My mom is 86 and Japanese. She grew up by the ocean and she's always told me to eat only cold water fish and always look at the meat regardless if you cook or or eat it raw. There's some fish she never eats since the ocean is now so polluted with mercury and other things. I'm so grateful that she also has a great orgainc garden!
I was born and raised on the Maine coast, and it has been my experience that most, if not all fish have worms, whether you see them or not. When in doubt, cook it before you eat it!
I was working in a restaurant during the blackened red fish craze. We would blacken the meat side, then flip it over and finish in the oven. Many times when I would take the red fish out of the oven the worms had come out of the meat and were visible, more often than not this was the case.
That's enough to make me puke, just the thought of it. No eating fish in restaurants except for the fish that don't have worms.. Leave worms for the birds.
I worked with fresh fish in a super market and i'll tell you most fish will develop worms over time. They look like brown spots than after a day or two you'll see little rings then they'll become a tiny worm. Cod, flounder, haddock. This will happen even before the fish goes beyond its shelf life. You have to see it to believe it. I've seen it.
I freeze my trout for 7 days minimum before thawing/cooking. That’s long enough to kill any parasites that it might have. However, I just learned this last year. I’ve eaten plenty after catching them and didn’t know about parasites.
10-4 on that, but depending on the lake fresh water can issues with Blue-Green Algae Toxin, it has an accumulative effect, you wake up one day horribly sick and may not have eaten fish for several weeks.
Almost seventy years fishing galveston bay area. I feel pretty certain that most if not all fish carry worms. The real difference is that on fish with clear flesh it's easier to see the worms. Drums have clear flesh and so do trout. It's easy to spot the worms but once the fish is cooked they pretty much become a part of the fish and seldom even detectable. If it really bothers you then take a pair of tweezers and put them out before cooking. All that said over the years I've tossed away a fish or two that were heavily infested with worms and they looked very unappetizing.
Hey i fish the Galveston bay my whole life i do 80% more gigging then I do rod fishing but also im only 13 but ive already won a couple fishing tournaments
the Speckled Trout I was catching looked like it had grub worms that are easy to pick out. that was in January but by March they didn't have worms in them. also I deep fry mine very well.
All you gotta do is release the bigger ones and keep the ones around these sizes and you’ll be good to go and have a badass fish fry!!!! Keep on fishing “SALTWATER IS LIFE” Black drum 14-18 Speckled trout 14-18 Amber jack 20-30 redfish 20-25 Trout @16
The lesson is to thoroughly cook all meat whether its is fish, fowl or wild game. Everything has the potential to carry worms or other parasites and sometimes you won't notice them.
As a once professional dver, Fisherman and spearfisherman of 60 years also with many yesrs of research in Ichthyology, let me inform everyone that all fish have some type of the various aquatic parasites. they are not harmful if you cook your fish well. Sushi is a no no!!- But most folks don't know. Tuna have an abundance of different parasites such as Phocanema, icharius-(sp?) and others. There is not a threat if you COOK YOUR FISH well!
Luckily I've not caught many saltwater fish with worms, since I don't make it down as much as I want. In TN though, some places the fish are eaten up with them, but red instead of white. Fortunately it doesn't happen often. I can cut out a few, but if they have a lot, I can't stomach it.
Fish are cold blooded which is what makes the spaghetti worms like them. You can eat them raw and still be fine. Secondly the worms don’t survive the cooking process. Not a concern of mine at all.
Many fish have parasites at different stages, but it's just the visible worms people freak out about. Most types of salmon (cousin of trout) have parasite larvae and eggs in their flesh that do live in humans. If you are not going to cook fresh salmon then you need to freeze it right through and thaw it gradually if you are making sushi.
@@waterbird91 don’t throw it away, canned salmon is already pasteurised or even sterilised so any parasite eggs are long dead. If you cook or smoke raw salmon it will be clean.
Ugh...I've been eating fresh caught, Farm Raised, and Grocery Store fish both RAW and Cooked for over 5 decades. From Hawaii to Florida and most states in between. I've NEVER gotten ill from any of it. I only started to Sub Zero freeze my Salmon, Tuna, Grouper, and Mahi Mahi for a week before making Sashimi with them about 3 years ago. (I still eat Bonito RAW minutes after being caught right on the boat from time to time while out fishing. lol ) I'm in perfect health and on ZERO Meds. :~) P.S. I eat Sashimi...Not Sushi...don't like Rice, Eggs, or anything else "Tainting" the Taste of my Fish...so I eat them Naked most of the time. rofl
I catch all these fish in Florida. It’s pretty rare to find worms in these fish, except Amberjack. They have them pretty often. Also Red Grouper have parasites and worms sometimes.
Fish with Worms , Parasites , Heavy Metal , Chemicals etc., what have we done to the waters around the World?! Sad for our grand children's health ... 🕯🌷🕊
Hate to be the bearer of bad news, BUT, I used to work at a fish processing facility in NH and when not cutting and filleting, I would be "WORMING" haddock and cod!... Worming is taking a fillet of fish, laying it on a white plastic cutting board that had a luminated lightbulb under it that basically acted like an x-ray machine, and removing the worms with a pair of tweezers. Enjoy your next haddock dinner!
Thanks i had a feeling this was gonna be a drawn out video and i wanted to get down to the nitty gritty...great news is, i dont even eat any of these fish 😄
2:50 with the speckled trout, if one of their teeth is broken, they most likely have worms. I used to fish them all the time down in the InterCostal in PSL.
South Louisiana angler here, I asked my doc about eating fish with worms and he said ABOUT NOT TO EAT THESE FISH. Furthermore he asked that I bring him any samples that do have worms for further research. He seems to be a little to excised when I make a delivery, but I am chalking that up to professional enthusiasm.
I heard this from a fisherman friend of the family. A friend of mine back north bought some fresh cod fish. When she put it in her pan to cook, out wiggled a worm! Lol No more cod fish for me!
Worms are simple to deal with. STOP BEING WIMPS 1- filet cod/pollack 2- hold fillets against a strong light If fillet is very thick, butterfly it thinner 3- outline of worms are easily seen and cut out 4-rinse in saltwater 5- flour and cornmeal with your preferred seasoning 6- place in hot oil pan and fry till golden brown...PROBLEM SOLVED
Hold a skinned filled up to the light. In cod they are a round dark spot. I've cut them out and some were 3 inches long.My personal thought on this is , if there are worms there are eggs.
i have found worms in my trout on Louisiana coast many times. if its just one or two, I don't worry about them. i may toss a fish if its full of worms. usually the smaller trout have less or none. they taste better any how.
