Two Hundred Kilos Per Day And Sold In Tesco

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Two Hundred Kilos Per Day And Sold In Tesco

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I know you are not going to like this. I have never tried it.


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Background
Seafood is abundant in ... Botia loach fish has tough flesh. The company, therefore, grilsl and seasons it. Then, the fish was ground to make it easy to eat.
Manufacturing Procedures
Select fresh fish. Slice fish and mix with ingredients. Sun dry them. Grill fish and grind them before packaging.
Product Strengths
The company's shredded botia loach fish is tasty and smells pleasant with golden color.
Productivity
200 kg/day
Price
100 baht/200 gram carton
Point of Sale
- - Maha Chai Souvenir Shop in Thawiwong Industry Outlet, Tesco Lotus, Big C, TOP Supermarket, Carrefour, fresh markets.

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Post by Rocco »

that is HORRIBLE!
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Post by ckk125 »

what is the problem?

Horrible?why?
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Post by andre »

Last February I was in Borneo and I saw Gourami's sold for food at the market :(

I supposed that if we were keeping tunas or salmons as pets we would never go to a sushi bar.
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Post by Whitey_MacLeod »

Sounds tasty :lol:
Seriously though, I eat fish, meat, whatever, so I've got no problem with people eating an animal just beacause I happen to keep some as pets. Just as long as nobody tries eating my fish.
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Post by Graeme Robson »

It's a natural food product for some Asian folks. We all have our own, somewhere..
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Post by Emma Turner »

Yes, we know they are a food fish in parts of Asia, but I still shielded my computer screen from Marge & co! :lol:

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Post by shari2 »

Food is food. What is food for one person is a pet for another. No biggie. As long as no one tells me what I have to eat, I have no problems with what someone else eats.

...as long as they aren't taking my fish, my cat, my dog, or whatever to turn into their food!
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Post by sophie »

no worse than eating chickens.
lambs
deer
rabbit
trout
undsoweiter
sophie.
there is no them
there is only us

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Post by Rocco »

Sorry for the knee-jerk reaction. A voice inside me was saying that these fish were taken from the wild, and in those quantities, we may not have loaches in our rivers for long.

And then the thought of us aquarists being no different makes me wonder and rationalize. I think its important for us to study ways to take care of this fish and to find ways to eventually breed them because the way I see it, there won't be too many in the wild at the rate we're polluting our planet.
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Post by Graeme Robson »

So these chaps are for aquatic trade as well as food trade...

If only we knew what conditions these like to breed in, then we would not only supply the aquatic trade.....
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Post by Blue »

You know I never understood myself why I was in shock when someone showed me a package of Botia striata refrigerated and ready for human consumption.:lol:
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Post by Rocco »

Graeme Robson wrote:So these chaps are for aquatic trade as well as food trade...

If only we knew what conditions these like to breed in, then we would not only supply the aquatic trade.....
I have my own speculations on that...

Over here, when it rains, the rivers flood with run off soil and become brown. Is it possible that this is breeding time for the fish? If not, what if after, when the water clears up?

Would it be possible to attempt to cloud one's tank with runoff soil and then clean it up and see what happens?

A lot of work, I know, but what if it pays off and you suddenly find yourself with loach eggs?

Theres another what if, what if the fish die?
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Post by shari2 »

That's one of the risks of experimentation. And a good reason to have several groups. Experiments do go awry, sometimes.
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Post by chefkeith »

I don't know if I could eat loaches. Maybe if I cook them first and they smell good.

About breeding, maybe loaches are able to lay eggs almost all year round, but the eggs won't develop unless it's flooding. That's when the tannins are increased from the run-off of the peat forest floors. The acid from the tannins allows the eggs to develop; it stripes the slime off the eggs, so that they can absorb oxygen better. Many commercial fish farmers use tannic acid for the same purpose.

How many loach keepers have tanks that are heavy in tannins with a dark tea color? On top of that have mature loaches.
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