food The Pescetarian

I used to be a big farmed fish fan until many in the trade started using hormones and fish feed of dubious origin. Got to the point a few years back they started adding carotene dye because the flesh was coming out gray instead of its natural orange color which can only be gotten if fed their natural diet.
 
Wild caught fish also have raised a few issues. The demand has invited all sorts of dubious marketing practices. I've seen for years fish mongers selling salmon labeled as premium Alaskan Copper River King or Sockeye salmon. Red flags are raised when it is witnessed and clearly identified that the fish in question is actually Chum or in some cases fall caught Coho or Silver rather than spring caught King/Chinnok or Sockeye/Red. Then there's the actual quality of the fish. I've seen boat holds unloaded with unrefridgerated whole fish, ungilled and not bled that were caught in the morning only to make it to the processor in late afternoon. Ya gotta get that sheeit on ice pronto and at least bleed the thing out if not take off the head.
 
Still there's enough of a difference in both the farm and wild caught that you can find excellent sources of quality fish with either.
USA farmed has gotten heaps better especially with farmed steelhead. Chile exports an increasing amount of farmed coho salmon and steelhead and while looking legit, the quality is not very consistent.
 
In my ideal world yes, I'd only buy USA wild caught but you just can't get fresh USA wild caught all year. That leaves sorting through the BS of all the farmed fish and its issues.
 
I love fish but I won't buy just anything no matter what the source. Whenever I can I want to see the whole fish especially the eyes and even more so the skin. I want to know for certain I'm paying for at least the same species thats being sold.
 
Thankfully Texas has plenty of Gulf shrimp available fresh and frozen all year round. A lot less to worry about and but damn do I love shrimp!
 
Maybe some time I'll get my butt scratchers on some of them Carolina shrimps. I have no doubt they're most excellente'!
 
I agree and I have found one of the best sources which is hard to believe for me, Costco for wild caught salmon. For about 2 months following the exact season of each river in Alaska/Washington, they will have salmon. I will need to find the source but I want to say there is less then a 48 hour window from river to store. If you look at a blind test they did, their frozen salmon won over fresh for foodies. :) Think the test was in Washington State. 
 
When possible I try to buy local and wild, not always possible. :(
 
Yessir, I too have bought excellent fish from Costco. 
 
Unfortunately the Costco down the road closest to me in Frisco has downsized their seafood selections to about a 1/3 of what it was, jacked the prices, and have the beginnings of looking more like a Wal-Mart than what they once were. I don't go there any more.
 
Please forgive my rants on the subject but I'm very passionate about the subject. Having been a fisherman and eating fish all my life as well as being a former Alaskan and sport fishing guide its just something near and dear to me.
 
I was more than a little thrilled to hear the other day that the EPA (which normally I consider a corrupt and unnecessary fed agency that only gets all up in the 'bidness of the states who should call the shots in their own backyard) issued a ruling that they would NOT issue Northern Dynasty, a Canadian Company, permits to startup Pebble mine located in the Bristol Bay region of SW Alaska which is home to the worlds largest run of sockeye salmon as well as the most magnificent trout fishing I've ever seen. I've been there many times and flown over the area in question up by Lake Illiamna/Lake Clark. Screw Northern Dynasty!!!
 
JayT said:
I don't recall TB ever having a UDS. If he had, I would have made a mess of that too!
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Me and a machine shop amigo built it after you came to teh big dry ditch.
 
Behold.
 
'Member this?
 

 
Here's the unit on the back porch.
 

 
Here's some salmon I did on it.
 
It's really has too much real estate for doing up stuff for only 2 people.
 
I could easily fit 2 whole 25 pound kings salmon all up in they 'thang.
 

 
Perfect like me.
 
 
Wow, Jay doesn't remember that custom build you had commissioned, and all the stuff you did on the UDS.
 
Hey Jay... :bday:
 
You are 109 today.
 
jajajajaja....
 