Worms in these fish are common. You just pluck them out with tweezers. Once I see a worm in one, I'll take it out, then hold the rest of the fillet up to the light to see if another one needa plucking, or if it's all clear. It's no reason to throw out fish. If you are really bothered by this, offer the meat to someone you know that fishes. Cod, Haddock, Fluke/Flounder/Halibut, grouper, speckled trout, most drums, monkfish and jacks are going to have worms now and then. Really big fish have them a lot. Avoiding cutting into the stomach helps, but you still have to check. Worms are so common in cod, fisheries up north will have lighted tables to help find and pluck worms before sale of the meat. It's a process called candling. It's just a part of prep. Restaurants, markets pluck. I guarantee they don't just throw meat away. Even if a mistake is made and a worm gets cooked and eaten with the fish, it's harmless. That's rare though. Especially with sushi, you'd see the worm while making small cuts of fish. I was weirded out too when I learned about worms in fish. I stayed weirded out for a week or so, lol, then got over it. The wormy fish not to eat... Sea Ravens. There's just more worm than meat in those. (Not to be confused with Sea Robins. Sea Robins are underrated and delicious.)
I love sea foods. I have known about worms in fish since I was a child. I don't purchase certain fish. That's why I hardly eat fish when I go to a restaurant.
I had a friend once get drunk in the restaurant inside the store 🤣. When we left, he tried to use a rod from the aisle to cast into the pond 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️. I had a single beer with my meal, so I was not even buzzed. The manager was ticked! I had to buy the rod/reel and tackle he opened and leave the store.... I made him withdraw the money from the first ATM and told him I am keeping the stuff 😠
Leviticus 11:9-12 These you may eat, of all that are in the waters. Everything in the waters that has fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the rivers, you may eat. But anything in the seas or the rivers that has not fins and scales, of the swarming creatures in the waters and of the living creatures that are in the waters, is detestable to you. You shall regard them as detestable; you shall not eat any of their flesh, and you shall detest their carcasses. Everything in the waters that has not fins and scales is detestable to you.
All these fish have scales and fins. But, they still have worms. So, just wondering, are you saying they are ok to eat even though they have worms because they have scales an fins? I’m confused.
@@hairywitch4063 Ik this vid is about worms in fish but he’s probably talking about how we aren’t supposed to eat other sea creatures like shellfish, octopus, squid, etc. which is very true.
@@faithyayi he may be but this is not what this video is about. It is about fish with scales and fins that have worms. I could see it if it was about shell fish and the others but, it wasn’t. So, I don’t know what Mels point of putting this here was unless he is saying it is ok to eat them even if they have worms.
It's easy to see them and pick them out on a light table. I work in a commercial fish processing plant. ALL fillets, whether it's salmon, cod, pollock, halibut, sole, rock fish etc. are inspected on a light table where those are picked out.
I accidentally just found out that cod has worms and I am really kinda freaking. That's what I was going to have for dinner. They mentioned the light table but then also mentioned that mistakes happen and some are missed. Is there any way to check for worms once it is in your home?
@@marcificht4013 I normally only cook salmon. And the one time I decided to try cooking white fish (cod), which I bought from Ralph's here in California, I found a live worm. I was so pissed and grossed out that it put me off fish for 3 whole months. Then decided to never get fish from Ralph's ever again.
@@nubiasista9709 A better alternative is to buy frozen Alaskan Cod--this fish has been frozen below the -4 degree F which ensures that all worms will be killed. Buying Cod caught and processed by Americans is more expensive, but the individually frozen fillets taste great and you don't have to worry about worms.
My dad owns a fish shop in Tallahassee fl called capital seafood market we put the fish on ice on a showcase and you pick the fish and we ask you how you want to filet it and we also take fishes that have worms out
Omg what? I've been cooking frozen fish fillets n haven't seen any. Isit bcos i miss them or the factory took them out? Or is it an america problem where food safety is meh?
As long as I can remember back, mom would hold filets up to the light then pull out the worms. Well cooked, the ones you missed won't be .u have more than added protein.
I’ve seen them in Tuna. A lot of people don’t look to see what they are eating. Definitely check your Tuna since most people eat them not all the way cooked through
Are they in canned tuna or canned sardines? Are they cooked so you can eat the fish out of the cans? I need to know! Don’t want to be surprised by finding a worm in my food! Yuck 🤮!
I’m now grossed out! Think I’ll have to get rid of the canned fish, I have! I have ate them out of the cans never realizing about parasites/worms! Blaaa!
Bought some fish locally known here in Guyana 🇬🇾 as Sea Mullet... I was cleaning it and discovered the worms alongside the backbone. There are about inch and half with pointed black ends.
Serious question: If a fish filet is well grilled, baked, or fried, should I really give a damn whether part of the cooked meat is actually worms, or should I carefully examine for, and extract worms, if found, before grilling, baking, or frying?? Asked by a non-fisherman.
I had a teacher who liked to hunt. He had this mean trick were he would bring in deer meat, and cook it. He offered everyone a chunk. He would have meat, and other stuff left over. After you ate the meat, he would split the liver, and run water over it. All these liver flukes would start flopping around. Then he would but a dye on the meat, and look at under a stereo microscope. You would see the little worms wiggling about in the meat. I'm glad I never ate the stuff he brought to class.
Gross. I have are deer meat. But I don't like it so never ate it again . That teacher sounds like he is insane I like jokes but that is not a joke. That is evil.
Grouper, fresh and dried cod and salmon, I’ve seen them in. I usually take them back to the place of origin, the fish shop. Most times, I’m told that MOST fish have worms and the seller tries their best to pull them from The filleted meat but don’t alway get them all. I rarely eat fish anymore🤷🏽♀️
Cod have parasitic worms. A few years ago, I was going to batter fresh cod fillets when a long, pale worm crawled out of the filet. I know it wouldn’t hurt eating it cooked, but I lost my appetite and threw it away.
