Comments on: Oh My God – It’s Still Alive! http://www.redcook.net/2008/04/04/steam-fish/ Adventures from a Chinese Home Kitchen Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:53:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rick Hayhoe http://www.redcook.net/2008/04/04/steam-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-900 Rick Hayhoe Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:16:01 +0000 http://www.redcook.net/?p=138#comment-900 More attention should be paid to the excellent recipe and less to the video. And regarding the recipe, the scallions, ginger and cilantro should be sprinkled over the fish just before the hot oil is poured on, not after. Makes a world of difference in the flavor of the sauce that results. More attention should be paid to the excellent recipe and less to the video.

And regarding the recipe, the scallions, ginger and cilantro should be sprinkled over the fish just before the hot oil is poured on, not after. Makes a world of difference in the flavor of the sauce that results.

]]> By: Scott http://www.redcook.net/2008/04/04/steam-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-898 Scott Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:21:55 +0000 http://www.redcook.net/?p=138#comment-898 This post is towards the videos not the article im sorry, but i find this pretty disturbing, i have no quams with eating meat that looks like an animal, but keeping it alive whilst gutting and cooking it is cruel, unnecessary and from the chefs point of view, lacking human decency. You wouldnt do all this to any kind of livestock, so why to a fish?? I have no problem with fresh fish, keeping it alive right up untill the point of preperation is the best possible way the dish could be cooked, but to do so whilst it is still alive is sick. for arguments sake, lets say we wern't top of the food chain, and you were to be skinned, gutted and cooked alive, would you be happy about it?? whislt a fish doesnt have the same intellegence or morals as a human, it still feels pain, and surely any decent human being could empathise with this sorry if i've offended anyone but i find this sadisctic and inhumane I am in no sense of the word an animal activist (infact i despise most of their methods and arguments), nor am i trying to brew trouble, I am simply saying gutting and cooking a fish still alive is completely wrong. and no I am not american!! This post is towards the videos not the article

im sorry, but i find this pretty disturbing, i have no quams with eating meat that looks like an animal, but keeping it alive whilst gutting and cooking it is cruel, unnecessary and from the chefs point of view, lacking human decency.

You wouldnt do all this to any kind of livestock, so why to a fish??

I have no problem with fresh fish, keeping it alive right up untill the point of preperation is the best possible way the dish could be cooked, but to do so whilst it is still alive is sick.

for arguments sake, lets say we wern’t top of the food chain, and you were to be skinned, gutted and cooked alive, would you be happy about it??

whislt a fish doesnt have the same intellegence or morals as a human, it still feels pain, and surely any decent human being could empathise with this

sorry if i’ve offended anyone but i find this sadisctic and inhumane

I am in no sense of the word an animal activist (infact i despise most of their methods and arguments), nor am i trying to brew trouble, I am simply saying gutting and cooking a fish still alive is completely wrong.

and no I am not american!!

]]> By: Handy http://www.redcook.net/2008/04/04/steam-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-329 Handy Sun, 29 Jun 2008 05:00:46 +0000 http://www.redcook.net/?p=138#comment-329 Oh my.... poor fish. Can you just eat it after it's dead, I know the food will become just a regular dish, but at least it would be better for the fish. Oh my…. poor fish. Can you just eat it after it’s dead, I know the food will become just a regular dish, but at least it would be better for the fish.

]]> By: Denise Clarke http://www.redcook.net/2008/04/04/steam-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-326 Denise Clarke Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:54:31 +0000 http://www.redcook.net/?p=138#comment-326 I must admit that I did not watch the videos either, but we do a lot of fishing in the gulf of mexico and the bahamas and the fish we catch and eat there are quite alive! We even do sashimi many times ... it is all what you get used to. Denise http://www.WineFoodPairing.blogspot.com I must admit that I did not watch the videos either, but we do a lot of fishing in the gulf of mexico and the bahamas and the fish we catch and eat there are quite alive! We even do sashimi many times … it is all what you get used to.

Denise
http://www.WineFoodPairing.blogspot.com

]]> By: Deb http://www.redcook.net/2008/04/04/steam-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-242 Deb Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:01:40 +0000 http://www.redcook.net/?p=138#comment-242 OMG this is so true! I couldn't even bring myself to watch the videos ;-) I have to admit that I don't want to think about the fact that my food was once alive. Just another example of how deeply ingrained our cultural perceptions about food are. Great post; great site! OMG this is so true! I couldn’t even bring myself to watch the videos ;-) I have to admit that I don’t want to think about the fact that my food was once alive. Just another example of how deeply ingrained our cultural perceptions about food are. Great post; great site!

]]> By: The Yummy Mummy http://www.redcook.net/2008/04/04/steam-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-139 The Yummy Mummy Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:02:50 +0000 http://www.redcook.net/?p=138#comment-139 Kian - I love this post because it exposes our (my) true hypocrisy. For all our American chit chat about sustainability, eating local and knowing where our food comes from, we still are squeamish when we are confronted with being that closely connected to the food chain. Still, I ran screaming from your apartment when I saw these videos because I don't think I could eat something still gasping for air on the plate and I know I couldn't scale and gut a fish while it was still alive. I know my American upbringing has made me squeamish and hypocritical, but I'll take my fish dead and my meat in slabs on styrofoam. Guilty as charged. Kim Kian –

I love this post because it exposes our (my) true hypocrisy. For all our American chit chat about sustainability, eating local and knowing where our food comes from, we still are squeamish when we are confronted with being that closely connected to the food chain.

Still, I ran screaming from your apartment when I saw these videos because I don’t think I could eat something still gasping for air on the plate and I know I couldn’t scale and gut a fish while it was still alive. I know my American upbringing has made me squeamish and hypocritical, but I’ll take my fish dead and my meat in slabs on styrofoam. Guilty as charged.

Kim

]]> By: AppetiteforChina http://www.redcook.net/2008/04/04/steam-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-137 AppetiteforChina Sat, 05 Apr 2008 06:40:23 +0000 http://www.redcook.net/?p=138#comment-137 Whenever I think of the American aversion of meat that actually looks like an animal, A Christmas Story comes to mind. The little kid bursting in tears when the Chinese kitchen brings out a whole duck with head on seems to be what many adults want to do in the same situation. :) Whenever I think of the American aversion of meat that actually looks like an animal, A Christmas Story comes to mind. The little kid bursting in tears when the Chinese kitchen brings out a whole duck with head on seems to be what many adults want to do in the same situation. :)

]]> By: Wendy Chan http://www.redcook.net/2008/04/04/steam-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-136 Wendy Chan Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:40:41 +0000 http://www.redcook.net/?p=138#comment-136 So well written! I am a big seafood lover, and I'm accustomed to buying fish still swimming in tanks in the supermarket. But I am very glad to don't have to clean and gut a fish. In some Asian markets, they even fry if for you after cleaning. Wendy Chan So well written! I am a big seafood lover, and I’m accustomed to buying fish still swimming in tanks in the supermarket. But I am very glad to don’t have to clean and gut a fish. In some Asian markets, they even fry if for you after cleaning.

Wendy Chan

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