coelacanth Posted December 25, 2007 Report Share Posted December 25, 2007 One of my black ghost knifefish died last week He was fine when I left for work and dead when I came home, so I popped him in the freezer for Christmas. Bdspider came round because she can't afford to let me get any further ahead in our friendly competition to see who can eat the most number of animals (friendly to us that is, not to the animals!). Knifey was a bit of a fatty but once filleted there wasn't much left, so I stuffed him with baby Stolephorus commersonii (sold in PaknSave as "Indonesian whitebait") and tossed in some pepper. I doubt knifefish must be eaten regularly in South America because we discovered that they are filled with teeny tiny bones as fine as hairs. First photo: Knifey with his dorsal fin out (something you don't see with live fish because it is permanently tucked away into the back fold). Photo two: in preparation... Photo three: stuffed with Stolephorus. Photo four: knifefish and chips Photo five: all done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted December 25, 2007 Report Share Posted December 25, 2007 ewww thats creepy eating your own fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted December 25, 2007 Report Share Posted December 25, 2007 ...I hop you didn't use meds in the tank it was in :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coelacanth Posted December 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2007 ...I hop you didn't use meds in the tank it was in :roll: nope. All natural flavourings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted December 25, 2007 Report Share Posted December 25, 2007 so what else have you eaten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coelacanth Posted December 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2007 I ate one of my arowana. Most expensive meal I've ever eaten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted December 25, 2007 Report Share Posted December 25, 2007 I ate one of my arowana. Most expensive meal I've ever eaten. me too on the aro meal - 80 cm at $80 per fillet best one was when one of my crayfish died had him from a transparent shrimp til he was about .75kg what else have you had? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolliolli Posted December 25, 2007 Report Share Posted December 25, 2007 wow i find that disturbing eating a pet (not that i'm criticizing you coelacanth, just something i find strange) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coelacanth Posted December 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2007 wow i find that disturbing eating a pet (not that i'm criticizing you coelacanth, just something i find strange) no different to eating a deceased relative :lol: As the great Homer Simpson once said, "its what he would have wanted" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted December 25, 2007 Report Share Posted December 25, 2007 As the great Homer Simpson once said, "its what he would have wanted" Poor Pinchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistymu05 Posted December 25, 2007 Report Share Posted December 25, 2007 i too find it a bit "strange" but hey waste not want not i guess as the saying goes - and each to their own. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted December 25, 2007 Report Share Posted December 25, 2007 Maybe I'm a wishful thinker....but I'm not taking coelacanth seriously. I'm smelling/hoping a hoax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted December 25, 2007 Report Share Posted December 25, 2007 shades of the piltdown man, coelacanth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted December 25, 2007 Report Share Posted December 25, 2007 Would like to fink so, but even the fact you would keep an animal as a pet, and even if its dead CHOP ITS HEAD OFF! Thats bad enuff for me sorry. GROSS! (Some people have twisted & sick minds!) So vampyres etc are cool [sucking blood etc] but chopping the head off a fish is gross? :-? :lol: I seriously hope you didn't eat it if it died of unknown causes, IMO thats asking for trouble! Would you eat a sheep if you found it dead in a paddock? If you actually killed and ate it then thats fine. I know some hippie germans who live on a farm, one of their horses broke its leg and had to be shot, so he butchered it and smoked it and made some of the best jerkey I have tasted! It seemed [to him] like a big waste to throw all that good meet away, and I agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted December 25, 2007 Report Share Posted December 25, 2007 my wife won't eat anything that is a pet, ie: has a name i don't like to waste anything, it takes all sorts to make our lovely world go round Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southerrrngirrl Posted December 25, 2007 Report Share Posted December 25, 2007 I'm gonna side with Mystic on this one. Even if it was say something normally eaten like a chicken or lamb, I still would not eat it. Out of respect for the animal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_r Posted December 25, 2007 Report Share Posted December 25, 2007 on the farm we have pet pigs and lambs etc they make delicious dinners What did the bgk taste like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted December 25, 2007 Report Share Posted December 25, 2007 I've still got my money on this being a hoax. No one in their right mind would eat a fish that has died of unknown causes. Diseases can be transmitted so easily through cuts just imagine how dangerous ingesting them would be. This was posted a little time ago.. http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/diseas ... 26862.html The thread also has a link to another forum where a fishkeeper explains her near death experience. coelacanth may have a weird sense of humour but I don't think hes an idiot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coelacanth Posted December 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2007 my wife won't eat anything that is a pet, ie: has a name i don't like to waste anything, it takes all sorts to make our lovely world go round If I had a zoo I would only be stocking it with tasty animals.... 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted December 25, 2007 Report Share Posted December 25, 2007 COELACANTH - THE ULTIMATE RECYCLER Motto - if they die, we'll give them a fry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted December 25, 2007 Report Share Posted December 25, 2007 Any disease or infection that infects the fish is unlikely to be transmittable to humans. Any disease that infected the fish will be killed when it's cooked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted December 26, 2007 Report Share Posted December 26, 2007 Any disease that infected the fish will be killed when it's cooked. Does this only apply to fish diseases or infections? Does cooking infected beef kill 'Mad Cow Disease' ? Foot and Mouth? Does cooking infected poultry kill 'Bird 'flu' ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted December 26, 2007 Report Share Posted December 26, 2007 It applies to all infections due to bacteria, fungi, virusses or other living organisms. This includes foot and mouth and bird flu, but not mad cow disease because it is not caused by a living organism. Mad cow is caused by an infectious, reproducing, non living, protein that isn't destroyed by cooking. Google "Prion" freaky stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted December 26, 2007 Report Share Posted December 26, 2007 Today I learned something...and thats never a bad thing. to Ira Prions are scary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted December 26, 2007 Report Share Posted December 26, 2007 virusses are non living Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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