There's a story about burbot liver on Wikipedia:
In the 1920s, Minnesota druggist Theodore H. Rowell and his father Joseph Rowell, a commercial fisherman on Lake of the Woods, were using the burbot as feed for the foxes Joe’s blue fox farm. They discovered that the burbot contained something that improved the quality of the fox’s furs; this was confirmed by the fur buyers who commented that these furs were superior to other furs they were seeing. Ted felt it was something in the burbot, so he extracted some oil and sent it away to be assayed. The result of the assay was that the liver of the burbot is 3-4 times more potent in vitamin D, and 4 – 10 times more potent in vitamin A than “good grades” of cod liver oil.
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Mmm, pancakes!
2 years, 8 months ago by aehn
From now on she can get us to do anything by mentioning she might consider making them again
2 years, 8 months ago by jyri
Is it my imagination, or do you like food?
2 years, 8 months ago by aqualung
judging from jyri's food jaiku's - I would say he's a food addicts... what's bourbon soup ?
2 years, 8 months ago by redsoda
Burbot is a fish. Its liver is especially yummy - I cook it separately.
There's a story about burbot liver on Wikipedia: In the 1920s, Minnesota druggist Theodore H. Rowell and his father Joseph Rowell, a commercial fisherman on Lake of the Woods, were using the burbot as feed for the foxes Joe’s blue fox farm. They discovered that the burbot contained something that improved the quality of the fox’s furs; this was confirmed by the fur buyers who commented that these furs were superior to other furs they were seeing. Ted felt it was something in the burbot, so he extracted some oil and sent it away to be assayed. The result of the assay was that the liver of the burbot is 3-4 times more potent in vitamin D, and 4 – 10 times more potent in vitamin A than “good grades” of cod liver oil.
2 years, 8 months ago by jyri
it's sounds good ! - well still I absolutely hate fish ( as food that is) - I would rather have them in an aquarium s
2 years, 8 months ago by redsoda