Hello all and happy hump day! Here’s the deal: I’m a college student and I have needs. I don’t get to go home very often so sometimes I run out of food and I have to resort to desperate measures, like eating a filet-o-fish from McDonald’s (oops!). Well, over the weekend I had no food and I thought since I worked so hard on midterms I deserved a once-in-a-while treat. So… I went to McDonald’s after a gut-wrenching workout and I bought one. Then after I finished feeding my filthy fixation (sorry, I had the sudden urge to alliterate) I came across a list of 22 fish to avoid courtesy of greenpeace.org, and I realized that the hoki was on the list. The brutal list is as follows:
Yes, even these delicious looking scallops!
- Albacore tuna
- Atlantic cod or scrod
- Atlantic halibut
- Atlantic salmon
- Atlantic sea scallop
- Bigeye tuna
- Bluefin tuna
- Chilean sea bass
- Greenland halibut
- Grouper
- Hoki
- Monkfish
- Ocean quahog
- Orange roughy
- Pollock
- Redfish
- Red snapper
- SHARKS
- Skates and rays
- Swordfish
- Tropical shrimp
- Yellowfin Tuna
I’m gonna need moral support for this but I do promise to do everything in my power to avoid this fish along with other fish like salmon, many types of tuna, and cod. The list includes 19 types of fish, 2 shellfish, and 1 crustacean. Definitely take a look at it to find out more about each of the fish, and I dare you to challenge yourself not to eat any of these.
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Maryline – it’s hard to imagine all these fish on the list, as so many can be found if you walk down the road to the nearest restaurant. Why is it that we aren’t eating tigers or elephants at our local restaurants but we are still eating tuna, hoki, and halibut?
I was so surprised to see something like shrimp on the menu that it so popular and widely used! Honestly, if we found out we were eating animals like tigers, I think there would be a less than pleasant reaction. Tigers to us are precious mostly because of their aesthetic beauty and we view them as entertainment as well. It’s almost a vain discrimination if you will, as we don’t care for the scaly, wide-eyed creatures like we do the majestic, powerful ones.
I’ve sworn off fish unless I catch it myself, see The End of the Line for further info…
hmm..I tend to eat without even questioning the origins of the fish..or much less the type. I should really look into this..thanks.
Oh but, I stopped eating at Mcds..so I guess Hoki’s safe from my list..