tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422795363039366935.post5984230765568534390..comments2024-02-12T15:54:18.444-05:00Comments on Medellitin: Escolar: The World's Most Dangerous Fishpescolarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15929876317615379676noreply@blogger.comBlogger238125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422795363039366935.post-12594039474204285972024-02-12T15:53:57.499-05:002024-02-12T15:53:57.499-05:00Test CommentTest CommentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422795363039366935.post-10520664501601910022022-03-23T07:41:15.343-04:002022-03-23T07:41:15.343-04:00I ate escolar two or three times. Bought the smoke...I ate escolar two or three times. Bought the smoked filets from our local fishdealer. The taste is great, different from any other fish I had so far.<br />I was lucky and have read about the possible problems this fish can cause before trying it.<br />Never ate more than 60g/2oz and everything went fine. No oilspills etc. But I enjoyed the comments here very much, haha.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422795363039366935.post-78777685947073530722021-12-03T23:41:48.202-05:002021-12-03T23:41:48.202-05:00Great information and read the comments here make ...Great information and read the comments here make me felt better and I have the same situation after eating this "white tuna" fish... I let out a long fart while doing dishes and feel something in my butt... I went toilet and let go some watery liquid and yes I can see orangy oil floating on surface I freak! To be safe side I put tissue like kotek in my butt to prevent soil my pant... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422795363039366935.post-3738312980989921702021-02-11T21:26:07.064-05:002021-02-11T21:26:07.064-05:00I ate some Fried Haddock from Cracker Barrel the d...I ate some Fried Haddock from Cracker Barrel the day before yesterday and noticed what looked like Cheeto stains in my underwear yesterday. Upon using the bathroom and wiping, the toilet paper was smeared bright orange. I thought I was peeing orange, but upon further investigation I deduced that it was seeping from my behind. Since then, I've been wearing a pad. These oily, bright orange drops are all inside my toilet when I use it. That was the first time I've eaten seafood in months and it never affected me like that before. But, Haddock isn't that Escolar you mentioned. Could it cause the same side effect? I'm bereft. That was the best fish I ever ate from there! ��Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09511062351120488834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422795363039366935.post-11460116378880553062020-09-26T12:28:32.396-04:002020-09-26T12:28:32.396-04:00I'm thinking that if I have to have a colonosc...I'm thinking that if I have to have a colonoscopy, escolar is the way to "go." The usual method tastes vile. Escolar really is delicious. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422795363039366935.post-1969783446446470992020-03-23T07:16:15.917-04:002020-03-23T07:16:15.917-04:00escolar rocks! the best sashimi ever!escolar rocks! the best sashimi ever!Jabrickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14585118757161512714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422795363039366935.post-80362992026975717532019-04-22T20:22:26.129-04:002019-04-22T20:22:26.129-04:00Nine days of illness. Body temperature dropped to ...Nine days of illness. Body temperature dropped to about 34 degrees. My electronic thermometer could not start. Fortunately, I had an old thermometer with mercury. I did not feel the cold of the surroundings despite the window that was open to my request. It was winter. Very slow breathing. Very big weakness. Every attempt to enter the bathroom was a fight with the body, lack of strength and a deep sense of indifference. Lack of thirst. On the first day, a glass of water was at hand, I drank only half of the contents. Fatty, orange stools, impossible to rinse with water. A sense of unreality. I did not eat five days. It does not convince me that it does not threaten life. Fact, I'm alive. Nevertheless, I felt poisoned. After nine days, I returned to the office, to work. This fish is too big a threat. It should be completely banned. I thank God that I did not give it to my children.