modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:04:03 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>
>> modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/18/bu...l?ref=business
>>>
>>> It just ain't right.
>> Sure it is. Farmed fish isn't right. I suppose, though, that
>> given the condition of the seas, and the population of the world,
>> it may be necessary.
>
> Not sure about that. Catfish farming isn't practiced the same way
> that, say, salmon farming is. For starters it's done in ponds in
> Mississippi's Delta region up by Leland, not in pens off the coast of
> Chile.

I'd have to look into the comparative nutritional benefits, etc.
to come up with a catfish-specific response. I will say that just
as farmed salmon is, to me anyway, noticeably inferior, catfish is
also... different. That is, if one enjoyed the old catfish
flavor. Which we did.


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Jean B.