I pulled this weird six inch long skinny pale white roundworm out of a huge rock bass ( type of freshwater sunfish) . Weird looking as it was coiled up rather like a clock spring so I took it out of the flesh . Didn't faze me a bit. Most fish have parasites but that fact doesn't bother me.
They're called spaghetti worms they're perfectly fine just cook them and enjoy them they're full of Omega-3 and they're full of proteins they will make you strong enable to keep fishing for a long time I'm 70 years old I've been doing it my whole life I happened to be watching this at the boat ramp while I was waiting on my cheeseburger
Here's one that you usually catch at least one of every time you go fishing. Not a lot of people eat them but I've found worms in them a few times when using them for cut bait. Bluefish
@JasL73...Bluefish are AWESOME Tasting!! Especially the DARK meat. At cookouts I've had people pick the Dark Meat out since it is strong with Blood and they don't like it. I tell them to SAVE THAT FOR ME!!! ;~)
Not completely true. They only have worms at certain times of the year. The first one is a blue drum, nothing nasty looking about it. Again with speckled trout - same thing - certain times of the year. In fact ALL fish will have worms at certain times of the year. Life long coastal fisherman here - nearly 55 years experience.
Every time I caught an AJ it had worms in it, EVERY time. Often more towards the tail. Local fish bums, at the docks, will still accept a free fish, but they only take the front half, knowing there are still some worms they have to pull out. They said it taste like grouper ? Idk.
I've lived on the east coast of Florida where we just call them Drum,.Now I live on the northern Gulf Coast and we refer to them as Black Drum. Never heard them referred to as blue drum.Where are you from?
I agree. I fish the Fort Walton Beach area. In many of the smaller fish the worms are so small you don't even realize they're there. But yeah, all fish can have worms.
All the fish have worms in their flesh, I know as I used to batter fish in my younger days and was shocked to see them wiggle about the battered flesh before they were dip fried.
I worked in a grocery store meat & fish market years ago. On Tuesday the fish came in and we had to scrape all the worms off & out of the flesh. I will never eat sushi!!!
Sushi...yeah looks so yummy but I will never never try to touch anymore even tho nowadays I'm working to sushi restaurant I now hve a phobia bcus few years back I like it too much i eat em everyday but then i got sick.I vomittng and feels shivering.I dont understand. Then I was hospitalized for a week or more i will never forget until now.
I’m pretty sure that’s only so people with no fish knowledge don’t stop buying fish because there were worms in it, also it was more than likely farm grown fish which, worms or not, you should not eat
Have had AmberJack from menu of McGuires. I've fished in Pensacola where I was told the fish not to eat. So seeing the AmberJack on the menu at McGuire's surprised me.
I hate to say this because it's one of my favorite fish. Few years ago I had bought a frozen filet of cod and it contained worms when it thawed out. I ended up sending them in a plastic baggie by mail to the manufacturer. In return they sent me a bunch of coupons for more of the same fish. The coupons ended up in the garbage of course and I've never eaten that brand of cod fillets again. It was just plain gross. The brand was Gorton's.
I have always liked cod. After watching this I will never eat fish or deer meat again. Thank you for the information. But I wish I had never seen this video. LoL
Good to know. That's disgusting. To think I bought that brand, didn't think to check it before I served it. Why that company would send you coupons for more of their fish is ridiculous. I will never buy boxed fish again. Cod is my favorite fish, but now I have been made aware.
I found a long pink worm in a cod I got from Costco long time ago. It’s 2 ends came to a point and were colored fuchsia, a very pretty worm. But the idea of it turned me off fish forever.
Omg. The one time I decided to cook something other than salmon and went for cod which I got from Ralph's I found a pink worm in it that was alive. I was so pissed and grossed out that it put me off fish for a whole 3 months. Not gonna lie I was a little bit traumatized until I learned that most fish have worms. I stick to salmon now and certain shell fish, like snow/king crabs and lobster
I've found parasites in almost every marine fish I've caught, Grouper, snapper, off shore fish and the one's you described. No big deal, when cleaning you can easily see them, if it freaks you out to much you can just remove them, like he said they are animal specific and the cooking process kills them anyway, if eating sushi they're easily avoided, I see them as just added protein (that is cooked, I Do Not eat raw fish).
@@neallong9315 Like I said I don't eat raw meat of any kind, specially fish, pork & chicken, the closest I come is it's just too big a crime to over-cooking a good steak
Over here in PNW Washington the flounders have worms often and that's one of the main fish that bites all the time when on a boat/kayak. A lot don't have the worms tho.
For freshwater fish with worms I've caught a lot of crappie with these little red worms in them. Looks like a little blood clot in the meat. Pretty gross. I had to throw a hole mess of crappie away one time because of the worms in the meat. Find it more often when the lake water is warm
I know fish have works. I bought some Cod from the seafood part of the market. We let the fish sit in the package in the fridge. There were works in the meat outside and inside.
A friend of mine, his son was studying marine biology at LSU in the late 90’s. In one of his classes they did a study on that worm in the speckled trout. After the study they concluded “throw the trout away and eat the worm”. This is a true story…. 😎👍🙃🤔
I’m reading this two ways The worm is very delicious Or the worm is so prevalent in the fish and will Effect you, so you might as well just eat the werm because you’ll enviably get parasite? Please help me out, English is my 12th language
Either catch worms while cleaning or just hard freeze or cook it well. Hell, they don't take the worms out of pollock (cod species), but it's frozen hard before it leaves the factory trawler. Enjoy your fillet-o-fish sandwich. If you've ever seen what goes into a hog, you wouldn't eat pork again. Good, more for me.
I fish for Striper on vacations up north (Maine) in July when they are running up rivers to spawn. Every one that I've kept has had worms so I stopped keeping any. I've yet to find a worm in the lake stripers we have here in Georgia.
Rather informative. I didn't know about the amberjack having worms, Maybe because I'm not interested in eating amberjack or have the opportunity to catch them. Been fishing in Florida since 1975 West Central Florida to be exact. I noticed that water temperature and time of year also has a lot to do with worms. I have not seen a worm in a gag or black grouper but I see him all the time and red grouper. Another one that surprised me was Sheepshead. When it comes to the worms it's one of those things where you wish you didn't know about it. But ultimately you will run across them a if you clean your own fish. You can get them by the head or the end they pull right out but inevitably you will eat a piece of fish that has a worm cooked into it.
