If you love fish balls like I do, but are too lazy to make them yourself, what do you do? Buy ready made ones of course. If buying from the supermarket, I look for the expiry date, bounciness of the fish balls and the colour. I normally go for the white coloured ones. Last week my aunty told me about the way some of the fish balls were made and I was totally appalled.
She happened to pass by a stall where the lady was making fish balls. After the fish was minced and pounded, the flesh looked grayish pink. The lady then proceeded to add a small amount of bleach to the mixture and the fish paste instantly turned pristine white and the lady started shaping the paste into balls. When my aunty confronted her the lady denied doing this although the bottle of bleach was by her side. Just to be on the safe side avoid buying pristine white uncooked fish balls. The fish balls should only turn white after it has been cooked.
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Ya, my dad who is a chemist told us about this some time back.
Growing up, we hardly ever ate fishballs (save for those that my mum knew were 'properly' made), sausages, nuggets or any processed food.
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