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422795363039366935.post-80466564451999576652019-04-10T13:37:51.312-04:002019-04-10T13:37:51.312-04:00Thought provoking.Thought provoking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422795363039366935.post-61937694141036199192018-09-18T04:42:37.211-04:002018-09-18T04:42:37.211-04:00I was in Alaska on a cruise ship when I heard the ...I was in Alaska on a cruise ship when I heard the waiter telling people that the grilled butterfish on the dinnr menu was a mild white fish similar to halibut. My daughter and I ordered it. It was delicious, so I ate the small amount I was served (perhaps four ounces) along with rice and vegetables. My lip started swelling as I finished it. About ten minutes later I felt very warm, my face was swelling, and I broke out in red welts. I went to the ship's doctor and he told me another woman was also there with allergic symptoms after eating the butterfish. He gave me Benadryl, but it didn't help. He gave me more Benadryl, had me lie down in a hospital bed, and I went into anaphylactic shock. I heard the doctor worrying about my blood pressure dropping too low, passed out, and woke thinking I had been rushed down a long hallway to a brightly lit operating room. He then put something into my IV that made me throw up the contents of my stomach. He called the dining room and ordered them to stop serving the butterfish. After two hours of rest and observation, I was allowed to go back to my cabin. I was feeling worn out by my ordeal but the night wasn't over. About two hours later, I started to feel nausea and I literally ran to the bathroom every ten minutes the entire night I felt like I had been poisoned and my body was trying to get rid of the toxin that was burning my skin and causing so much misery. The next day I stayed in bed recovering from the fish that almost killed me. After the cruise, I started researching online and found this site, and began to understand what had happened to me. I had no idea I was allergic to any fish but it appears that some of us are. By the way, my daughter had no negative reaction at all. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422795363039366935.post-19571716591576634862018-08-31T15:36:21.490-04:002018-08-31T15:36:21.490-04:00That fish is banned in japan...That fish is banned in japan...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10247058410886074288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422795363039366935.post-28422946525197553552018-05-15T23:57:24.068-04:002018-05-15T23:57:24.068-04:00who would of thought this article would have kept ...who would of thought this article would have kept on giving after 8 years? I consumed heaps of this delicious fish each day in 1987 the last time I was in Fiji and only now have come back, and not able to find it. No mobile phone or internet back then, but now...! Thanks for the timely advice - will stop looking.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16166379605729798213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422795363039366935.post-24614261765816257572018-04-15T10:17:56.031-04:002018-04-15T10:17:56.031-04:00Thank you for your informative and humorous articl...Thank you for your informative and humorous article. I ate it anyway... live and learn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422795363039366935.post-44468398272950731952017-12-30T19:27:09.441-05:002017-12-30T19:27:09.441-05:00Escolar--oil fish. If you travel in Baja they try...Escolar--oil fish. If you travel in Baja they try to sell you Mero, or black sea bass, but the fish is escolar. Real black sea bass is thick and translucent with layers and scales on the skin. Escolar is white and the skin looks like shark skin. If you touch the flesh of the fish the escolar leaves an oily film on your hand. Once you know, its very easy to identify. battered and fried, escolar is delicious. Any lower digestive issues don't last more than a few hours. stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14974912028164440947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422795363039366935.post-52205215125930041762017-09-07T12:02:25.861-04:002017-09-07T12:02:25.861-04:00I had a Gindara steak back on Monday night at Abub...I had a Gindara steak back on Monday night at Abuba steak house in Jakarta, and two days later I experienced this orange oily stuf sprayed all over my butt when I was sitting on toilet at my office. It was so thick and difficult to wash with just water. Ended up using lots and lost of tp to wipe my butt and all tainted in oily orange color. <br />I thought, well this is the end for me. I thought i wasn't gonna be around much longer. Then i googled the oily orange stool and find this godsend article which made the experience a good laugh. Thanks.<br /><br />And watch out for gindara..NBAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10718882614231005729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422795363039366935.post-20020338816846609522017-07-25T16:07:29.634-04:002017-07-25T16:07:29.634-04:00As an avid sushi eater - who now realizes he was a...As an avid sushi eater - who now realizes he was an unsuspecting victim of a mysterious, super-tasty, white piece of fish - thank you, sir, for making me laugh out loud on a day I didn't think that would be possible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422795363039366935.post-28077278304267562212017-04-26T12:47:02.143-04:002017-04-26T12:47:02.143-04:00Just finished lunch at a local Korean restaurant t...Just finished lunch at a local Korean restaurant that also has a sushi bar. I got their deluxe platter, 8 Maki pieces and a variety of nigiri. One was a delicious white fleshed fish I'd never had before. Asked the lady what it was when I was paying and she told me white tuna. Googled it and here I am.