Is black drum edible?
Chef's answer
Black drum are edible, with a moderate flavor and are not oily. Some restaurants in the southern US serve smaller black drum. Big drum can be challenging to clean.
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Fully cooked chicken can leak juices that are tinged with red, and fully cooked chicken can have pink meat and/or redness in the joints or bones! From the USDA: The pink color in safely cooked chicken may be due to the hemoglobin in tissues which can form a heat-stable color.
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Spaghetti worms in black drum are more common near the tail of the fish with a typical fish hosting 5 to 15 specimens. The spaghetti worms we see in these fish are really parasitic tapeworms of sharks, who are just using the trout or drum as an intermediate host..
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Black drum are mostly bottom feeders, with adults eating mostly mollusks and crabs. In shallow water, they have been reported to feed with their heads down so that their tails show above the water surface..
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Preheat air fryer to 400?F. Toss drumsticks with oil and then sprinkle and rub with spices. Place in air fryer in a single layer. Cook for 10 minutes, turn drumsticks over, and cook for another 8-10 minutes, or until chicken reaches an internal temperature of 165?F.
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Spaghetti worms are common parasites of saltwater fish in the drum family, which include speckled and white trout, black drum, redfish, and croakers. While they look alike to most fishermen, several different worms use these fish as hosts. ... Worms found in black drum are most often Pseudogrillotia pIeistacantha..
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Spaghetti worms in black drum are more common near the tail of the fish with a typical fish hosting 5 to 15 specimens. The spaghetti worms we see in these fish are really parasitic tapeworms of sharks, who are just using the trout or drum as an intermediate host..
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The overall coloration of an adult black drum is, well, black. "Black drum juveniles do have a similar vertical dark bar pattern along their body, while sheepshead have them from the gill plate back to the tail," Markwith said. Juvenile black drum's mouths are facing downward, versus straight ahead for a sheepshead.
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