Eating Weird

Published: Aug. 17, 2020, 7 p.m.

b"Eat the Fish!
Guest:\\xa0Alex Fogg, Marine Resource Coordinator at Okaloosa County Board of Comissioners
Since before 2000, lionfish have been invading the Atlantic. \\xa0They are now one of the most dangerous invasive species in the world, responsible for the destruction of ecosystems throughout the ocean. \\xa0And we let them in.
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If You Can\\u2019t Beat \\u2018em, Eat \\u2018em
Guests: Thomas Tennant, Chef, Tomfoodery Kitchen; Sophie O\\u2019Hehir, Research Officer, Grand Cayman Department of Environment
There's a bounty on green iguanas in the Cayman Islands, and the Department of Environment has paid out millions to reduce the plague of the invasive species. Chef Thomas Tennant takes it from there and fries up the reptiles and make tasty empanadas and confits out of them.\\xa0
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Ike Jime: The Delicious Way to Kill Fish
Guest: Andrew Tsui, President, Ike Jime Federation
The Ike Jime method, the most humane way to kill a fish, also creates a product that can age to perfection."