Cod Livers

[avendesora]

I just found canned cod livers (packed in their own oil) at a grocery store today. So good! I put them on buttered toast. Tastes a little like tuna.

Aven

[Feb2003]

I've never seen them, but have heard that they're good (and great for you!). Can you tell me what the brand name is so I can see if I can order some.
Thx!

[avendesora]

I went back today... and saw that there were 12 brands! Some of the labels were in Russian, so I wouldn't be able to write the names here (it's a Russian grocery store). I bought "Great King" yesterday, which is imported through NY, and smoked cod livers by the brand "Officer" today, and apparently that's a brand from Denmark. Both say product of Iceland.

Do you have any international grocery stores around? Anything eastern European or northern European would have it.

I paid 1.79 and 1.99 respectively for 4 oz tins.
Aven

[Feb2003]

Thank you, Aven, I will check those out!

[IsaFrench]

I think it's the same thing that I tried a while ago .... one time I had temporary vision problems after eating a whole 4 oz by myself.

I love the taste and texture and wouldn't mind having some much more frequently but am a bit worried now about a possible unwanted side effect.... was it an overdose of Vit D ? was it totally un-related ?

Has anyone else had a similar experience ?

[avendesora]

We split most of a 4 oz can amongst our family of five. I finished up most of the last of it at lunch today, and gave some of the excess oil to our cats. No vision troubles - that's weird. Maybe it's an 'in moderation' thing, but I'd probably avoid that brand if you have other options.

[neverdoingitagain]

It wouldn't be an overdose of vitamin D, maybe a vitamin A issue. Its pretty darn near impossible to overdose on vitamin D and cod liver doesn't have a whole lot in it. Hm maybe even an excess of B-vitamins.
Or it was totally unrelated.
I've never even heard of canned cod livers before this thread, I always wondered what they did with the leftover livers

[IsaFrench]

yes, of course I meant vit A, not D , was very tired when I wrote the post
= must try to be reasonnable then and eat it over 2 days (none of my family will try my "weird" foods ...)

[CherryBomb]

I've never heard of canned cod livers, either! How was the texture? That's my biggest liver hang up.

[IsaFrench]

for texture, it looks crumbly when you start spreading it but actually it's very soft and spreads quite well & it melts in the mouth, more than a meat paté