Q&A about fish with panel of experts from Youngs - ANSWERS BACK

[RachelMumsnet]

The UK Government's general health advice is to eat two portions of fish a week, one of which should be oily, but research reveals that less than a quarter of Brits are meeting this target. As part of Young's Twice-A-Week campaign, we have three experts on hand this week to answer your questions on health and nutrition, sustainability and cooking tips.

Want to know simple recipe ideas to introduce fish into fussy young children's diets? What are the best fish to buy and what should you avoid if you want to be good to the environment? Want to know how to cook a coley? Or what's the best way to fillet a pollock? Nutritionist, Dr. Carrie Ruxton, Young's Head of Sustainability, Mike Mitchell and Young's development chef, Serge Nollent are here to help. Send in your questions before the end of Sunday 25th March and we'll be linking to their answers in the first week of April, just in time for your fish supper on Good Friday.

This Q&A is sponsored by Youngs

What are the worms that come out of cod?

Will add my name to the list of people who want fish but not fish iyswim but can I specifically ask for fish that doesn't look fish - i don't like any meat that looks like what it was - particularly fish with eyes [shudder]

OK, last Fish Friday I did fishermans pie with salmon and smoked haddock (sorry dh bought it). We were pulling out very small bones from the supposedly boneless haddock and that just put us right off. I managed a few mouthfuls before I gave up, as did dd.

I bloody hate fish bones! It turns my stomach just to write about them.
What we need is just a load of nice food, like KFC, injected with omega 3 so that we don't have to eat the bloody things. Then the oceans would not be over-fished and salmon would not have to be farmed and stuffed full of chemicals. Everyone would be a winner!

I buy those Omega 3 eggs now. Think we'll have Egg Friday from now on.

...and on that note we'll close the Q&A on fish. We're about to send the Qs over to the experts and will have the archive Q&A live sometime the first week of April. We'll announce on this thread when it's live.

The answers are now back from the team at Youngs and you can read the full Q&A here:

Q&A about Fish

I know it's a lot of marketing hyperbole but please thank Youngs for taking the time to answer our questions - they come across very well and I will certainly look out for their products at the supermarket.