Fish or seafood is a good food for every person. Some persons are not used to eating fish due to one believe, taboo, or another.
Some may be allergic to fish, but
like all allergic reactions, it can be overcome by eating a little at certain
times.
Some persons fear to eat sea food
due to toxin or poisons. But scientists are saying that one can eat around the
poison with little effect. This is because after preparing the fish, much of
the toxins found their way out of the fish, and leaving us with the real food
itself.
Take for example a root tuber called
yam. It is toxin in its raw state. After going through the preparation stage,
it becomes easily consumable.
It is the same thing with
seafood. All sea foods can be said to have a certain amount of toxins in
them. I think the toxins to a certain extend is a natural defensive mechanism
in their creation to ward of some predators in the first place.
Some persons do not understand that
nature is not completely free of negative forces.
Fish is a protein food equal to or
better still next to eggs.
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| Some Freshly Harvested Mullets And Sardines |
But eggs hardly get into the meals
of many persons due to its solid fat content that it causes hardening of the
artery walls, a misconception indeed.
Fish may include crustaceans, shell
fish and lobsters.
Values
They are highly valued for their
protein and fat contents. They high quality proteins contain many vitamin and
mineral matters.
Oily fishes like sardines or sards,
and mullets were valued for their fat soluble vitamins A, D, E and essential
omega -3 fatty acids.
If you eat fish regularly
particularly sards and mullets, their omega -3 fatty acids will befriend your
heart, and the result is a healthy heart.
In addition, this is a pointer to
the health and development of the brain especially in children, during their
growing up process.
Children like fish so much. If you
keep a smoked or fried fish in their presence intending to cook soup or any
other item with it, and you take a leave of just 10 minutes, they will eat all
up. They do not care what you were going to cook. It is a mysterious instinct
in them. If it were a meat from cow, their just take a bite.
Additional Health Benefits
Other health benefit that you can
realize from eating fish includes the following:
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Best antitodes against heart
diseases and strokes
·
Mothers to be and nursing mothers
need fish especially fatty fish for the growth and development of the baby.
·
Fish has enough iodine and fatty
acid especially the fatty fish
·
Fish promote the health of the brain
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Fish is the only best source of
vitamin D and controls diabetes easily
With all these said, it is no wonder
that seafood find a vital place in the chop plate of most households,
especially easterners or oriental countries and Africans.
This does not mean that western
societies do not eat fish. They do. But preferences were made to eat meat
protein from animals rather than marine products.
The dare result we all know is the
western disease of cancer and heart related ailments.
Look at the French people. They
regularly eat fish along with meat and other animal fats. The French Paradox
arose from a study of comparing their meals with the Americans and British.
The French eat more animal meat than
the Americans and British but fall less victim to heart disease. In their meal
is included much fish.
Think of the mediterrean diet where
fish is included always. The mediterrean countries have less heart diseases.
Fishermen
On many occasions, I have introduced
myself as a fisherman. I have two sons who were good at this job, and they
supply me with fresh salt water tilapia. Most of the time when I am not on a
fishing expedition, my sons brought tilapia to me.
While writing this piece, my wife
show me a catch steamed and keep for me from my 10 years old son, see photo
above.
My partner cooked the fishes with
fresh red pepper and fresh red tomatoes along with onions, fresh thyme for a
rice meal. I enjoy every minute of the meal.
Any extra of the catches, these I
smoked for keeps.
When I introduced myself as a
fisher, I was always asked to give fish for food immediately.
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Initially, I thought it was a joke,
I later realized it was for real!
Fish is in reality a healthy food
for human beings. They go for it like a hot dog.
It got to such a point that I began
to wonder if people want to eat only fish and nothing else.
A Filling Food
Fish is indeed a filling food.
Here I recalled that when my son was
growing up, I once returned with a good catch on a night fishing trip. I
returned in the morning. I selected various species-sardines, mullets, eel
skippers, crabs and shripps for a small source of soup. My three years old son
dined with me. He was always satiated.
I later noted the truth of this when
I began to compare any other meal of animal flesh, poultry flesh even milk with
pure fish meal. It is the later that give a feeling of being bellyful in most
cases.
If you doubt this, prepare a pot of
stew with the breast and the inner thigh of a big poultry. Let it serve only
two person say, you and your partner alone. Take this for any meal breakfast or
lunch or supper. In two to three hours time, you will feel real hungry.
Next day make a pot of stew with
only sardines or mullet, fresh, dry or fried. Take it with the same quantity of
food carbohydrates that you did with the poultry stew. Note how the degree of
satiation here compared to the bird meal.
I think you should give a very high
mark to the fish stew.
That is how sea foods are satiating.
Fish with Vegetables
Fish can be prepared with most green
leafy vegetables including root vegetables. Fruits like lime or lemon were used
to bring out the flavors. Herbs like garlic and ginger also enhanced the tastes
of most fish, particularly tilapia when fried.
Greens like mint, basil and broccoli
are common with some fishes. Any of your favorite greens you can prepare a
plate of fish chop with provide it is delicious.
Root Vegetables
If I take my time, I will make a
plate of fresh potatoes with sardines and mullet for breakfast. I even take
this as a snack to work when I need extra energy.
I always cherish this meal with a
cup of warm black tea enhanced with a cube of brown sugar and a little milk.
Fried Potato With Sardines And
Mullets
Ingrediet:
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150 g fresh potatoes ( you can use
any type African, Irish, etc I used African Potato)
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Sardines (medium size) 9 piece.
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Peanut or extra virgin olive oil.
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Mullet (medium size) 9 piece.
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Onions one big piece (50 g).
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Fresh and green chili pepper1 piece
each.
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4 lobes fresh garlic.
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Some finely chopped basil or thyme
leaves (2 tablespoonful).
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Ginger I teaspoon full.
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Salt 2 pinched.
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Water.
Instruction
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Wash potato and scrub the outer
layer, do not peel. The skin of potatoes contained the mineral matter and
traces of natural unsaturated fatty acid.
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Cut of any dark and unhealthy spot
on the skin.
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Cut the potato into smaller chips
not more than 1” by 1” is okay.
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Put these in a clean bowl.
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Heat cooker or stove.
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Wash frying pan and put on low heat.
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Put in some oil 20g and warm.
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Next, prepared the sards and mullets
by de-scaling and removing the inwards.
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Wash well in fresh clean water.
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Salted with 2 pitched salt.
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Put this into the warm oil and fried
for 5 minutes on each side.
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Remove the fish when done.
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Put in the chopped potatoes and
stir.
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Cook this for only 7 minutes.
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Chop the onions, herbs, garlic and
chili and add same into the potatoes and stir well.
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Add a pitched salt, the ginger
powder and 2 tablespoonful of oil and stir all this thoroughly for only a
minute.
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Removed from heat
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Serves 3 persons.
This is a heart friendly meal. It
can also enhance your sexual vigor with your partner. Take it with any fruit of
your choice along with a cup of tea.
To your good health!
Miebakagh57 (Miebakagh Fiberesima)
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