Cooking Issues

posted by Dave Arnold
Ok. I know the blog has gotten a bit gruesome with all the fish killing. This will  be the last Ike Jime post for a little while; but before we move on I wanted to post some  pointers for those wishing to try the technique.
Ike Jime, for those who don’t know, is [...]

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posted by Dave Arnold
We were looking for a good fish anesthetic. We figured that knocking fish out prior to killing could improve taste and texture even more than just using our fancy Japanese Ike Jime techniques alone.
Our assumption is that anesthesia reduces stress in fish. Stressed fish make inferior meat. Stress reduces the energy reserves [...]

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posted by Dave Arnold
Ike-Jime aka Spinal Cord Destruction (SCD): a Japanese fish killing technique where the spinal cord and blood vessels are severed at the head and tail, a needle is threaded through the spinal column to destroy the spinal cord, and the fish is placed in water to bleed out.
It’s unsettling but effective, as we have [...]

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