I just saw what an actual monkfish looks like…

[MillyGoat]

… and found out it’s also a bottom feeder, I don’t think I can ever eat it again. 🤮

What have you found out that, years after you started doing or eating something you liked, has put you off forever??

I had the reverse with fur - always believed the activist stories about poor treatment, piled up in cages etc etc.

Then had animals of my own and realised that the quality of the fur was one of the first signs their condition wasn't right.

Realised that a furrier whose livelihood was dependent upon fur quality wouldn't be able to treat the animals poorly as it would show in their fur. Also realised that a silk lined fur coat, would be fully biodegradable, and because of it's cost would be worn carefully and last decades, long after the 'vegan' plastic-based coat was still disintegrating into microplastics in a landfill.

Thought about it further, decided I'm comfortable with farmed fur that is humanely killed for substantial garments like coats, but don't agree with killing wild animals for fur, and don't agree with any fur being used for trims or otherwise disposable items like a bobble on an acrylic hat.

Rock eel sold in fish & chip shops in UK, is actually dog fish.

I have been fishing & caught these in the sea, in the UK

@SallyWD @Devilsmommy
Farmers tend to look after their cows because it's their livelihood. Farms are inspected regularly, by Red Tractor and the milk buyers chosen assurance company. Every collection of milk is tested for bacteria levels, if the levels are low the farmer receives a bonus. Each cow is individually tested at least once a month. Some farmers have systems in place that measure this at every milking, this helps the farmer monitor animal health.

Did your local fishmonger not always have a monkfish head on display to traumatise young children?

HappySquid · Today 09:20

That octopuses are so intelligent. I used to enjoy eating them but just can't do it now.

Yes, it put me off eating them too.

Monkfish aren't bottom feeders, they are ambush predators, which live on the seabed. They're all females, but have tiny males embedded in them, which are simply sperm donors.

those teeth! 😬imagine going for a nice paddle and getting a set of them round your ankle!

*yes I know they probably live a long way off where I go for a paddle but still....eek!

user12696648 · Today 10:40

*yes I know they probably live a long way off where I go for a paddle but still....eek!

I had always thought that they were deep water fish, but I saw fishermen catching them on a quay, in A Coruna.

I am a marine geologist and we also do video inspections of pipelines, structures and other things. We get to see some amazing fauna. I was on a job where the ROV crew caught a monkfish.

The second picture is a video still of one catching a passing fish.

Monkfish aren't bottom feeders, they are ambush predators, which live on the seabed. They're all females, but have tiny males embedded in them, which are simply sperm donors.

Wow! Interesting in a weird kind of way.!

You don't have to have a sexual relationship with it! All fish we eat are ugly as fuck. The lower down in the sea they are the more bizarre looking they get.
It's alright, but way too expensive. And it's diabolical if either over or under cooked. I'm too scared to make it in case I mess it up and waste fortunes! I certainly don't care that it's not going to be winning supermodel of the year! 🤣
Lobsters, sea urchins, octopus, much weirder looking. All very tasty though.

I'm pretty open to eating most things but I draw the line at octopus and animals like crab and lobster.
I try and buy meat that is local and higher welfare when I can.
I used to love offal as a kid but got a bit squeamish when I realised what it was. I still eat it occasionally.

..as well as shrimp and lobster 🤔

I love monkfish and at my supermarket they always have them whole so I know what they look like. I often cook gurnard whole and dh complains that they are looking at him. 😂 Still eats them though.

I was shocked to learn about honey and what it actually is. I still enjoy it though . Same with Big Mac and fries, after watching Supersize Me and the experiment of how long they take to break down I thought would never eat them again. Didn't last long though! Takes a lot to put me off food.

That said, I won't touch black pudding now.
Would never touch brawn or sweetbreads. I hate watching I'm a Celebrity anyway because it's boring but the bushtucker trials are just gross.

Oh, and Ambergris? I suppose it's technically the whale version of honey but (not envy)!

My understanding is that the 'bottom feeders' thing is a red herring (not bottom feeders) and comes from America where bottom feeders in rivers such as catfish are eating detritus in mud etc which because it collects silt could have a greater concentration of various substances.

Se dwelling 'bottom feeders' such as sole, plaice, etc eat tiny crustaceans , zoo plankton etc and monkfish eat small fish.

Living and feeding on the bottom is not an issue per se.

And especially compared to farmed salmon, mackerel, top of food chain predatory fish and others.

Whatever you do, if you are about to eat your lunch do not Google Korean Penis Fish. Do so at your own risk .

I dare you!

Have you ever been in a milking parlour? The stuff in cows milk is milk!

You should repost this on the “eating earwax” thread

So you've talking absolute rubbish for over 20 years? Can you explain what exactly is 'horrifying' in milk? The pus thing is a huge whopping lie by the way.

Cows are usually extremely well treated because each batch of milk is tested before it's collected by the tanker and if it fails testing has to be literally poured away. Similarly if it sits on the farm for more than a day or so due to weather or breakdown etc, it's just poured away.
It is distressing to hear cows crying for their calves but on an individual level not sadder than buying a puppy. Dairy cows don't all calf at the same time and mostly sex selection by artificial insemination now so male calves aren't slaughtered regularly. Beef calves stay with their mothers for up to a year and are usually separated at weaning to be fattened for another year or so. It usually happens all at once and a whole shed of cows will cry. It is heartbreaking but many times the calves are just in a shed half a mile away!

I think they’re quite cute (in an ugly and flat way).

@SallyWD "Someone told me that the cow's milk we drink is 25% pus, because they are so over-milked their udders are covered in scabs and pus. "

There are excellent reasons for not drinking milk-or consuming dairy products generally. But this is a myth.

Chicken nuggets. Someone told me about biting into one and it was a cyst - a crispy battered, deep fried cyst. Yum. I don't even know if it was true or not, but it put me right off.

Completely get that but not just the bacteria puts me off, it's the high levels of estrogen too

Very high levels of estrogen