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THE_BLUFF_RAT

i have a question for all the people that have experience with tuna. i just got back from my offshore trip a couple days ago..when cleaning the fish i noticed a bunch of narley lookin white/yellowish "things" all in the meat. its not worms....i have no freakin idea what the shizzle is in my meat... Rolling Eyes

has anyone seen this?
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THE_BLUFF_RAT · Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 8:40 pm Post subject:

PUUUUUUUUUUUUKE! Shocked

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Scoootr · Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 9:06 pm Post subject:

those appear to be parasites. some worms look like worms (long & round). Some don't. can you dig one out & take a pic of it & post?

seasonalsalt · Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 5:59 am Post subject:

Did anyone sneeze while you were cleaning them? Shocked

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frayed · Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 7:30 am Post subject:

Yikes, I thought tuna were generally parasite free. Do they wiggle when you touch them?
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ironmanstan · Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 7:58 am Post subject:

FRY IT UP....I'd try it....but for shashimi I don't think so.
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robul · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 2677

im sure they would be fine to eat.. Smile

If you dont think so. Let me know I will come pick them up and eat them. Smile

THE_BLUFF_RAT · Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 10:33 am Post subject:

Big John · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 07 Mar 2006 Posts: 2647

to me it looks like fat. the Japanese actually pay really high dollar for fatty tuna. I think it related to the marbling you would find in a good ribeye or t-bone. I think it looks strange because it is not cross cut. Here's what they call Toro. In the second picture, if you look close, you can see little spots, just like in yours.

frayed · Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 7:31 pm Post subject:

No offense John, but that ain't marbling from toro, chu-toro, o-toro or kama toro. I've eaten far too much of the stuff and helped prep/shock freeze/prepare some of the best stuff around. Both the grand daddy big dolla stuff (bluefin) from your pics, and the lesser big eye. Albacore/yellowfin/blackfin marbling even looks less like the bluefin marbling in your pics.
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Big John · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 07 Mar 2006 Posts: 2647

frayed · Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 9:00 pm Post subject:

No sweat man, I think bluff rat hooked into a nasty loin. Lemme print out a pic and put it in front of someone who'd know since nobody here knows wtf that is.

But if you fry it up, it'll be fine as IMS said. Raw, well. . .
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Rebecca of Sunnybrookfarm · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 01 May 2008 Posts: 3974

through our travels in the Gulf we do occassionally get into tuna that have flesh like that, off colored, nasty looking. we never figured it out, we typically just "release" the ones like that, and its quite a bummer for a fish that size. you can tell right off the bat when you cut into them.
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ironmanstan · Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 7:49 am Post subject:

pretty intresting stuff.....kama-toro. Fray-ed .....IMS be impressed. Smile

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