Talk:Escolar
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Damn. No wonder my stomach hurts so badly.--71.56.145.54 07:16, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Gross...but on the money
I had a piece of escolar last night for dinner and, as this wikipedia entry details, the symptoms have unfortunately occured.
My daughter and I eat sushimi atleast once a week. One of our favorites is escolar....she has gotten sick the last couple of times we went....vomiting and diareah, well, ever since we started eating escolar, now I know why! I feel terrible! I've never gotten sick but I have so much trouble with my digestive system that I probably wouldn't notice anyway. Why is it even available??? Especially without a warning!!! Well, now I can tell her we can try our sushimi ritual again MINUS the POISON!!!! Thank you for the info. November 5, 2006 Tempe, AZ
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.162.70.222 (talk • contribs).
Thanks, Wikipedia! That explains this afternoon! No diarrhea, but farts that turn my underwear, jeans, and chair a lovely shade of orange?! That's a new one! Of course, the restaurant's response: "Oh, well that's why we labelled it as being very oily. We're terribly sorry? Would you like a gift certificate for an appetizer?" My response: "Ummmm, no. But I'll bring you the dry cleaning bill." *grumble*
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.128.117.196 (talk • contribs).
11/21/06 Update: Why this fish is on the market is beyond me. I read it was banned by the FDA until the early 90s? I had "white tuna" hibachi one night, thinking it was "white albacore" tuna. I should have known that it wasn't real tuna when it came out white when it was raw. I've spent as much money on toliet paper in the last 2 days as I did on the meal. They should serve it with a cork. Orange oil is tough to get out of the bathroom rug. AVOID this fish at all costs. Seafood industry should be sued for selling this trash fish poison as "tuna". A grown man in the prime of his life should not be made to soil himself.
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.99.60.231 (talk • contribs).
I can certainly understand your disgust, but this really isn't the place for documenting your escolar horror stories. Willbyr (talk | contribs) 18:50, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Escolar is NOT served as sushi nor sashimi nor any other way in JAPAN.
I believe in the U.S., the FDA has approved escolar to be edible. However, on your "Escolar" page, you stated that it is sometimes eaten as sashimi and sushi - well, NOT in Japan (the origin of sushi and sashimi) as it is NOT approved by the government (equivalent to the U.S. FDA) due to the reasons stated (oily content, wax content, GI problems, etc.). It is unfortunate at times to see sushi and sashimi served and cooked commercially in the U.S. and other nations around the world, that is far from an accurate representation of the highly cultural and traditional cuisine of sushi... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.182.51.67 (talk • contribs) 21:39, 3 December 2006 (UTC).
[edit] Scombroid poisoning
This fish is known to be scombrotoxic. I'm going to try to find some links later on to some information about it, but if someone can beat me to it, that's fine. Willbyr (talk | contribs) 17:42, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Merge?
Oppose: While the two fish may cause the same gastrointestinal symptoms, they are separate species in separate genuses and IMO are deserving of separate articles. Willbyr (talk | contribs) 14:36, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
I put up the merge suggestion because I had thought they were the same species. I'll delete it.99DBSIMLR 18:07, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
