Fish, Fish, Fishy, Fish

[BoxerParty]

I got frozen sardines (zero sodium!) at WalMart here in Victoria. We also have some fresh mackerel that I have since frozen - was on special at my grocery store, so I bought 10. :)

[funshine]

Maybe I'll find an Asian market over in Dallas and see if I can find some sardines.

Dallas seems to have at least Ranch 99 It's not the cheapest Asian store there is, but definitely one of cleanest one and they have a wide selection of everything. You can probably find any fish you want from there and they also carry goat and duck (all kinds fresh, but I've only got the cheapest frozen ones). At least the the store in Houston does and I don't see why the Dallas one would offer anything less.

[GoingPostal]

I can't get hardly anything for fish locally, it's all just fillets and $6 a pound, I bought some whole sardines and herring from hare today, I bought some pollack local which was cheap, probably not that good for her but I need something less expensive for transition. There's four canned options at my store and they are all full of salt.

[Gally]

Where do you get herring??

No tuna then - I do have some canned tuna but it's all got some kind of salt in it.

Asian supermarkets are the cheapest here, I usually go to T&T. I am guessing they are relatively inexpensive because we live on the coast?

[schtuffy]

I can't find any fresh sardines. I have those cans but I am just not convinced they are safe to feed Snorkels.

I feed them whitefish but I know it's not high in omega three oil.

Ugh, if you didn't live so far I would give you all of mine. I've had good luck finding anchovies, smelt, and mackerel at Asian markets, but the little fat sardines I found at Whole Foods. I don't think I will ever get Louis to eat fresh fish, but I can't bring myself to chuck them either, so they are just taking up space in my tiny packed freezer.

[xellil]

Ugh, if you didn't live so far I would give you all of mine. I've had good luck finding anchovies, smelt, and mackerel at Asian markets, but the little fat sardines I found at Whole Foods. I don't think I will ever get Louis to eat fresh fish, but I can't bring myself to chuck them either, so they are just taking up space in my tiny packed freezer.

That's too bad! Surely there is someone closer to you who would want them?

[chowder]

Bringing up the fish topic again, I decided to try my guys on real fish instead of canned again. So I looked at my store today and they had three whole choices of frozen fish (we don't live in a real healthy eating area!). My choices were Tilapia, whiting, or something called Swai. I got the Swai because it was on sale and I had no idea what it was.

Is there any nutrition at all in a "swai fish" for the dogs? They are eating it tomorrow for breakfast, but just to make sure they are happy, I got them beef ribs for snacks!

[Sprocket]

What the heck is ‘swai’?

[chowder]

What the heck is ‘swai’?

I did read that same article and it says it is light and flaky with a mild taste and great with butter and lemon (not that I'm going to grill it for them!). But it didn't say anything about whether there was actually any fishy goodness and nutrition in it. At $3.50 a pound, would I be better off buying them cans of salmon?

[Sprocket]

I did read that same article and it says it is light and flaky with a mild taste and great with butter and lemon (not that I'm going to grill it for them!). But it didn't say anything about whether there was actually any fishy goodness and nutrition in it. At $3.50 a pound, would I be better off buying them cans of salmon?

How about this one?

Nutrition In Swai Fish | LIVESTRONG.COM

Actually that one isn't great. Personally I think, at that price, I would find a different fish.