Do The Creatures Of The Briny Depths Sing To You?
Ahoy, Deadsplinterseadogs! Summer for many is time for seafood (or freshwaterfood). On vacation, after a day by the water people go for fried clams, lobster rolls, fish and chips, steamed crabs, catfish nuggets, fresh trout….
What about you? Some people can’t stand the smell. Others are allergic. And so summer food is scale and shell-free.
But me, I can’t get enough.The one exception is oysters, which I follow the rule of only eating in months with an R in them. But otherwise I’m all over it.
Or at least most of it. I recently got a bag of frozen crayfish and was unimpressed by how little they yielded to eat.
I had farmed rainbow trout recently and was impressed. And boiled shrimp too. Maybe a catfish banh mi tonight?
So what about you? Do you eat like an old salt, or a landlubber? And what’s your favorite (or most despised) dish?
i love all seafood..but cant cook mussels myself
they talk to me as i cook them by opening and closing
you know….once they’ve said hi i cant eat the wee buggers….coz we have a connection now
proper fucking tasty when i didnt talk to them whilst cooking tho
to date the most surprising fishy ive ate is cuttle fish
the greek know how to do it well…i didnt even know it was edible
Mussels are great, but I’ve never checked in on them while they’re cooking. I’ve never had cuttlefish, but squid is great — much better than octopus in my opinion.
squid and octopus all come down to how you cook them
delicious if cooked right…rubber otherwise…not much a window between right and rubber tho
Cuttlefish is super popular in Hawaii. I’ve mostly had it dehydrated which smells awful but is not bad. We eat octopus raw in Hawaii (tako poke) is super popular. I love bigger fish like ahi, ono, opah, aku, & halibut. It took me awhile to love salmon but now that I know what good salmon is, I love it. Shrimp & scallops are awesome when done right. I like mussels but not big on oysters & clams. Our local crabs are amazing & Alaska ones are even better but don’t care for east coast ones. Tilapia is a garbage fish & not fit for human consumption. Most small fish with lots of bones are not worth it. Opakapaka is the only exception.
I like trout, walleye, crappie, salmon, and grouper. I love fried clams and New England clam chowder. I like lobster, shrimp and scallops if they aren’t overcooked. I haven’t had mussels in years, too easy to get bad ones. I’ll only order them at certain places. No to oysters and catfish.
I love fresh seafood, but living in Missouri means I have it on vacations.
Scallops on the Oregon coast and calamari in Waikiki Beach stick out as the best seafood I’ve had.
Most underwhelming? Farmed catfish and tilapia. Catfish need to live in gross muddy places to have any kind of flavor. Just skip them entirely. Tilapia has no texture nor flavor to me.
Memorable seafood meals – fresh steamed lobster from a roadside hut in Maine, grouper at Perry’s in Key Largo, and fresh walleye pulled from the creek and pan fried over a fire for breakfast.
Honorable mention: she-crab soup a few years back in Virginia Beach. But only honorable mention because a lot of the flavor came from the ubiquitous Old Bay seasoning and heavy cream.
I think farmed catfish eat mostly cornmeal. They need to get more bugs in their diet.
Pellets made primarily of soybean meal, according to the USDA.
Maybe even less flavor than corn!
I’m allergic to shellfish, so y’all can eat that mess. Fish is just fine. However, I must note that I’m from Florida and I ain’t eating no fish that’s been shipped across the US to some godforsaken flyover state. If it wasn’t swimming yesterday, I’m not interested. Gimme a steak.
If it was swimming yesterday in Florida, it is also precooked! Enjoy your seafood while you can.
Nature’s sous vide.
😂 but also 😢
I don’t like Octopus or Squid to my parents chagrin because they don’t think I am Korean enough. To be fair they have a point on not being “Korean” enough but I still won’t eat either mollusc. Now that we’re finding out octopi are quite intelligent, I find it just another reason to avoid them.
Clam, shrimp and oysters sure. Plankton, fish, sea greens and protein from the sea maybe. Definitely pass on whatever Box the robot froze. (Bonus points to guess what movie that came from)