Under the photo of the Chinese eel there is a disclaimer that it has been chosen carefully and inspected rigorously by the government's health department [because we know you think Chinese eel is scary and gross but really, we're only using the good kind not the icky ones you read about and look, it's cheaper and you get more of it!]. Yum.
Chinese eel was at the center of the most recent food labeling scandal, too,
The police said Nakamura bought eel grown and grilled in China for ¥340 per pack and sold them for about ¥600 after repackaging the fish to make them appear as if they had been grown in Kagoshima and other places in Japan.so you have to wonder how much to believe any of it. This is a shame, because I really like unagi-don but now I can't help thinking there's a better than average chance that the yummy stuff over rice has an icky past. I mean, ickier than the fact that it's, you know, an eel.
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I've been told by watermen on the Chesapeake Bay that the larger share of their eel catch each year goes straight to Japan. They said that is the only reason they catch eel, no one eats it here.
Perhaps the Chinese eel is a red herring.
The New York Times is doing a great series on polution in China and its effect on everything including quality of food exports. Here is the on specifically on eel farming in toxic waters. http://tinyurl.com/njeu6l
I thought the watermen on the Chesapeake and the Delaware caught eels to sell as bait? -Jim
oh, japan. you so crazy.
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