Fish guts

[DeadRamones]

 I just got some wild whitings for what I think is a fair price $4(usa)/lb. I asked the butcher to just scale my fish & save the guts & head. Which he found shocking but I assured him it was for my dog.

 I know it's typical for most customers to discard this. Is it because of hazard issues or just cause of the look & taste? My question is, can I eat the guts/organs or is there a certain type of organ that I should avoid?

[raw]

I just got some wild whitings for what I think is a fair price $4(usa)/lb. I asked the butcher to just scale my fish & save the guts & head. Which he found shocking but I assured him it was for my dog.

 I know it's typical for most customers to discard this. Is it because of hazard issues or just cause of the look & taste? My question is, can I eat the guts/organs or is there a certain type of organ that I should avoid?

how about the skin! i think fish skin has higher level of omegas. fish head is good to ferment (i guess full of vit D) and stomach is definitely my favorite. if you can eat the flesh of the fish, than what's wrong with other organs? i'll consume them definitely!! enjoy!!

[nurture]

I get whole wild sardines and I really enjoy the organs. I can't exactly tell whats what but they sure do taste good.

[TylerDurden]

If you can handle the taste, eat the whole fish. People like the Inuit have been eating fish-brains etc. for millenia and have benefitted therefrom.

[DeadRamones]

So it's a go? No prob. Maybe I'll run back & ask for any left over fish heads lol.

[PaleoPhil]

I think the main concern that resulted in the discarding of fish organs by moderners, other than distaste developed from not eating organs, is that parasites are common in wild fish livers. Of course, if you agree with Aajonus that most parasites are beneficial rather than harmful, then no problem. You'll have to weigh the potential risks yourself. My guess is that they're overblown, but I don't know for sure.

[goodsamaritan]

If the fish is small / tiny I eat the head and the organs and everything.

But if the fish is big, my taste buds don't agree with the intestines.

I do like raw tuna fish skin.

And if the fish is truly fresh the eyes and the brain just taste really good.

Really enormous fish like blue marlin has delicious back bone fluid.

[RawZi]

...save the guts & head. Which he found shocking but I assured him it was for my dog.

 I know it's typical for most customers to discard this. Is it because of hazard issues or just cause of the look & taste? My question is, can I eat the guts/organs or is there a certain type of organ that I should avoid?

    When I eat the whole fish, I don't eat the sharpest (teeth maybe fins) parts and the gall bladder.  The sharpest parts cut too much and the gall bladder tastes so bitter I know it could be harmful.

[Neone]

When the salmon were running here I noticed that pretty much nothing was eating the heads, skin or bones of the salmon.

It was great going down to the park and even though its illegal to hunt them while running i still had a feast gathering all the dead fish walking up the stream and filleting off the meat quick and putting it on my stick haha.

[Hannibal]

The gills aren't tasty. The intestines in mackerel are also bad in taste, but in sardines they're fine.
The parasites in wild fish organs are beneficial.