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When I was a child cod liver was a staple. My mom would spread it on a piece of bread. It's creamy and oily enough to not need any butter. Even as a fairly pick
by drakonka 4y ago
When I was a child cod liver was a staple. My mom would spread it on a piece of bread. It's creamy and oily enough to not need any butter. Even as a fairly picky child, I always found it delicious and could go through countless of these sandwiches each day if she'd let me. So if someone is interested in trying liver for vitamin A, this might be a good one to try taste-wise.
The only caveat is, when looking into it a few years ago I read some horror stories about worms being not-too-uncommonly found in cod and cod liver. I'm not sure how regular it is to find these in a can of the stuff, but as a vegetarian of over ten years who was considering incorporating cod liver for Vitamin A specifically, the worm eek factor on top of the fish-eating was enough to dissuade me from trying it again.
- moistly 4y agoI’d worry more about toxins. Cod livers will be accumulating the crap we’ve been pumping into the environment. And the higher up the food chain, the more the toxins accumulate. Cod is an apex predator, or nearly so (juvie’s get eaten by bigger fish; the adults are prey to shark & little else). Oh, and yes, according to Wikipedia, cod are riddled with parasites.
- giantg2 4y agoWorms are common in many fish. I've seen some in fish I've cooked and eaten. Per the FDA, the only fish allowed to be eaten raw without going through a parasite destructor process is tuna. Even then, it's not a bad idea in my opinion.