Curiousity
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I was served Fish Fingers today, and right before I started eating them I noticed a strange toilet-like odor. Turned out the fish fingers smelled like urine. Any normal human being would probably have thrown them in the bin at that point, but I wondered.. would they not only smell like urine, but taste like it as well? So I took a bite, and because it didn't taste like urine (yes I know what urine tastes like :) ) I ate them all.
Most, if not all, of the members of the shark and ray families have high concentrations of urea in their systems. The usual way to deal with this is to leave the flesh soaking in milk for at least a couple of hours, then rinse very well before cooking. I have been served skate wings at a restaurant that smelt worse than the portable toilets at a music festival! Perhaps the fish finger manufacturer was using cheap cuts of dogfish or shark?
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Most, if not all, of the members of the shark and ray families have high concentrations of urea in their systems. The usual way to deal with this is to leave the flesh soaking in milk for at least a couple of hours, then rinse very well before cooking. I have been served skate wings at a restaurant that smelt worse than the portable toilets at a music festival! Perhaps the fish finger manufacturer was using cheap cuts of dogfish or shark?
==================================== Transvestites - Roberts in Disguise! ====================================
That would explain it, they're supposed to use cod but you're probably right