Side dishes with fish

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I mostly go for garlic bread or roasted veggies or pasta with basil or potato wedges.
 
Something with smoked salmon? Fish cakes? Fresh bad with smoked salmon pate on it?
 
Toxic fish warning for moms-to-be


With its amino acids and high protein levels, fish is a healthy menu choice but now, due to high levels of mercury in fish, food scientists are cautioning pregnant women to consume fish in moderation.

Speaking at a South African Food Science Technology briefing in Durban recently, Herman Koëter, managing director of the Belgian Orange House Partnership (a body of scientists who advise governments and the private sector on environmental, chemical and food safety), raised the question: “Is fish safe”?

Koëter is a former scientific director of the European Food Safety Authority.

He said that, although research had shown high levels of mercury in fish above the EU’s recommended maximum level of 0.5mg/kg of fish and 1mg/kg in predatory fish such as Albacore, yellowfin and bluefin tuna, regulators could not tell consumers not to eat fish because it was an important part of the human diet.

If these levels of mercury were to be applied strictly this would translate to 14g of predator fish per day, or 100g per week; and 28g of other fish a day, or 200g per week.

Koëter said an evaluation of methylmercury in fish had reaffirmed that fish was an important part of a balanced nutritious diet and this fact had to be appropriately considered in public health decisions.

“We cannot say don’t eat fish because, if you look at meat, you will find it’s also contaminated,” he said.

“Pregnant women eating up to two portions of fish per week are unlikely to exceed the provisional weekly tolerated intake for methylmercury, provided that one of these portions is not bluefin or Albacore tuna.”

In Baltic countries, where herring is an important part of the diet, it is recommended that pregnant women do not eat fish because herring from the Baltic sea has been found to have 3.5 times more dioxins than other fish.

Wild Baltic salmon were also more likely to exceed permissible tolerable weekly intakes, Koëter said.

He added that mercury exposure from fish with exposure from air pollution was negligible in comparison.

“The most important contaminants are methylmercury and polybrominated flame retardants. Fish meal and oil are the most important sources of contamination. One solution is to replace this feed with vegetable feed and oils.

“If you are vulnerable, pregnant or have a disease be more careful and don’t do things as usual. If there is anything that you should do in moderation, it is fish. In Portugal, where they eat two portions of fish a day, there is a higher incidence of cancer,” he added. - Independent on Saturday
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Cheese sauce, pepper sauce or a nice mushroom sauce. Serve with home made crisps or good old chips.
 
Well then fish cakes, or you can get smoked haddock or hake. Not quite the same as smoked salmon though.

Or just deep fry small pieces of white fish coated in batter and serve it covered in a lemon butter or tartare sauce? Just a few fried balls per person, with parsley on top or something.
 
Ancalagon said:
Well then fish cakes, or you can get smoked haddock or hake. Not quite the same as smoked salmon though.

Or just deep fry small pieces of white fish coated in batter and serve it covered in a lemon butter or tartare sauce? Just a few fried balls per person, with parsley on top or something.
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I was actually asking about side dishes to serve with the fish :)
 
D'Oh!

One times bag of frozen chips. Place in oven if necessary. Might be easier to remove from plastic bag before cooking.
 
@ OP. You're pregnant right?

In that case, may I recommend bovril coated cucumber and some apricot jam spinach tart to accompany your main dish of freshly blended hake and beef smoothie.. Place in oven at 180 for 15min and enjoy.
 
Steak . . . I'm not a fish fan. :o
 
GhostSixFour said:
@ OP. You're pregnant right?

In that case, may I recommend bovril coated cucumber and some apricot jam spinach tart to accompany your main dish of freshly blended hake and beef smoothie.. Place in oven at 180 for 15min and enjoy.
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This actually sounds good .... I crave sweet and savoury and salty all the time :)
 
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