At an upcoming family get-together I'm planning to serve some ceviche & mojitos.

I got the idea from seeing Rick Bayless on tv recently.  He said the fishermen

in Yucatan he met don't cook their fish, they just marinade it for a few minutes

in lime juice, with a bit of onion & cilantro.



Sounds delicious.  It's a traditional dish that's conventionally acceptable that

lets me eat raw meat in a social setting.  I wonder what health effects

marinades have though?



I've heard that an acid marinade, similar to exposing the meat to heat, can

denature proteins, and Rick was talking about how the lime juice "cooks" the

fish a bit.  I wonder what affects this has on the body, based on how we believe

raw meat is digested?



Edward

The acids in lemon or lime juice aren't as strong as your stomach acids.  I've

never noticed any health problems from eating ceviche, and I've eaten a lot of

it.  I've never heard of anyone else mentioning health problems from ceviche. 

Humans have eaten a lot of meat, fish, and fruit over the millenia, and that's

all you'll find in ceviche.



mike g

co-mod



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> I've heard that an acid marinade, similar to exposing the meat to >heat, can

denature proteins, and Rick was talking about how the lime >juice "cooks" the

fish a bit.  I wonder what affects this has on the >body, based on how we

believe raw meat is digested?

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> Edward

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