Seafood fraud isn’t a new concept; we’ve known about mislabeled products for years. What is surprising is how prevalent the shellfish shell game is.
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Seafood fraud isn’t a new concept; we’ve known about mislabeled products for years. What is surprising is how prevalent the shellfish shell game is.
Few dishes are as delicious and easier to make than Aguachiles. I was introduced to it by my daughter Natalia while on a winter vacation in Nayarit.
Byron Bay Chilli Co hits us with great seafood recipes on the regular. We love sharing ’em with you, especially with spring kicking off for 2021.
Tunisian fish soup comes to us from one of the richest fishing areas in North Africa. Any kind of fish and shellfish can be used but avoid oily fish.
Singapore black pepper crab is one of the two most popular crab dishes in the country. It is made with hard-shell crabs fried with black pepper.
You can actually use any fish roe in this recipe, so ask your local fishmonger what is available. If you’re in Richmond in April, you’ll find this breakfast shad recipe in restaurants.
Here in New England lobsters are usually steamed with some rockweed (seaweed); clams and oysters are served raw on the half-shell with just a spritz of lemon and a dash of hot sauce; and scallops are pan-seared until barely translucent.
When it comes to slaying bacteria in oysters, hot sauce is serial killer in a bottle. At least, that’s what some scientific studies indicate.
If you grew up in Alaska like I did, you already know canned salmon can be a good thing. Local fishermen have refined custom flavored salmon canning into an art form there.
The shrimp taste better if you cook them with their shells on. Then you can serve them as an appetizer and have your guests peel the shrimp themselves. Alternatively, you can use peeled shrimp and serve them over white rice.