tough and shiny

I am NEVER eating fish again

I had a worm in my fish for the first time last year. Googled it and was shocked. Couldn’t touch fish for a while but do now.
Sadly it happens. Still gross.

@NutCheeseBag

I’ve found worms in fish several times. It’s unpleasant, but at least you don’t break your teeth on them like you do with the lead shot in game.

This comment wins Mumsnet as the most optimistic and common sense response of the day!

Having just wandered across from the thread where the mum referred to a penis as a worm I was most alarmed at this thread title, I'm relieved it may actually be a real worm in your dinner, it could been worse.

I’m surprised you’ve never seen them before, especially if you cook fish regularly. Seeing a live one is a bit of a surprise but it’s like finding maggots in apples, bugs on salad etc. It happens.

@Scoot75

I eat a plant-based diet these days. I've seen too many documentaries on what's in our food. I stopped drinking milk when I discovered it was full of puss. Then a while later after the horsemeat scandal, I stopped eating meat.

I like to eat clean food and feel so much better for it.

Clean and worm free.

Yeah it’s a pretty common thing in most animals is to have a worm burden.
I’m so happy to not eat anything that was alive!
Can’t understand it really if you are eating animals bodies and being worried about a tiny worm…

@Hohofortherobbers

Having just wandered across from the thread where the mum referred to a penis as a worm I was most alarmed at this thread title, I'm relieved it may actually be a real worm in your dinner, it could been worse.

You win the internet today

With the greatest of respect, could the delegation of vegan evangelists please give it a rest? It's very commendable, but not at all what the thread is about.

@sadpapercourtesan I never heard of fish works either!!! But I just googled for you and your picture looks just like the pictures I found of “cod worms”. (Plus there was an angry shopper at a different supermarket who had the same experience as you.)

Apparently cooking or freezing kikls the worms and renders them harmless but still not loving this eh.

Well I learn something new on Mumsnet every day!

Pus in milk?

Wish I hadn't read this thread.

Erm I'm not sure lettuce is much better - huge slug hiding among the leaves the other day 🤢

Yes plenty of worms in cod too. It is gross but at least they are dead when you eat them 😳

[quote PossiblyDreaming]@Luredbyapomegranate farmed fish has fleas instead. I think I’d prefer the worms.[/quote]
Well that’s true. I’m not sure the OP would though

@practicallyperfectwithprosecco

Erm I'm not sure lettuce is much better - huge slug hiding among the leaves the other day 🤢

EXACTLY Not to mention weevils in rice And the mice that die during the harvest.

At least the 🪱 and 🐠 get to hang out ❤️ for a bit

@DrNo007

Yes plenty of worms in cod too. It is gross but at least they are dead when you eat them 😳

And that is why sushi is made from flash-frozen fish ('sushi grade')

If it was just plain old raw, it would be much too wormy.

Ex worked briefly at a smokehouse, after brining cod or haddock loads of worms would wriggle out 🤢

Watch out OP. People will soon start asking you to use the proper scientific name for the worm…

Bjork apparently worked at a fish factory and spoke about the worms.

@Im2022

Watch out OP. People will soon start asking you to use the proper scientific name for the worm…

Lernaeocera branchialis would be a bit of a mouthful though!

I really wish I hadn’t read this thread. I had never heard of cod worms!

Fish do carry parasites, including worms. Tbf, it looks more like cartilage, so you can probably stop sweating.

However:

'could the delegation of vegan evangelists please give it a rest?'

Why do you think it is evangelistic for someone to point out you are eating one animal, and are repulsed by another? It isn't evangelistic at all. It is stating a fact.

It's like someone eating a KFC family bucket and finding a chicken's foot in there. Person goes berserk and is dismayed.

You are eating a dead animal, with that comes parasites and the odd foot that gets through QC. Not evangelistic, just realist.

Cheese has mites! Not remotely helpful regarding your fish worms but thought you should know! I like to think they add to the taste!

I was eating some really delicious fish once in a restaurant in Switzerland...stopped enjoying it as much when I saw something distinctly worm-like and then couldn't finish it.

Good old nature
It'll put you off everything