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At a recent sushi dinner at Sasabune in Los Angeles, I passed my "butterfish" on to a dining
companion because I had recently read a few Internet items regarding the fish.
A few years ago, there was a USDA warning about escolar, saying that many restaurants were mis-labeling it as "seabass." The mis-labeling wasn't so much the problem as was the GI problem that the fish caused in people when it was undercooked. Some of the fatty acids in escolar are indigestible by humans, and when they reach the colon, cause cramping and eerie, orange, oily diarrhea. Because the site where I read the information also mentioned "butterfish" alongside escolar, I was wary because not five or six days before, I had eaten butterfish sushi (raw, and not at Sasabune) and had similar GI problems for five days.
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4-29-2006 @12:46AM Ed said... For most people, you need to consume a pretty sizable amount of escolar before you start getting GI problems. If you just have two pieces of nigiri or sashimi, you aren't likely to have a problem.
I wouldn't want to tuck into an 8oz filet, though.
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5-05-2006 @3:25AM HadSushiYesterday said... I had escolar once, and it was purchased from Whole Foods. The man behind the counter said it was "like chilean seabass." We cooked it at home, and it gave me and the person who ate it the oily orange runs. I think it lasted something like 24 hours.
As for butterfish - love it. Eat it every chance I get and haven't had a problem yet. I guess it's all really subjective. That's life for ya.
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