GagHalfrunt
Lifer
It's common to buy live lobster at the grocery store up here in New England. That's usually it.
I'm in New England and we buy live clams, oysters and mussels too. Rarely will a fish market have anything else live.
It's common to buy live lobster at the grocery store up here in New England. That's usually it.
Has anyone mentioned live lobster and shellfish yet?
Has anyone mentioned live lobster and shellfish yet?
Yes.
Have you ever eaten seafood while it's still alive?
Yeah, I had some octopus thing in Seoul that was cut up alive and served. It moves around in your mouth.
Yeah, I had some octopus thing in Seoul that was cut up alive and served. It moves around in your mouth.
/pedant modeWhen (sushi) is that fresh, it takes on an effervescent quality - almost like soda.
No I catch more than I can eat. Fillet 100 fish at a time sometimes.. They are sorta alive... I put them on ice so knife cuts through meat better and sometimes they flip flop and bleed. No raw for me tho... fried or baked.
Bream? Mullet? Crappie?
Crappie is what I mainly catch. More a finesse classy fish plus they taste good.
Crappie isn't super popular here. We always go for the big blue gill. My dad and grandfather slew well over double the limit a few times back when they didn't enforce it as much.
We went on a fishing charter that the company my wife worked for put on one fall day. We did it the smart way...drove down early, got a room in Monterey, had a nice dinner, got plenty of sleep, and had a nice breakfast before going out on the boat...Some of her bosses on the other hand, went out and got fucked-up drunk the night before...didn't eat anything before they got on the boat...and were still drunk.
As we got out a mile or so from shore, the swells picked up a bit...not rough, just a bit of up and down, up and down...the head of the HR department was a real "dick with ears" kind of guy at the office, so I decided to have fun with him...He was looking a bit green, so I asked what was the matter? "Oh, I'm feeling a bit seasick. I had too much to drink last night."
"Joe," I tell him, "I spend a lot of time on the water, and I have a sure-fire cure for hangovers and seasickness."
"Really? What is it? I need something."
So, I reach around to the live bait tank, grab a large anchovy and take a bite. The head and about half the body...and start chewing.
That was it...he was bent over the rail puking his guts out...
Once I had him puking...I had to hurry up and spit that nasty sit out...I hate anchovies...but every time he'd come up for air, I'd stick an anchovy in his face and tell him, "Here, try it, it's good for you." <RETCH!>
"You're a fucking asshole!<RETCH>
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