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Article: Lean, moist, delicate ... this is today's tilapia. (recipes)
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- May 1, 1991
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Lean, moist, delicate . . . this is today's tilapia Although a relative newcomer to American fish markets, tilapia is actually not a new fish at all. This small, perch-like fish is a native of Africa and has been known to man since Biblical times. Legend says that tilapia was the fish Christ multiplied a thousandfold to feed the masses.
Tilapia is extremely hardy. Because it's a warm-water fish, its only essential requirement seems to be temperatures above [55 degrees]. It survives in fresh, salt, or brackish water and with no supplemental food, eating only algae present in the water. Tilapia also needs very little oxygen, which enables it to withstand crowded ...