The World's Deadliest Thing
Pop quiz!<p>Do you ever buy frozen vacuum-sealed fish? The kind where each piece is sealed in its own plastic pouch? It is convenient and delicious. To me it can taste fresher than some "fresh" fish. One reason is that the sealed pouch keeps oxygen out.<p>Have you wondered why it says "remove all packaging before defrosting"? And ignored that advice like I did for many years?<p>After all, the fish seems to defrost just fine in its original vacuum-sealed packaging, whether you defrost it in the refrigerator or in a cold water bath. And it is so convenient to leave it in the pouch while defrosting.<p>Well, there is a reason to take those instructions seriously. The vacuum-sealed package is an anerobic environment, just right for botulinum and listeria.<p>So unwrap the fish, let it have that little kiss of oxygen, and then rewrap it for defrosting.<p><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=remove+frozen+fish+from+packaging" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/search?q=remove+frozen+fish+from+pack...</a>