Honestly from research, fish like redfish and trout for them to have worms is sometimes a good thing. It means they are coming from a clean body of water. But I don't see worms in reds usually unless they are really big 30+ inches which we don't keep. I can't say the same for drum cause where I fish we either caught 10 inches drum or big 45+ pounders. Which we don't keep.
Never seen a fish that didn't have parasites, I eat fish as my main meat and haven't ever been infected. Cooking well will kill the worms and eggs, some people are just squeamish I guess. Though I don't disagree that catch and release is a good thing way too many people keep trophy sized fish here because they're big, really want to mount one take pictures and measurements and save up for a reproduction. We have minimum and maximum keeper lengths just wish they'd lower the keeper size do you really need to keep a 30 inch walleye?
Worms on fish are not harmfull these contribute to much of how delicious fish meat are and there are worms that seaworms that are flavorful , healthy & organic tamilok in our native language in the Philippines are eaten raw with vinegar & raw grate onions .
My mom is 86 and Japanese. She grew up by the ocean and she's always told me to eat only cold water fish and always look at the meat regardless if you cook or or eat it raw.
There's some fish she never eats since the ocean is now so polluted with mercury and other things.
I'm so grateful that she also has a great orgainc garden!
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that's so Asian 😂
You are not Wong! 😂
are yall concerned with fukishima radiation?
I was born and raised on the Maine coast, and it has been my experience that most, if not all fish have worms, whether you see them or not. When in doubt, cook it before you eat it!
Well freeze it 7 days first. Cooking may miss killing it.
I don't care if it's cooked. The fact that they're in there is disgusting.
@@MrGriff305 I agree. Once I see a worm or even looking for a worm is enough to turn me off- ugh.
I was talking to a sushi chef at my job. He told me sushi chef's don't eat sushi because they get disgusted by all the worms they see in the fish.
Gross me out. Ugv. Thats what i been saying all along. Dont eat sushi. Period. Its raw nasty fish. Now we know its got worms. Omg. Eeeek. Eeewww.
I don't eat sushi and don't even eat medium rare beef. It grosses me out. Yuck!
I was working in a restaurant during the blackened red fish craze. We would blacken the meat side, then flip it over and finish in the oven. Many times when I would take the red fish out of the oven the worms had come out of the meat and were visible, more often than not this was the case.
That's enough to make me puke, just the thought of it. No eating fish in restaurants except for the fish that don't have worms.. Leave worms for the birds.
Omg
Ive seen it too, many times. The worst parasites I have ever seen were in an Opah, but these werent spag worms.
I worked with fresh fish in a super market and i'll tell you most fish will develop worms over time. They look like brown spots than after a day or two you'll see little rings then they'll become a tiny worm. Cod, flounder, haddock. This will happen even before the fish goes beyond its shelf life. You have to see it to believe it. I've seen it.
I freeze my trout for 7 days minimum before thawing/cooking. That’s long enough to kill any parasites that it might have. However, I just learned this last year. I’ve eaten plenty after catching them and didn’t know about parasites.
Frozen cook. Or what ever it is still in it then u eat the worms... Fresh water snapper is it ok?
Have to deep freeze to -20F for at least seven days or -40F for two days, a regular home freezer is not cold enough to kill all of the worms.
I'm a lake fisherman. So I make sure every fish I catch has a worm in it.😎 Love the channel.
10-4 on that, but depending on the lake fresh water can issues with Blue-Green Algae Toxin, it has an accumulative effect, you wake up one day horribly sick and may not have eaten fish for several weeks.
Do Saltwater fish also have worms intertwined from NAMIBIA Skelton coastline.Regards Never found in our fish
😁👍🤗that's a good one! Great answer❣️🌅
My fish have plastic worms…….
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Up here in Michigan I've found Blue Gill with black spots. I scraped the black spots and there are worms under those black spots. Eeuu.
Here in Michigan - I only eat fresh wild-caught Salmon. Nothing else from the waterways.
Almost seventy years fishing galveston bay area. I feel pretty certain that most if not all fish carry worms. The real difference is that on fish with clear flesh it's easier to see the worms. Drums have clear flesh and so do trout. It's easy to spot the worms but once the fish is cooked they pretty much become a part of the fish and seldom even detectable. If it really bothers you then take a pair of tweezers and put them out before cooking. All that said over the years I've tossed away a fish or two that were heavily infested with worms and they looked very unappetizing.
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Hey i fish the Galveston bay my whole life i do 80% more gigging then I do rod fishing but also im only 13 but ive already won a couple fishing tournaments
There is a big fish looking like Tuna, it has a lot of worms in it.
the Speckled Trout I was catching looked like it had grub worms that are easy to pick out. that was in January but by March they didn't have worms in them. also I deep fry mine very well.
All you gotta do is release the bigger ones and keep the ones around these sizes and you’ll be good to go and have a badass fish fry!!!! Keep on fishing “SALTWATER IS LIFE”
Black drum 14-18
Speckled trout 14-18
Amber jack 20-30
redfish 20-25
Trout @16
The lesson is to thoroughly cook all meat whether its is fish, fowl or wild game. Everything has the potential to carry worms or other parasites and sometimes you won't notice them.
As a once professional dver, Fisherman and spearfisherman of 60 years also with many yesrs of research in Ichthyology, let me inform everyone that all fish have some type of the various aquatic parasites. they are not harmful if you cook your fish well. Sushi is a no no!!- But most folks don't know. Tuna have an abundance of different parasites such as Phocanema, icharius-(sp?) and others. There is not a threat if you COOK YOUR FISH well!
Must be how Asians keep a youthful look. worms eat the age.
Luckily I've not caught many saltwater fish with worms, since I don't make it down as much as I want. In TN though, some places the fish are eaten up with them, but red instead of white. Fortunately it doesn't happen often. I can cut out a few, but if they have a lot, I can't stomach it.
Fish are cold blooded which is what makes the spaghetti worms like them. You can eat them raw and still be fine. Secondly the worms don’t survive the cooking process. Not a concern of mine at all.
Which worms in fish are bad for us? Do fish carry any?
Thank you for the "Heads up" I REALLY appreciate it
Many fish have parasites at different stages, but it's just the visible worms people freak out about. Most types of salmon (cousin of trout) have parasite larvae and eggs in their flesh that do live in humans. If you are not going to cook fresh salmon then you need to freeze it right through and thaw it gradually if you are making sushi.
