escolar, aka ‘white tuna’(mistakenly), ‘oilfish’
September 25, 2008If it appears on the menu at some seafood joint, or if it looks enticing at the fish counter in Asian markets, choose something else. It’s not white tuna, but has similarities to real oilfish. Here’s a new word for your vocabulary: keriorrhea. Read the Wikipedia entry (the definition of your new word is there), every bit of it, including the parts about the FDA, Japan and Canada, and how they deal with the legalities of it.
After that, if you want a more, uh, colorful description of the consequences of eating escolar, go here.
You’ll be glad you listened to your Aunt Spacebar.
