[Sca-cooks] Getting fresh fish

[Stefan li Rous]

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Am Mittwoch, 26. April 2006 14:50 schrieb ysabeau:
 > Sounds like a great recipe...I just want to know where anyone
 > finds "fresh" fish these days if you don't catch it yourself. All
 > of the fish I see at the market is frozen on the ships right after
 > it is processed. The only way I can get fresh shrimp is if I make
 > friends with a shrimper (back when I lived on the coast).

You have to be lucky and live near the coast, or a good freshwater
fishery.

Plus, I don't know how regulations are in the USA, but here we often  
get live
fish sold on the market. You pick one in the basin, they spike it,  
gut it and
wrap it for you. That's fresher than some people are comfortable with.

Giano
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Ysabeau, you live in Austin. I think I have seen some 'never frozen'  
fish in the grocery stores.

If that is not fresh enough, as Giano mentions, try the places that  
will see you a live fish.  I remembering seeing live fish tanks at  
many of the oriental markets, although it has been a year or more  
since I've been out exploring them. So, I'm not sure how wide a  
variety of fish you will find there or which ones. I suspect though  
if I'm going to try cooking eel anytime, those oriental markets are  
going to be about the only place I'm going to find it. Other than the  
smoked eel in the little cans.

These oriental markets are also a good place to find dried fish.

Stefan
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