That news ,for me was good concerning fresh fish ,also other types of beatable fish was refreshing.thank you ,sir fisherman😊
different kind of trout. speckled trout are a saltwater fish that are actually a type of drum.
Geeze, I have a can of salmon in the kitchen. Throwing it OUT. Thanks for the info.
@@waterbird91 don’t throw it away, canned salmon is already pasteurised or even sterilised so any parasite eggs are long dead. If you cook or smoke raw salmon it will be clean.
Ugh...I've been eating fresh caught, Farm Raised, and Grocery Store fish both RAW and Cooked for over 5 decades. From Hawaii to Florida and most states in between. I've NEVER gotten ill from any of it. I only started to Sub Zero freeze my Salmon, Tuna, Grouper, and Mahi Mahi for a week before making Sashimi with them about 3 years ago. (I still eat Bonito RAW minutes after being caught right on the boat from time to time while out fishing. lol ) I'm in perfect health and on ZERO Meds. :~) P.S. I eat Sashimi...Not Sushi...don't like Rice, Eggs, or anything else "Tainting" the Taste of my Fish...so I eat them Naked most of the time. rofl
I catch all these fish in Florida. It’s pretty rare to find worms in these fish, except Amberjack. They have them pretty often. Also Red Grouper have parasites and worms sometimes.
Fish with Worms , Parasites , Heavy Metal , Chemicals etc., what have we done to the waters around the World?! Sad for our grand children's health ... 🕯🌷🕊
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Pretty sure worms and parasites are natrual in fish.
we cant take the blame for the worms and parasites
@@ghostridersinthesky21 yeah
Parasites happen
Hate to be the bearer of bad news, BUT, I used to work at a fish processing facility in NH and when not cutting and filleting, I would be "WORMING" haddock and cod!...
Worming is taking a fillet of fish, laying it on a white plastic cutting board that had a luminated lightbulb under it that basically acted like an x-ray machine, and removing the worms with a pair of tweezers.
Enjoy your next haddock dinner!
● Speckled trout
● Red fish
● Black Drom
●Trout
● Amberjack
Well I like cat fish and rainbows trout in the mtn.in Avery county Nc ive never seen worm but commercially stock fish probably would have worm.
I don't eat those kind of fish because they do have worms
Thanks I literally just looked for this comment, I'm not watching this guys whole video.
Thanks i had a feeling this was gonna be a drawn out video and i wanted to get down to the nitty gritty...great news is, i dont even eat any of these fish 😄
Salmon and Cod also
2:50 with the speckled trout, if one of their teeth is broken, they most likely have worms. I used to fish them all the time down in the InterCostal in PSL.
Definitely wormy in PSL inlet.. resident for 40 years
I’ve caught them with worms in Big Lake south of Lake Charles
South Louisiana angler here, I asked my doc about eating fish with worms and he said ABOUT NOT TO EAT THESE FISH. Furthermore he asked that I bring him any samples that do have worms for further research. He seems to be a little to excised when I make a delivery, but I am chalking that up to professional enthusiasm.
I love fish i eat a lot of fish i never knew fish had worms oh my thank you
Up north on the atlantic coast practically all Cod and most Pollack are known to have worms...we just cut them out and keep moving.
I heard this from a fisherman friend of the family. A friend of mine back north bought some fresh cod fish. When she put it in her pan to cook, out wiggled a worm! Lol No more cod fish for me!
Ye, I caught a cod, cleaned it up and ate it! Later on found worms on my chopping block
Worms are simple to deal with.
STOP BEING WIMPS
1- filet cod/pollack
2- hold fillets against a strong light
If fillet is very thick, butterfly it thinner
3- outline of worms are easily seen and cut out
4-rinse in saltwater
5- flour and cornmeal with your preferred seasoning
6- place in hot oil pan and fry till golden brown...PROBLEM SOLVED
Hold a skinned filled up to the light. In cod they are a round dark spot. I've cut them out and some were 3 inches long.My personal thought on this is , if there are worms there are eggs.
i have caught and cleaned so many trout in my life and never saw worms. Looking harder for now on.
I'm with you on that, I'm 59 years old never seen a worn
Use a light table on a fillet, glass table with a strong bulb beneath it in a dark room.
i have found worms in my trout on Louisiana coast many times. if its just one or two, I don't worry about them. i may toss a fish if its full of worms. usually the smaller trout have less or none. they taste better any how.
I’ve noticed Big specs almost always have visible worms in the summer
Worms in these fish are common. You just pluck them out with tweezers. Once I see a worm in one, I'll take it out, then hold the rest of the fillet up to the light to see if another one needa plucking, or if it's all clear. It's no reason to throw out fish. If you are really bothered by this, offer the meat to someone you know that fishes.
Cod, Haddock, Fluke/Flounder/Halibut, grouper, speckled trout, most drums, monkfish and jacks are going to have worms now and then. Really big fish have them a lot. Avoiding cutting into the stomach helps, but you still have to check.
Worms are so common in cod, fisheries up north will have lighted tables to help find and pluck worms before sale of the meat. It's a process called candling. It's just a part of prep. Restaurants, markets pluck. I guarantee they don't just throw meat away.
Even if a mistake is made and a worm gets cooked and eaten with the fish, it's harmless. That's rare though. Especially with sushi, you'd see the worm while making small cuts of fish.
I was weirded out too when I learned about worms in fish. I stayed weirded out for a week or so, lol, then got over it.
The wormy fish not to eat... Sea Ravens. There's just more worm than meat in those. (Not to be confused with Sea Robins. Sea Robins are underrated and delicious.)
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Thank you,
I love sea foods. I have known about worms in fish since I was a child. I don't purchase certain fish. That's why I hardly eat fish when I go to a restaurant.
You know what body of water doesn’t have parasites? The bass pro shop pond tank.
Hey now don’t be fishing in the bass pro shop pond
I had a friend once get drunk in the restaurant inside the store 🤣. When we left, he tried to use a rod from the aisle to cast into the pond 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️.
I had a single beer with my meal, so I was not even buzzed. The manager was ticked! I had to buy the rod/reel and tackle he opened and leave the store.... I made him withdraw the money from the first ATM and told him I am keeping the stuff 😠
Darn right. That’s the only place I’ve been going to catch fish, and for that very reason. Not anymore, though, now that the secret is out……
@@michaelh7527 damn you punked ur boi like that? He was just turnt doing shit you tell stories about n you peelt him smdh what a friend.
