On 2017-03-15 5:39 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at 10:43:09 AM UTC-10, Gary wrote:
>
>> Do either of you fellows like crab or lobster? Both are bottom
>> scavengers and often feed on dead things. They eat crap.
>
> The reason we hate the tilapia has little to do with the taste.
> Tilapia is found everywhere in stinkin' waters and they have taken
> over our overland waterways, displacing our native species. The very
> idea of eating one of these nasty, dirty, fishes is revolving. That
> said, I wholeheartedly encourage people on the mainland to eat
> tilapia because they're a wonderfully sustainable fish and because
> the only good tilapia is a dead tilapia.
>


Some people like it. I don't. As I said in another post, I tried a dish
in a Mexican restaurant with some trepidation because the fish was
talapia. I had low enough expectations that I was not disappointed by
the taste and texture. It was pretty much as bad as I had expected it to
be. I had previously considered getting some frozen fish tacos but
opted not to because it was talapia. Since that time I have been to one
of my favourite restaurants and considered getting their Thai fish dish.
It used to be made with white fish but they had changed talapia so I
opted for something else.

If it is as invasive as you say and they need help to exterminate it
they can start giving it away. I don't hate it enough to never eat it.
I just don't want to pay for fish like that.