It was time to give conservas another chance, but this time no sardines or other fish, I wanted to sample canned shellfish.
Author: buyingseafood
Buying Seafood is a project of Justin Demetri, historian and author of From Head To Tale: Historic Seafood Recipes Through The Ages.
All Natural Lobster Cakes From Yankee Trader Seafood
I was looking for some sort of frozen seafood appetizer/entree in my local supermarket frozen section. That’s when I found this line of frozen seafood from Yankee Trader Seafood, a local company based in Massachusetts. I love a good fish cake and I also like cheap eats, so it was hard to pass up a…
Easy and Decadent Wild Smoked Salmon Chowder
Out of all the different recipes I found, I was most intrigued by those like what they serve at Seattle\’s Pike Place Market. Not only does it use cream, but it has cream cheese in it too! Cream cheese, capers, tomatoes? This is certainly new territory, but it sounded like it could be delicious if I could pull it off.
Captain Marden’s Creamed Finnan Haddie: Old School Comfort
Ok, Who here loves finnan haddie? Who here knows what finnan haddie is? If you’re not from New England or the Canadian Maritimes, you get a pass but I have to admit I didn’t know what finnan haddie was until I was in my twenties. It was my late friend Jim Lynch who first told…
A First Look At Skate Cheeks From Red’s Best
I got a package of frozen skate cheeks from Red’s Best a while back, and now is the time to try them out. I’ve had skate wings plenty of times, same with cod cheeks, but never skate cheeks. Honestly, I didn’t know skate had cheeks. That was part of the allure when I ordered them…
Pemaquid Rope-Cultured Mussels From Maine
Pemaquid Mussel Farms is a Maine company that specializes in cultured, rope-grown mussels. Their mussels are known for a very high meat-to-shell ratio.
Cod Livornese Style Thanks To Iceland Catch
For my second look at Iceland Catch I’ll be reviewing the Cod Fillet Portions they sent me recently. I asked around some of my family members and friends, most of them involved someway with our local fishing industry and they fall into two camps: Either they like haddock much better than cod, or they can’t…
A Look At Haddock Fillets From Iceland Catch
I was contacted by an Iceland Catch representative who invited me to review their products. They sent me two packages, one of haddock the other cod, so I could see for myself what sets their fish apart.
Great Flounder From Red’s Best Is No Fluke – Except When It’s Fluke!
I’m opening up another package from my Red’s Best shipment. This time it’s summer flounder, better known as fluke where I’m from.
Black Sea Bass From Red’s Best Of Boston
Red’s Best was selling frozen one-pound bags of black sea bass for $18. Now it was time to break out a thawed package from Black Sea Bass from Red’s Best for a weeknight dinner.