@@scrape559 Or I could of refused to buy the stuff and he take a backseat ride to the station and stand before a judge within the next 30 days 🤔🤔🤔
Thank You so much for sharing!!!
Leviticus 11:9-12
These you may eat, of all that are in the waters. Everything in the waters that has fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the rivers, you may eat. But anything in the seas or the rivers that has not fins and scales, of the swarming creatures in the waters and of the living creatures that are in the waters, is detestable to you. You shall regard them as detestable; you shall not eat any of their flesh, and you shall detest their carcasses. Everything in the waters that has not fins and scales is detestable to you.
All these fish have scales and fins. But, they still have worms. So, just wondering, are you saying they are ok to eat even though they have worms because they have scales an fins? I’m confused.
Sea or ocean salted waters are more safer than lake and rivers. The salt is cure for the ocean.
@@hairywitch4063 Ik this vid is about worms in fish but he’s probably talking about how we aren’t supposed to eat other sea creatures like shellfish, octopus, squid, etc. which is very true.
@@faithyayi he may be but this is not what this video is about. It is about fish with scales and fins that have worms. I could see it if it was about shell fish and the others but, it wasn’t. So, I don’t know what Mels point of putting this here was unless he is saying it is ok to eat them even if they have worms.
It's easy to see them and pick them out on a light table. I work in a commercial fish processing plant.
ALL fillets, whether it's salmon, cod, pollock, halibut, sole, rock fish etc. are inspected on a light table where those are picked out.
I accidentally just found out that cod has worms and I am really kinda freaking. That's what I was going to have for dinner. They mentioned the light table but then also mentioned that mistakes happen and some are missed. Is there any way to check for worms once it is in your home?
@@marcificht4013 I normally only cook salmon. And the one time I decided to try cooking white fish (cod), which I bought from Ralph's here in California, I found a live worm. I was so pissed and grossed out that it put me off fish for 3 whole months. Then decided to never get fish from Ralph's ever again.
@@nubiasista9709 A better alternative is to buy frozen Alaskan Cod--this fish has been frozen below the -4 degree F which ensures that all worms will be killed. Buying Cod caught and processed by Americans is more expensive, but the individually frozen fillets taste great and you don't have to worry about worms.
I hope so! Yuck!
My dad owns a fish shop in Tallahassee fl called capital seafood market we put the fish on ice on a showcase and you pick the fish and we ask you how you want to filet it and we also take fishes that have worms out
Never knew fish had worms very good to learn that they do thanks to your channel
Ugh, gross!
Seen worms on Grouper, Largemouth bass and many more .
I have never seen worms in trout. I've cleaned a lot.
I've had them in trout that were caught during the hottest times of the year with high water temperatures.
I have.. big long ones in rainbow trout and in brown trout as well. Never seen any in a speckel though
Same here must be only Florida
Caught plenty with worms at yankeetown florida
Where do the worms come from ??they float around in the water?
I cooked and cleaned many types of fish off the bone in a restaurant and all most all types do.
Don't the worms die from the heat in the cooking process?
Omg what? I've been cooking frozen fish fillets n haven't seen any. Isit bcos i miss them or the factory took them out?
Or is it an america problem where food safety is meh?
@@RonLarhz Haha, turkey, it's because you are blind. And who taught you how to spell your last name??? LOL
Oh Lord, I"ve never though about worm in the flesh of fish until now. Now I'm scared to even clean one😧
Omg r u serios they r snail eggs. Its how snails r made on the ocean
I guarantee you if you knew what was in hotdogs ect. You would much rather eat some fish with worms (snail larvae) in it. GUARANTEE YOU THAT
@@jeremyroberts4455 is that true?
JUST SAW YOUR VIDEO, VERY INFORMATIVE. NEVER KNEW THESE FISH CARRIED WORMS. GOOD TO KNOW. THANK YOU FOR SHARING
TAKE CARE AND GOD BLESS.
Ohhh man brant, you have come a long way with your video presentation!!!!!! This is awesome and nostalgic.
Done! Was wondering about worms in fish, thank you.
As long as I can remember back, mom would hold filets up to the light then pull out the worms. Well cooked, the ones you missed won't be .u have more than added protein.
Thank God I've never found worms in my Bacon cheese burgers 😂😂😂
I know....we are totally safe!!!
You're doing WAY more damage to Your body eating cheeseburgers than eating fish with a few worms in it.
😅🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I still eat all meats, but pork can have them. Ground beef has something unfortunately can't see, e coli .. comes from feces
That’s cuz the worms already ground up
I’ve seen them in Tuna. A lot of people don’t look to see what they are eating. Definitely check your Tuna since most people eat them not all the way cooked through
Are they in canned tuna or canned sardines? Are they cooked so you can eat the fish out of the cans? I need to know! Don’t want to be surprised by finding a worm in my food! Yuck 🤮!
I buy canned tuna to make tuna salad. After reading this, I will throw that canned tuna away. No more for me.
@@stilltryin71 yeah, yuck! Tuna, sardines, mackerel, herring, all I like in cans but never from foreign countries only USA and Canada, perhaps!
I’m now grossed out! Think I’ll have to get rid of the canned fish, I have! I have ate them out of the cans never realizing about parasites/worms! Blaaa!
Bought some fish locally known here in Guyana 🇬🇾 as Sea Mullet... I was cleaning it and discovered the worms alongside the backbone. There are about inch and half with pointed black ends.
Serious question: If a fish filet is well grilled, baked, or fried, should I really give a damn whether part of the cooked meat is actually worms, or should I carefully examine for, and extract worms, if found, before grilling, baking, or frying?? Asked by a non-fisherman.
U know my favorite fish is fish pillet ngayon pano pa ko bibili niyan my mga worm pala
I had a teacher who liked to hunt. He had this mean trick were he would bring in deer meat, and cook it. He offered everyone a chunk. He would have meat, and other stuff left over. After you ate the meat, he would split the liver, and run water over it. All these liver flukes would start flopping around. Then he would but a dye on the meat, and look at under a stereo microscope. You would see the little worms wiggling about in the meat. I'm glad I never ate the stuff he brought to class.
