Seafood
Fresh or frozen fish? Ask better questions.
What to look for at the seafood counter, what appearance cannot prove, and how to get your purchase safely from store to supper.
Category: Seafood
A seafood counter rewards the shopper who asks two or three specific questions. Fresh or frozen fish? Ask better questions. covers the freshness cues FDA actually names, what appearance cannot prove, and why frozen is often the better buy when you will not cook tonight. Blue crab: familiar American seafood, different Italian story. separates the Italian invasive-species debate from an American crab dinner, then compares whole crabs with picked meat by edible yield. Squid, calamari and totano: what are you buying? explains why calamari is a dish rather than a tenderness grade. All three end with cold handling and a cooking temperature you can measure.
A seafood counter rewards the shopper who asks two or three specific questions. Fresh or frozen fish? Ask better questions. covers the freshness cues FDA actually names, what appearance cannot prove, and why frozen is often the better buy when you will not cook tonight. Blue crab: familiar American seafood, different Italian story. separates the Italian invasive-species debate from an American crab dinner, then compares whole crabs with picked meat by edible yield. Squid, calamari and totano: what are you buying? explains why calamari is a dish rather than a tenderness grade. All three end with cold handling and a cooking temperature you can measure.
Seafood
Blue crab: familiar American seafood, different Italian story.
Understand the origin, choose the right form of crab and buy for the meal you actually want to make.
Squid
Squid, calamari and totano: what are you buying?
Italian names do not map neatly onto an American seafood label. Ask about species, size and preparation.