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Post by doder on Oct 31, 2014 11:46:11 GMT -5
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Post by darianagle on Oct 31, 2014 16:56:16 GMT -5
Did anyone buy these crab legs at Wal-Mart, believing they were actually caught by Captain Sig and the Northwestern? Or did they flip the box over, read "Product of Russia" and wonder What The Heck......?
Kudos to the Hillstrands and (posthumously) to Phil, for refusing to be part of that "Marketing Charade"....(Click to enlarge)
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Post by nannyb on Oct 31, 2014 18:50:54 GMT -5
I rarely buy seafood here in the desert because it usually is really nasty. The store's idea of fresh is three days old. Yuck.
If I want fish, I buy it frozen at Costco or go to Red Lobster.
I sure do miss Florida and the great seafood.
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Post by darianagle on Oct 31, 2014 20:59:09 GMT -5
We have fishmongers in Central Canadia who will provide freshly flown-in shellfish, cod, halibut, salmon, etc. -- but it's all pricey. And locals who've adopted the "100 Mile Diet" won't touch ANY form of seafood with a 10-foot boat gaff. Fortunately for them (and for paupers like me) the descendants of the Icelandic Fishermen lured here in the 1800's keep us well supplied with fresh pike, perch, pickerel(walleye), and Lake Winnipeg Whitefish -- the latter especially delicious when baked with a sage-and-onion stuffing!
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Post by Maribegood on Nov 1, 2014 6:26:43 GMT -5
nannyb, I love the Alaskan salmon available at Costco. Every summer we keep an eye on when the first summer sales come due there, buy and divide among several families/households. We also get salmon flown in fresh at a limited number of higher end grocery chains, but they are WAY out of my budget, selling for upwards of 27 dollars a pound.
I have never seen Alaskan King crab available in my area. When King crab makes its appearance behind our fish counters a few times a year before Christmas and Chinese New Year, it is either labeled from Canada or not labeled at all, forcing you to ask and get the answer it is Russian. It too is out of my budget, but it is interesting the stores don't bring in Alaskan.
Dariangle, that business Sig pulled with the Russian crab was shady. I know it was perfectly legal, but it was still shady.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2014 12:22:30 GMT -5
I am part of shipping fresh salmon to the market every year in June,and have learned that if the fish is properly processed and handled it can still be very good after 4-5 days.
The key is keeping it cold after catching,processing it as soon as possible,and keeping it cold during transit to the market.
Typically in my situation,the salmon would be caught and delivered to a tender on day one.All our fishing boats now have either refrigerated seawater systems(RSW) or iced on board to keep the fish cold until they are delivered to the tender.All tenders have RSW,and are monitored closely both by the boat operators and plant personnel.
Fish are processed in the morning on day 2 and held in slush ice until put in boxes the same day.
Boxes are packed with gel ice and held in a freezer until shipped to the airport and arrive in Anchorage on day 3.Then they often are re-iced and shipped to the lower 48 and arrive on day 4 or 5 still in good shape.
A salmon that is still in good shape should not smell "fishy". It should have a nice clean smell,like seawater.
The company I work for is currently shipping fresh king crab out.I'm not sure where it is going,but is handled similarly.
Honestly though,if a salmon is properly frozen it is difficult to tell the difference from a thawed frozen salmon and a fresh salmon.
We process fish for freezing exactly as we do for fresh except that the fish go into freezers rather than going into slush ice for fresh shipping.
I'm fortunate that I always have a freezer full of frozen salmon
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Post by bentwillow on Nov 1, 2014 12:36:26 GMT -5
You are very fortunate indeed. Here in Michigan, I have learned to buy wild frozen salmon in order to get the best tasting fish. On occasion I will buy unfrozen wild salmon from Costco - I've had the best luck with that store. Thanks for sharing, King, I've always wondered whether it is best to buy fresh caught or frozen fish.
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Post by minariva on Nov 6, 2014 6:28:22 GMT -5
Dariangle, that business Sig pulled with the Russian crab was shady. I know it was perfectly legal, but it was still shady. And to me, shows how much of a hypocrite Sig is. On one hand he is seen in TV interviews praising his father about everything that he did and on the other he pulled this deal. I have a feeling that if Sig's father was still alive at the time he was offer this, Sig would of said no or I have to talk it over with the owner and never responded to the offer. I am happy that both Phil and the Hillstrand brothers said no to it, also Keith, whom at the time that this product came out, was on the show for about a year said in a local radio station interview that he would also said no if he was offer it. Also the situation on the Northwestern's forums about this, which I was apart of, was cold and defensive, well to me because I wouldn't fully accept this, I was very vocal about this . I don't recall the exact quote, but Matt Bradly's older brother, whom was mod over there and also the unofficial PR person for the family said it NOT OUR FAULT if you don't take the time to read the box. Then it came out a couple of days after that, it wasn't solely Sig choice, that both Edgar and Norman agree to it as well, which I don't fully believe either. [/quote] |
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Post by nannyb on Nov 6, 2014 7:27:36 GMT -5
I guess I am just spoiled. When I was a little girl growing up in Miami (it was a paradise then), Mom and I would go down to the pier and wait for the fishing boats to come in. They would tell us what they had caught and fillet it for us right there. It could be red snapper, pompano, grouper, etc. The richest man in the world could not eat any better than that.
It also disappoints me that we cannot buy shrimp from the US. It all comes from overseas. Can any of you explain that? I have never checked the frozen shrimp at Costco.
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Post by crabber on Nov 6, 2014 9:43:39 GMT -5
Sig is all about money. I believe both Edgar and Norman would have approved this. I don't buy king crab-too expensive here. After all the info on farmed fish, I only buy frozen Wild Alaskan Salmon. That is too expensive for fresh here too. However, in the summer, we can gets tons of fresh fish.
****Mari - I had trouble logging in. My computer crashed the other day(virus). After being fixed, when I tried to log in, it would not take my old password. I changed it to a new one and it would not take it today. I just changed it again. I'm not sure it will take this new change next time.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2014 12:22:13 GMT -5
I only buy frozen Wild Alaskan Salmon. Thanks for that!! |
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Post by Maribegood on Nov 7, 2014 9:42:15 GMT -5
Crabber,
Is the board taking your password now?
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Post by crabber on Nov 7, 2014 9:45:31 GMT -5
No, I had to type in that code thing that comes on
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Post by Maribegood on Nov 8, 2014 3:44:42 GMT -5
No, I had to type in that code thing that comes on I'm opening a query on the freeforums help site to troubleshoot. I will Private Message you the progress so we don't have to clutter this thread. |
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Post by Maribegood on Nov 8, 2014 3:53:53 GMT -5
It also disappoints me that we cannot buy shrimp from the US. It all comes from overseas. Can any of you explain that? I have never checked the frozen shrimp at Costco. I'm not sure if US shrimp is available in my area because I never buy it, but I would be curious to know the answer to your question as well. You figure they could ask a premium for Gulf Coast shrimp in US stores. I have a great memories of a friend's uncle who was a commercial fisherman in Virginia. He would go out into the Atlantic and fish the most amazing scallops. All they needed was to be cooked in a little butter and they were a feast.... |
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Post by darianagle on Nov 8, 2014 9:11:39 GMT -5
I suspect that "farmed" shrimp from Asia is far cheaper than the domestic variety even though it's often raised under "questionable" conditions that require the heavy use of antibiotics. Even "discount" grocers here are inundated with it, and with Asian-raised catfish (Basa) and Tilapia as well.....
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