<br /><br />I only had one piece with the escolar, so I'm hoping I'll get to skip out on the effects. Dang it was good.<br /><br />This comment thread is Internet gold, btw.J.R. Valleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07400978494102620896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422795363039366935.post-55019113395089717182017-02-02T02:57:58.596-05:002017-02-02T02:57:58.596-05:00I am going through that Oil Shit right now; two da...I am going through that Oil Shit right now; two days after eating from a 5* Star Hotel in Gaborone. My worry is that; why the Hotel should be serving this ... is it taking a ride on the ignorance of the community ... Indeed there is little information out there about escolar... restaurant do not disclose escolar and its side effect...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08824304683308102235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422795363039366935.post-76045437330905562352017-01-22T14:22:32.270-05:002017-01-22T14:22:32.270-05:00Oh my goodness, I had a good laugh reading these p...Oh my goodness, I had a good laugh reading these posts. But only after recovering from consuming escolar unknowingly, last night. The frustrating part is that I ordered "sea bass" in an upscale restaurant. I knew immediately upon "getting sick" in the very early morning hours, that it was most likely escolar instead. I knew this because I'm familiar w/ the symptoms, unfortunately. Many years back I ordered some beautiful white fish sushi that the chef told me was "butter fish." Tasted like butter, looked beautiful. The next morning, I went w/ three of my girlfriends to a wilderness destination to hike for the day. OMG. We arrived at the trailhead when I got the sudden need to find a restroom. Thank you, Jeezuz, there was a port-a-potty just feet away. It saved my life, my pride and the day. Actually, my pride suffered a bit having to explain to the girlfriends why I made them wait 30 minutes for me to return. I did not share the details of my "outhouse" experience, only blaming a bout of GI upset. Thankfully, none of the girls need to use the potty after I did! I had no idea about what was going on at that time, so experienced the same fear as many of the other posters here, that surely, I was dying. I did think at the time that it had to do w/ the sushi I consumed. Luckily, big time luck, my "episode" was complete after the 30 minutes, because I was off on a 3 hour hike with the girlfriends and would have been in bad shape had there been anymore "episodes". Whoo, after reading these posts with folks who had several episodes for entire days, I think I dodged a bullet that day! As soon as I got home safely from the hike, I did some research. I didn't find your post at that time, it may have been more than 6 years ago. But I found enough on the internet to know exactly what happened to me...and that the butter fish was escolar. We went to the sushi place again at a later date, because it really is a great place, but I talked to the chef and verified that they serve escolar. My husband and I both swore off of that tasty fish for life! Or so I thought. Last night I was the victim of being served something that was not what it was marketed as. I paid $31 for "sea bass". It tasted great. Almost too good, and I think I had a subconscious suspicion. The girlfriend we were with also ordered it and I'm checking w/ her now to see how she feels today. I plan on calling the upscale restaurant chain and talking w/ the manager. I'm mostly upset at being sold an expensive type of fish that actually was not. Well, I'm upset about the time I spent in the bathroom this morning, too! Anyway, moving on! Thanks for the good laughs, especially the poster who recommended the cure of ordering a bottle of chardonnay w/ the fish as a preventive measure...with the creative use of the cork! I laughed so hard, I almost had an accident! Sea Bass Imposterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05804857123950930519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422795363039366935.post-17851062292336788742016-11-06T13:28:13.836-05:002016-11-06T13:28:13.836-05:00My turn! Lol I found this post cause I am a sushi ...My turn! Lol I found this post cause I am a sushi addict. Been eating sushi for over two decades. And last night I had the sushi roll of my LIFE. So went online and was trying to figure out which was the ingredient that made my roll taste better than a $40 ribeye which I would die for. BAM this shows up. Just spent an hour reading this thread lmao I had the escolar @ 9 pm last night. This morning when I woke up early @ 5am for no reason my ass crack felt wierd, like I had used lube. Honestly didn't think anything of it. Wasn't wierd color, just thought fluke of nature or sum such. So halfway into this post took 2000 mg calcium and ate a serving of asparagus. Lmfao. it's past noon the following day only time will tell but nothing yet! The crazy thing is about 4 months ago after ordering sushi from a different restaurant I had that orange poo once. Looked at, it thought holy shit (literally) and waited to see what the next one was like. I have IBS so my shit goes wild every once in a while, never like that but I'M getting older. So ANYWAY time will tell. Everyone take care!