ALWAYS COOK UR FISH & MEATS..!!
Yuuuck!
Gross. I have are deer meat. But I don't like it so never ate it again . That teacher sounds like he is insane I like jokes but that is not a joke. That is evil.
Yeah I agreed ,your explanations are valid and so much truth in it. Now can I get that $50 and a Penn reel please.
Thank you in advance tho 😘
Thanks for the info!!!!😊🙂😊
I appreciate your information about worms in the fish...Please post more...Thanks
Grouper, fresh and dried cod and salmon, I’ve seen them in. I usually take them back to the place of origin, the fish shop. Most times, I’m told that MOST fish have worms and the seller tries their best to pull them from The filleted meat but don’t alway get them all. I rarely eat fish anymore🤷🏽♀️
Watching this while eating sushi is not a good idea. T_T
Cod have parasitic worms. A few years ago, I was going to batter fresh cod fillets when a long, pale worm crawled out of the filet. I know it wouldn’t hurt eating it cooked, but I lost my appetite and threw it away.
I pulled this weird six inch long skinny pale white roundworm out of a huge rock bass ( type of freshwater sunfish) . Weird looking as it was coiled up rather like a clock spring so I took it out of the flesh . Didn't faze me a bit. Most fish have parasites but that fact doesn't bother me.
Done! Keeping giving me the game playa!! 💪🏽💪🏽🙌🏾
THAT.IS GOOD TO KNOW THANK YOU SO MUCH BROTHER BILL
They're called spaghetti worms they're perfectly fine just cook them and enjoy them they're full of Omega-3 and they're full of proteins they will make you strong enable to keep fishing for a long time I'm 70 years old I've been doing it my whole life I happened to be watching this at the boat ramp while I was waiting on my cheeseburger
Just put some spaghetti sauce on them yummy
You gotta be kidding me...
ROTFLMFBO!!!!!🙈🙉🙊
@@kandicemarye8822 I’m sorry just feeling a little on’ry that day
Gross 🤮 you can have mine
Here's one that you usually catch at least one of every time you go fishing. Not a lot of people eat them but I've found worms in them a few times when using them for cut bait. Bluefish
@JasL73...Bluefish are AWESOME Tasting!! Especially the DARK meat. At cookouts I've had people pick the Dark Meat out since it is strong with Blood and they don't like it. I tell them to SAVE THAT FOR ME!!! ;~)
A definite eye open for me. For all my life, I have caught/consumed speckled trout and never I my wildest dreams worms were a possibility.
Why is he giving 50.00 away to watch his videos?
Perch often have worms, usually you can see them before you fillet them
Mlm
This ad was very beneficial thanks I grew up in Myrtle Beach eat a lot of fish
how do i know what one is the last one?
Not completely true. They only have worms at certain times of the year. The first one is a blue drum, nothing nasty looking about it. Again with speckled trout - same thing - certain times of the year. In fact ALL fish will have worms at certain times of the year. Life long coastal fisherman here - nearly 55 years experience.
Every time I caught an AJ it had worms in it, EVERY time. Often more towards the tail. Local fish bums, at the docks, will still accept a free fish, but they only take the front half, knowing there are still some worms they have to pull out. They said it taste like grouper ? Idk.
I've lived on the east coast of Florida where we just call them Drum,.Now I live on the northern Gulf Coast and we refer to them as Black Drum.
Never heard them referred to as blue drum.Where are you from?
I agree. I fish the Fort Walton Beach area. In many of the smaller fish the worms are so small you don't even realize they're there. But yeah, all fish can have worms.
It's a black drum not blue
Blue drum dont exist. Its a black drum
All the fish have worms in their flesh, I know as I used to batter fish in my younger days and was shocked to see them wiggle about the battered flesh before they were dip fried.
Thanks so much, need to know more
since this was 2 years ago, the fifty is now only worth 40
He probably didn't realise a pedantic twat like you was going to comment 2 years later. 🤷♂️
Probably want to make that 30 for now.
@@tezzaskayakfishing did not know phucktards still exist. Thought COVID killed them all off
@@jqlmanufacturing9129 well I suppose you proved they do.
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I worked in a grocery store meat & fish market years ago. On Tuesday the fish came in and we had to scrape all the worms off & out of the flesh. I will never eat sushi!!!
Sushi...yeah looks so yummy but I will never never try to touch anymore even tho nowadays I'm working to sushi restaurant I now hve a phobia bcus few years back I like it too much i eat em everyday but then i got sick.I vomittng and feels shivering.I dont understand. Then I was hospitalized for a week or more
i will never forget until now.
oh wow😳
I’m pretty sure that’s only so people with no fish knowledge don’t stop buying fish because there were worms in it, also it was more than likely farm grown fish which, worms or not, you should not eat
Have had AmberJack from menu of McGuires. I've fished in Pensacola where I was told the fish not to eat. So seeing the AmberJack on the menu at McGuire's surprised me.
McGuire's irish pub? They got the best steak burgers.
Thanks to your Chanel coz I have a lot to learn
When you throw them in hot grease, the worms will fizzle away.
Yellowtail used in sushi is prone to worms as well, especially in the warmer months.
All sushi meat, have worms on it.
I hate to say this because it's one of my favorite fish. Few years ago I had bought a frozen filet of cod and it contained worms when it thawed out. I ended up sending them in a plastic baggie by mail to the manufacturer. In return they sent me a bunch of coupons for more of the same fish. The coupons ended up in the garbage of course and I've never eaten that brand of cod fillets again. It was just plain gross. The brand was Gorton's.
Cod are full of worms. Same as salmon. The common round worm to be specific.
Once frozen they are dead.
Just eat the fish.
@@bruceb9515 yeah when they're frozen and then cooked they're just extra protein
I have always liked cod. After watching this I will never eat fish or deer meat again. Thank you for the information. But I wish I had never seen this video. LoL
Good to know. That's disgusting. To think I bought that brand, didn't think to check it before I served it. Why that company would send you coupons for more of their fish is ridiculous. I will never buy boxed fish again. Cod is my favorite fish, but now I have been made aware.
Just cook your fish properly, they the worms will died and give additional protein to us ,
So basically all the fish i target has worms. Giving my rods and reels to my ex wife.
Ex wives usually have worms.
😅
Yeah, this video was a buzz killer.
