DANGERS OF SEA FOOD DURING PREGNANCY
For years, pregnant and nursing women have been warned to limit the
amount of fish they eat, because many marine species may contain high
levels of .......read full article here
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Well goodness me,

On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:17:52 -0800 (PST), "Dr. ronk"
> wrote:

>DANGERS OF SEA FOOD DURING PREGNANCY
>For years, pregnant and nursing women have been warned to limit the
>amount of fish they eat,

Just as well I'm not likely to be pregnant then, because I'd hate to
be forced to eat less shellfish!
--
All the best
Fatty from Forges

"Fatty from Forges" wrote, in response to this rather ridiculous statement
.......
>>
>> For years, pregnant and nursing women have been warned to
>> limit the amount of fish they eat,
>
>
> Well goodness me, Just as well I'm not likely to be pregnant then,
> because I'd hate to be forced to eat less shellfish!

I am confusled.

Experts, on a daily basis, expound the virtues of Omega-3, best obtained
from oily fish (tuna and salmon) to ward off cancer, heart disease, coughs,
colds and pimples on ones' bum!

For years, many have admired the longevity of the Japanese, put down, in the
main, to their diet of fish.

Most of the peoples of Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia gained their
protein from seafood.

Most peoples living in and around the Arctic circle relied on a plentiful
supply of fish and other seafood, over the millennia - as did the
populations of every country with any length of coastline.

So, here is my dilemma - SWMBO and I have just relaxed after a fruitful day
in the springtime sun, mowing lawns and cleaning up the garden.

I have uncapped a lightly chilled bottled of 2007 Tohu Sauvignon Blanc. I
have a platter consisting smoked salmon, some fresh crayfish and some
lovely, plump, garlic marinated green lipped mussels.

My neighbour has just dropped in four, fresh snapper fillets (not one hour
from the ocean) which I intend to lightly pan fry with lemon, to go with a
fresh green salad.

Like my fat friend from France, this porky Polynesian believes that life is
too short to deny oneself the simple pleasures of life: and that the words
"Sauvignon Blanc" and "seafood" should always be intertwined and spoken
reverently: thus conjuring images of summer, sand and sunshine in a southern
land.

Nope - if it means that I shall never fall pregnant; well, some sacrifices
are worth it.

--

st.helier

st.helier wrote:

> lovely, plump, garlic marinated green lipped mussels.
>
[]
I hope never to eat a mussel with lips. Plump, pleasing,
green or otherwise.

Just an item of personal philosophy. Somehow it conjures
images of the monster plant from "Little Shop of Horrors..."

-E

"Emery Davis", wrote ........
>
>> lovely, plump, garlic marinated green lipped mussels.
>>
> I hope never to eat a mussel with lips. Plump, pleasing,
> green or otherwise.
>
> Just an item of personal philosophy. Somehow it conjures
> images of the monster plant from "Little Shop of Horrors..."


Dear Emery, Just so you don't have nightmares, take a look at .......

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zea...-lipped_mussel

One can buy these little beauties, live, in the shell, in just about every
supermarket in the country.

Interestingly, the flesh of the male of the species is a cream colour, while
that of the female is orange. However, there is no difference in taste.

As that venerable and cunning linguist, Fatty from Forges would say "Yum,
yum, yum!"

--

st.helier

st.helier wrote on Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:33:04 +1300:

> "Emery Davis", wrote ........
>>
>>> lovely, plump, garlic marinated green lipped mussels.
>>>
>> I hope never to eat a mussel with lips. Plump, pleasing,
>> green or otherwise.
>>
>> Just an item of personal philosophy. Somehow it conjures
>> images of the monster plant from "Little Shop of Horrors..."

> Dear Emery, Just so you don't have nightmares, take a look at .......

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zea...-lipped_mussel

> One can buy these little beauties, live, in the shell, in just
> about every supermarket in the country.

> Interestingly, the flesh of the male of the species is a cream
> colour, while that of the female is orange. However, there is no
> difference in taste.

> As that venerable and cunning linguist, Fatty from Forges
> would say "Yum, yum, yum!"

The green edged mussels (not so little in my experience, in fact bigger
than regular mussels) from NZ are delicious and readily available in the
US. I even came across a restaurant recently with them in
Vietnamese-style ginger sauce; great too!
--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:03:45 +0100, Emery Davis
> wrote:

>st.helier wrote:
>
>> lovely, plump, garlic marinated green lipped mussels.
>>
>[]
>I hope never to eat a mussel with lips. Plump, pleasing,
>green or otherwise.

The greenness of the lips applies only to the shell. The mollusc
within, while larger than your average European mussel, has no
noticeable lips of any hue. Unlike the large mussels from Spain, which
didn't impress me when I bought them (but that could be more the
choice of the importer) the green lipped mussels are a veritaible
gastronaut's delight. I remember with indigestion but pleasure the 68
individual animlns Jacquie & I consumed when we bought a nominal 2
dozen from "Mussel Boys" in Kaikoura. We wanted to make a laksa lemak
but felt that all 68 would have overwhelmed the rather small chicken
breast we had previously planned to marry them with! So we had about
30 on toast as a starter, with the remaining 3 doz in the soup.
Without a sauvignon blanc, because we'd not planned to drink with the
laksa!

Life's simple pleasures. Just as well Jacquie wasn't pregnant.
--
All the best
Fatty from Forges

Dr. ronk wrote:
> DANGERS OF SEA FOOD DURING PREGNANCY

This is a wine newsgroup not a sea food newsgroup.

In a recent UC Berkley study it was found that alcohol consumption in
women increases the risk of pregnancy. In a study of women who consumed
wine and other alcoholic beverages the rate of pregnancy was 15% higher
than those who did not.

Miles wrote on Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:53:38 -0700:

> Dr. ronk wrote:
>> DANGERS OF SEA FOOD DURING PREGNANCY

> This is a wine newsgroup not a sea food newsgroup.

>In a recent UC Berkley study it was found that alcohol consumption in
>women increases the risk of pregnancy. In a study of women who
>consumed wine and other alcoholic beverages the rate of pregnancy was
>15% higher than those who did not.


For the two millionth (at least) time: correlation is not causality!

--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:42:29 +0100, Mike Tommasi >
wrote:

>> For the two millionth (at least) time: correlation is not causality!
>
>Recent studies have shown that ever since I started drinking wine as a hobby, I have aged by at least one year every year.

What, you too? What a phenomenal coincidence. Anyone else noticed
this?

--
All the best
Fatty from Forges

James Silverton wrote:
> Miles wrote on Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:53:38 -0700:
>
>> Dr. ronk wrote:
>>> DANGERS OF SEA FOOD DURING PREGNANCY
>
>> This is a wine newsgroup not a sea food newsgroup.
>
>> In a recent UC Berkley study it was found that alcohol consumption in
>> women increases the risk of pregnancy. In a study of women who
>> consumed wine and other alcoholic beverages the rate of pregnancy was
>> 15% higher than those who did not.
>
>
> For the two millionth (at least) time: correlation is not causality!
>

Drunk women seem to get pregnant more often!