What the folks don't know is that Jay is the top Capo de Capo of the Amish Mafia in PA.
 
 
 
True story.
 
mrs. blues dragged me to her fav sushi joint tonight in Frisco.
 
Edoko.
 
Somehow its mandatory to purge your self for 24 hours so you have room for the wheel barrow of sheeit you're gonna' be shovelin' in your piehole.
 
I started with an app of Black Tiger Prawn Tempura. I give myself the finger for not getting a pic of that most delicate and light shrimpy goodnessessess.
 
mrs. blues ordered an Edamame app and a Speechless Roll with an extry side of eel sauce aka kobeyaki.
 
I ordered the Tango Roll and a Speechless Roll as well.
 
Descriptions here...
 
http://www.edokosushi.com/dinner_menu.pdf
 
Tango in the background and Speechless in the fore.
 
Dig the little shishito slices on the crab mixed with sweet chile mayo on the Speechless and note the eel sauce splooge on the Tango roll plate. 
 
Eel sauce is like a more savory thicker richer yakitori/teriyaki style sauce. Like mother's milk only better!
 

 
Stupid apple sail foam fuzzy pic.
 
Damn you!
 

 
Have mercy.
 
Snow crab, salmon, avocado, and other foreign sheeit that tastes too good to even describe.
 

 
Fact is any health benefits from eating fish in this manner were completely obliterated and vaporized in a giant mushroom cloud of salt and msg.
 
I even drank what was left of the tempura sauce after I ate the shrimps.
 
I don't eat rice at all and tonight I ate enough to choke a baby elephant.
 
The stuff we ate was so decadent, rich, and savory, mrs. blues asked for a fork!
 
Can you believe that sheeit???
 
What they need to do is serve it in a trough like cows eat hay out of.
 
No hands.
 
Just bury your face in it and unhinge your jaw like an egg sucking snake and vacuum it in.
 
She even ordered a second Speechless Roll after snorting the first one like cocaine.
 
Tomorrow morning I'm going to be pissing flying fish roe rainbows and pooping eel sauce fermented rice balls.
 
It was that gall 'dang guuud!
 
Goodbye size 32 pants.
 
Nice knowin' ya',
 
 
True story.
 
Hey y'all.
 
After seeing mrs. blues biological disaster and science experiment of a meal gone bad that she was eatin' yesterday I needed to go in the opposite direction and eat something healthy.
 
Olive oil, garlic, onion, fresno and jalapeno chiles, bell pepper, yellow squash, mexican squash, roma tom, sea salt, fresh cracked pepper, cumin, and mexican oregano.
 

 
Just thinking about my dear sweet wife's meal just made me want to puke so I reckoned this simple veggie dish wouldn't make me want to gag and run for the vomitorium while bending over into the bowl.
 
"CHRYYYYYYYYYSSSSSSSSSLLLLLLLLERRRRRR.....CHEVROOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEETTTTTTTTE!"
 
Tossed a little parm cheese cheapness on it for effect and ate it like jam.
 

 
Salute'!
 
texas blues said:
 
"CHRYYYYYYYYYSSSSSSSSSLLLLLLLLERRRRRR.....CHEVROOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEETTTTTTTTE!"
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"CHRYYYYYYYYYSSSSSSSSSLLLLLLLLERRRRRR.....CHEVROOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEETTTTTTTTE!"
 
Let's see if I can decode this:
 
Chrysler, Chevrolet. AMIRITE?
 
You do know they aren't the same company, right?
Maybe the new Suabru it throwing you for a spin.
 
Regretting selling your Ford already?
 
"I'm sick of fish taco's".
 
Said no one ever.
 
 
Smoked orange teriyaki salmon, cream scheeze, green onion, all on toasted corn tore tillah's.
 
And some splooges of Insane Chicken's Big Pecker Hab Sauce. Trying to kill the bottle.
 

 
Washed down with Aussie swill for cheapness.
 

 
If'n I was sportin' a SoFlo man beard it would be mountain delicious!
 
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