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@@pantsenfuego9986 hahaha
ONG I never knew..thanks for the info!!!
I found a long pink worm in a cod I got from Costco long time ago. It’s 2 ends came to a point and were colored fuchsia, a very pretty worm. But the idea of it turned me off fish forever.
Omg. The one time I decided to cook something other than salmon and went for cod which I got from Ralph's I found a pink worm in it that was alive. I was so pissed and grossed out that it put me off fish for a whole 3 months. Not gonna lie I was a little bit traumatized until I learned that most fish have worms. I stick to salmon now and certain shell fish, like snow/king crabs and lobster
I've found parasites in almost every marine fish I've caught, Grouper, snapper, off shore fish and the one's you described. No big deal, when cleaning you can easily see them, if it freaks you out to much you can just remove them, like he said they are animal specific and the cooking process kills them anyway, if eating sushi they're easily avoided, I see them as just added protein (that is cooked, I Do Not eat raw fish).
In Sushi they can get into your brain and eat it check on line
@@neallong9315 It has been advised to never eat raw meat or fish of any kind because of the possibility of exposure to parasites etc
I was told by a fisherman about fish having worms...
@@neallong9315 Like I said I don't eat raw meat of any kind, specially fish, pork & chicken, the closest I come is it's just too big a crime to over-cooking a good steak
Utterly disgusting. I would rather eat beans, rice, fruit & vegetables. No worms in my diet, no way.
Over here in PNW Washington the flounders have worms often and that's
one of the main fish that bites all the time when on a boat/kayak. A lot
don't have the worms tho.
Thanks for the very important info.
We are always fishing here in Palau..usually we catch snappers..& never once I've seen worms in them🙄
For freshwater fish with worms I've caught a lot of crappie with these little red worms in them. Looks like a little blood clot in the meat. Pretty gross. I had to throw a hole mess of crappie away one time because of the worms in the meat. Find it more often when the lake water is warm
Ive found those too. They are a type of grub
Can you tell me anything about flounder do they have worms do they stay on the bottom of the ocean
I get it: you're listing the popular food fish carrying worms. The crevel Jack has worms often, also, but not as many people like to eat them
I know fish have works. I bought some Cod from the seafood part of the market. We let the fish sit in the package in the fridge. There were works in the meat outside and inside.
I didn't want to say worms. So were works is worms. Now I won't eat any fish.
You can eat cooked worms and it won't hurt you.
I really enjoy you and yak mat .you really put in a lot of good stuff
I've done catch and release for over 20 years now, thx for the vivid reminder.
Done thanks for the info of fish that have worms.
A friend of mine, his son was studying marine biology at LSU in the late 90’s. In one of his classes they did a study on that worm in the speckled trout. After the study they concluded “throw the trout away and eat the worm”. This is a true story…. 😎👍🙃🤔
sea trout in florida are full too.
I’m reading this two ways
The worm is very delicious
Or the worm is so prevalent in the fish and will
Effect you, so you might as well just eat the werm because you’ll enviably get parasite?
Please help me out, English is my 12th language
@@topdhen english is my first and im having trouble understanding the same thing lol 😆
I have found worms in the meat of largemouth bass that I have caught in certain bodies of water but they are easily seen and removed
Either catch worms while cleaning or just hard freeze or cook it well. Hell, they don't take the worms out of pollock (cod species), but it's frozen hard before it leaves the factory trawler. Enjoy your fillet-o-fish sandwich. If you've ever seen what goes into a hog, you wouldn't eat pork again. Good, more for me.
Thank you for this information 💙
I fish for Striper on vacations up north (Maine) in July when they are running up rivers to spawn. Every one that I've kept has had worms so I stopped keeping any. I've yet to find a worm in the lake stripers we have here in Georgia.
Nobody I know eats striper raw. Just cook it properly like anything else. Almost all pork has worms & that stops Nobody from bacon
That's why you should cook meat before you eat.
Cook in butter
Adrian 1
Well... tuna tho
Tuna is high in Mercury.
C.-Thumper- Eds I know but you can eat it raw, that’s the only way I eat black fin and I’m alive
I been eating all kinds of fish fresh water to salt ,word from the wise cook your food well done .and I'm 73 years old.
Very informative, Thanks.
That's why you cook it thoroughly Never eat raw fish
NEVER!
Sushi
Rather informative. I didn't know about the amberjack having worms, Maybe because I'm not interested in eating amberjack or have the opportunity to catch them.
Been fishing in Florida since 1975 West Central Florida to be exact. I noticed that water temperature and time of year also has a lot to do with worms. I have not seen a worm in a gag or black grouper but I see him all the time and red grouper. Another one that surprised me was Sheepshead. When it comes to the worms it's one of those things where you wish you didn't know about it. But ultimately you will run across them a if you clean your own fish. You can get them by the head or the end they pull right out but inevitably you will eat a piece of fish that has a worm cooked into it.
Pardon me while I go puke now. Don't think I will ever eat fish again. Meat can carry worms too.
@@waterbird91 Haha..BUGS have worms too, World Economic Forum says that is what we will be eating in the NEAR TERM Future. :~)
This is informative. Thanks...
Honestly from research, fish like redfish and trout for them to have worms is sometimes a good thing. It means they are coming from a clean body of water. But I don't see worms in reds usually unless they are really big 30+ inches which we don't keep. I can't say the same for drum cause where I fish we either caught 10 inches drum or big 45+ pounders. Which we don't keep.
No Worns = Sushi, but With Worms = Cook fully. That Simple!
Sounds like your area has a worm problem part of the year.
Catch and release.
Never seen a fish that didn't have parasites, I eat fish as my main meat and haven't ever been infected. Cooking well will kill the worms and eggs, some people are just squeamish I guess. Though I don't disagree that catch and release is a good thing way too many people keep trophy sized fish here because they're big, really want to mount one take pictures and measurements and save up for a reproduction. We have minimum and maximum keeper lengths just wish they'd lower the keeper size do you really need to keep a 30 inch walleye?
Worms on fish are not harmfull these contribute to much of how delicious fish meat are and there are worms that seaworms that are flavorful , healthy & organic tamilok in our native language in the Philippines are eaten raw with vinegar & raw grate onions .
I like your show keep it up n its educational.am textin all the way from Guyana
Thank you soooo much for the info.