Thread: Smoked deer heart....

Originally Posted by kiwi39

Not to mention the Icelanders, who leave shark to rot for 3 months before eating it .. something about allowing the mercury to leach out ...

I thought it was the Ammonia.

Good toothpaste to put that right

Originally Posted by Rushy

I thought it was the Ammonia.

You caused me to wonder, @Rushy and so:

"So, inevitably, the question must be asked--why not eat fresh shark meat? The reason for this is actually simple--fresh shark meat, from the sharks of that region, is poisonous. In Iceland the sharks that are predominant are Greenland sharks, which do not have urinary tracts and, therefore, must secrete their urine from their skin. As a result, high amounts of uric acid become so concentrated in the shark that eating even some of it can potentially cause people to vomit blood. By allowing the shark to fully decay and be cured the acid is removed from the flesh, thus making it easier to digest.

So, ironically, by allowing meat to go bad, it actually becomes "good". How the Icelanders stumbled upon this discovery brings many possible scenarios come to mind--a stranded traveler desperate for food stumbling on old meat, an inventive fisherman discovering ways to make Greenland shark edible by trial and error, and so on and so forth. Whatever the case, no one may ever know. But one thing's for sure, for all you adventurous foodies out there, this would be your Everest!


Tim

Originally Posted by kiwi39

You caused me to wonder, @Rushy and so:

"So, inevitably, the question must be asked--why not eat fresh shark meat? The reason for this is actually simple--fresh shark meat, from the sharks of that region, is poisonous. In Iceland the sharks that are predominant are Greenland sharks, which do not have urinary tracts and, therefore, must secrete their urine from their skin. As a result, high amounts of uric acid become so concentrated in the shark that eating even some of it can potentially cause people to vomit blood. By allowing the shark to fully decay and be cured the acid is removed from the flesh, thus making it easier to digest.

So, ironically, by allowing meat to go bad, it actually becomes "good". How the Icelanders stumbled upon this discovery brings many possible scenarios come to mind--a stranded traveler desperate for food stumbling on old meat, an inventive fisherman discovering ways to make Greenland shark edible by trial and error, and so on and so forth. Whatever the case, no one may ever know. But one thing's for sure, for all you adventurous foodies out there, this would be your Everest!


Tim

Imagine spending your life in the whole bloody ocean and not being able to take a piss

Originally Posted by Rushy

Imagine spending your life in the whole bloody ocean and not being able to take a piss

Rushy your nearing that age Cathers here we come!

Originally Posted by Maca49

Rushy your nearing that age Cathers here we come!

Nah for the moment I am still in control,of the flow.

Originally Posted by Rushy

I thought it was the Ammonia.

As kiwi39 said its the Piss.
Same with rig,spikey dog etc. Tho perhaps not as concentrated.
The smell when they have aged a bit whole is like the mens urinal at the footy club when nobody cleaned it last week.
Tip for rig(Im not that hard up i have to eat dogs)
Fillet AND skin immediately .
Will be beautiful.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

As kiwi39 said its the Piss.
Same with rig,spikey dog etc. Tho perhaps not as concentrated.
The smell when they have aged a bit whole is like the mens urinal at the footy club when nobody cleaned it last week.
Tip for rig(Im not that hard up i have to eat dogs)
Fillet AND skin immediately .
Will be beautiful.

Spent a large part of most school holidays as a teen catching dogfish in Tasman bay on my uncles boat for the fish and chip shops.

Key to it is get the ammonia sack out in one bit ....

Back in those days we turned to nose up at spiny dogs.


Tim