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456505083390589319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422795363039366935.post-21471523611389475822016-07-29T19:36:06.965-04:002016-07-29T19:36:06.965-04:00here in the Philippines, we call it "malaigit...here in the Philippines, we call it "malaigit" a dialect for the adjective "similar to LBM". When I was high school we served this fish in a drinking spree to have some fun to those who do not know this kind of fish expecting the effect for several days. ��Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02806653955848788989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422795363039366935.post-71357125830883018552016-04-30T10:22:02.064-04:002016-04-30T10:22:02.064-04:00If you are in Ensenada Mexico, or any fish market ...If you are in Ensenada Mexico, or any fish market in Mexico or restaurant for that matter, be wary of purchasing any Mero (black sea bass or grouper) where you can't see the whole fish. They all sell escolar filets as black sea bass or grouper. When you get the screamers you will think it must be food poisening but you can be sure it is from the fake black sea bass. Escolar or oil fish fillets have a texture similar to swordfish or certain types of shark whereas grouper and black seabass are a layered white meat that breaks off in flakes. If you know your fish you can tell immediately. If you have the restaurant bring you out the filet before its cooked you can simply touch the scholar filet and then feel the oily residue on your finger. Black sea bass and grouper will not make your finger feel like you just dipped it in lard. They will assure you it is Chilean sea bass or some other made up fish, but you will know better. stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14974912028164440947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422795363039366935.post-80428707913424135322016-04-26T00:38:38.648-04:002016-04-26T00:38:38.648-04:00Ate a HUGE piece of fish last night, thought it wa...Ate a HUGE piece of fish last night, thought it was orange roughy, nope not roughy at all, but It sure was good. Anyway, today didn't go so well and I ended up with some extra laundry to do :( I think I'm going to stay away from fish for quite awhile and I'll definitely never eat so much ever again. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422795363039366935.post-66657210378908527112016-01-20T09:23:15.936-05:002016-01-20T09:23:15.936-05:00Here in Indonesia, some says eating Escolar is goo...Here in Indonesia, some says eating Escolar is good for your body, because it helps getting rid of your fat.<br />Little they know that it wasn't their body fat they were shedding...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422795363039366935.post-76353057305872639822016-01-09T11:28:03.163-05:002016-01-09T11:28:03.163-05:00I found this blog after buying the mysterious esco...I found this blog after buying the mysterious escolar at my local fish market. I fried it up and ate it anyway, aware of the risks. Apparently, it doesn't affect everyone, and it was a small piece. I did react to it, though, and while my symptoms are pretty minor, they're definitely not worth it. I'll avoid escolar from now on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422795363039366935.post-54036077724445579602015-10-24T10:10:24.682-04:002015-10-24T10:10:24.682-04:00Very interesting. Right around 2000 somewhere I w...Very interesting. Right around 2000 somewhere I was occasionally serving Escolar at my upscale restaurant. Some small portion of the staff who tasted the fish had almost immediate diarrhea. One person broke out in hives. We also had a customer who rushed to the emergency room due to what we thought was a pronounced allergic reaction to their meal (we were assuming it was the accompanying wakimi seaweed salad based on a reported grass allergy). The next morning I spoke to a customer who reported that his wife was ill with extreme stomach cramping and nausea all night while the other two people at the table who tasted her dish had a less severe reaction, and he had no reaction having not tasted it at all. I assumed that they were the victims of scromboid poisoning (a type of hystamine poisoning from elevated levels of histamines in fish, oderless and unaffected by cooking; often the result of decomposition of the fish post mortem due to long line fishing or improper post catch storage/refrigeration).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00234348013736587155noreply@blogger.com