Raw wild salmon livers

[needs_and_wants]

Are raw wild salmon livers safe to eat? Thinking of asking the local fishmongers to keep me some instead of binning them. Have heard for some reason they're meant to be dodgy though. You never usually hear of salmon livers, just cod. Is it parasites, vit A toxicity? Am going to freeze for a week before I eat them anyways just to be safe. Also thinking of asking for the skin for fats.

[CitrusHigh]

Well i've noticed tons of parasites on the packaging of fresh cod at the local grocer so it's probably not superior to salmon in that respect. However it would probably be a lot of work to hold the livers back from the rest of the guts so the fisherman might not be intersted in that, or you may have to pay a convenience fee or something. I can't tell you how many time's, while asking for unusual cuts that the butcher has said to me "well I gotta make sure it's worth my while" or something to that effect.

[RawZi]

... You never usually hear of salmon livers, just cod. Is it parasites, vit A toxicity? ... Also thinking of asking for the skin for fats.

    I think cod is a type of fish that has insoluble vitamins in its liver and dry meat. Salmon a type that has fatty meat and dry liver. I think the best vitamin D in salmon is just under the skin, where it's even fatier.  Salmon as animals are reported have more vitamin D than most foods. I have also read about salmon oil as a vitamin supplement. It's medically prescribed in nasal spray form for very sick weak people with weak bones, as MDs know they can't tolerate phosamax(tm).

[bharminder]

Hey I've never tried salmon livers, but I want to. If I had access to it I would eat it if it was previously frozen or I'd freeze it myself for a while.

[CitrusHigh]

RawZi, that is funny that you would say that. Do you say that with the knowledge that raw fermented cod liver oil is the go-to source of vitamin D for the weston A price foundation?

I'm just curious because during the winter here I take Fermented CLO to keep my vitamin D up, I also get plenty of pastured foods but I find I do best with the FCLO included.

The reason I'm interested is because if there's something I should know about CLO I want to hear it. Thanks!