How do you people eat seafood?

[Arrqh]

And no sushi/sashimi.....I don't eat bait.

I'm a fraud, I eat imitation sushi with the faux crab meat

See, I'm a big fan of seafood and sushi.... and this actually includes the fake crab meat. I'm so used to the fake stuff in california rolls that the ones with real crab just taste wrong. Once in highschool, I got home late from a busy day of manual labor and was starving. I opened up the refrigerator and the first thing I found was an unopened bag of fake crab meat that my mom had bought to put in salads or something. So I scarfed down the whole thing

 

[Timby]

See, I'm a big fan of seafood and sushi.... and this actually includes the fake crab meat. I'm so used to the fake stuff in california rolls that the ones with real crab just taste wrong. Once in highschool, I got home late from a busy day of manual labor and was starving. I opened up the refrigerator and the first thing I found was an unopened bag of fake crab meat that my mom had bought to put in salads or something. So I scarfed down the whole thing

Here in the Midwest, it's a bit difficult (read: expensive) to get fresh seafood, so I've learned to work with surimi crab meat, and it does pretty well. The biggest key to surimi is properly seasoning it, and not relying upon it as the sole seafood in a dish.

However, throwing it in with some sautéed shrimp and scallops in pasta fra diavolo is delicious.

 

[Arrqh]

Good seafood is pretty hard to come by up here as well.

I spent a year living in Vancouver a while back, it completely spoiled me as to the availability and price of good sushi. Sigh

 

[thestrangequark]

I have expensive taste when it comes to seafood. And picky tastes too. I like only extremely well-prepared lobster -- boiled, well-done, with butter. And I like high quality tuna steak, with dill and lime.

Whenever I visit my family in Seattle my mother and I treat ourselves to a lobster dinner at Ivar's on the pier -- it's not often I'll splurge for a $90 meal, but if I'm going to eat seafood it has to be done right.

I don't like any other seafood.

 

[nevermore]

See, I'm a big fan of seafood and sushi.... and this actually includes the fake crab meat. I'm so used to the fake stuff in california rolls that the ones with real crab just taste wrong. Once in highschool, I got home late from a busy day of manual labor and was starving. I opened up the refrigerator and the first thing I found was an unopened bag of fake crab meat that my mom had bought to put in salads or something. So I scarfed down the whole thing

This post made me physically ill.

 

[Danoz]

Sushi is one of the reasons why life is worth living.

Amen brother.

I also enjoy lobster, crab, muscles, clams, and pretty much anything that once lived in the ocean. I eat a lot of salmon, too. I positively love a good blackened swordfish.

Seafood is my favorite, and I especially love SUSHI!!!!

Wow this post is making me very hungry.

 

[Tim]

Here in the Midwest, it's a bit difficult (read: expensive) to get fresh seafood, so I've learned to work with surimi crab meat, and it does pretty well. The biggest key to surimi is properly seasoning it, and not relying upon it as the sole seafood in a dish.

Indeed. Being in Ohio (but born and raised in New England), none of the "seafood" offered here really meets my standards. Fresh lobster does not come out of some nasty tank in the supermarket!

 

[Rincewiend]

Well, there is herring and smoked mackerel, eel...
What my mom likes to do is rub some musterd on a piece of fish-filet and then wrap it in bacon...
Then bake it in an oven...
Very nice...

 

[Arrqh]

See, I'm a big fan of seafood and sushi.... and this actually includes the fake crab meat. I'm so used to the fake stuff in california rolls that the ones with real crab just taste wrong. Once in highschool, I got home late from a busy day of manual labor and was starving. I opened up the refrigerator and the first thing I found was an unopened bag of fake crab meat that my mom had bought to put in salads or something. So I scarfed down the whole thing

This post made me physically ill.

Thing is it is made from processed fish. I ain't gonna compare it to actual crab meat, it isn't even in the same category... but I'll happily eat pretty much anything

 

[Kestra]

Flounder, Orange Ruffy... Well These are "mild" to me, I've been around seafood all my life. The only time it "smells" to me is when it turns. If I can smell it I don't eat it because the smell comes from bacteria and rot.

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If you can get lake perch where you are, that's a great fish to devour. Pan-fry it up, serve with a baked potato ... delicious.

Somebody said flounder and orange roughy. Those are good ones. Somebody also said perch, tilapia is technically nile perch so yeah, that's a good mild one too. One that's a touch more fishy but still mild IMO is grouper. Grouper is one of my favorites. My sister-in-law doesn't like much seafood but she eats shrimp so maybe that's something to consider too. And shrimp is insanely easy to cook.

Thanks for all the suggestions! I've heard of a few of these so that's a start. Shrimp is one of the few things I eat, but it's not something I've ever really enjoyed. I'm hoping that since I'm older now, I'll be a little more open though. JKTim, I'm in the midwest myself (N. Illinois) so I probably have a selection similar to you.

 

[nevermore]

See, I'm a big fan of seafood and sushi.... and this actually includes the fake crab meat. I'm so used to the fake stuff in california rolls that the ones with real crab just taste wrong. Once in highschool, I got home late from a busy day of manual labor and was starving. I opened up the refrigerator and the first thing I found was an unopened bag of fake crab meat that my mom had bought to put in salads or something. So I scarfed down the whole thing

This post made me physically ill.

Thing is it is made from processed fish. I ain't gonna compare it to actual crab meat, it isn't even in the same category... but I'll happily eat pretty much anything

I would rather just eat crab meat. You can get it packed and frozen, you know, which is perfectly delicious. Just make sure it's from the Gulf states or the Carolinas, not Asia...

 

[John Picard]

One bite at a time.

http://www.trekbbs.com/showthread.php?t=78812

 

[An Officer]

However it's given to me, I'm not fussy at all.

I will not however under any circumstances ever eat eels. Swimming around like snakes... that shape and sort of movement makes me want to vomit.

 

[Gary Mitchell]

However it's given to me, I'm not fussy at all.

I will not however under any circumstances ever eat eels. Swimming around like snakes... that shape and sort of movement makes me want to vomit.

But they slide all the way down.

 

[Sean Aaron]

I'm a fraud, I eat imitation sushi with the faux crab meat

I hate that stuff; I refuse to eat California roll made with it. I don't mind the fish cake in ramen, however. Go figure...

Orange Ruffy

I would avoid Orange Roughy, if only because it's a deep sea fish that takes a long time to mature (estimates in the decades), so overfishing may already have taken its toll; we just don't know enough about deep sea ecology to be sure. New Zealand has already called a moratorium on that one.

I will not however under any circumstances ever eat eels.

I wouldn't eat jellied eels, however unagi isn't much different to eating a sardine fillet, and I love it!

 

[An Officer]

But they slide all the way down.

You are terrible!

 

[SmoothieX]

I love seafood!

I don't particularly like dishes where the fish is served whole or the shellfish is not shucked beforehand. I want to stab my fork into something and eat it. Not peel the shell or scales of a something hot and covered with sauce.

I'm going to Alaska in June and plan to eat all the salmon and King Crab I can.

I did eat sea urchin roe one time though and wanted to puke, so there is some stuff out there even I won't touch.

 

[Red Ranger]

I see food and I eat it! -- RR

 

[Holdfast]

Has no-one done the "seafood diet" joke yet?

I'm severely disappointed in you all.

I see food and I eat it! -- RR

Finally! I can rest easy now.

 

[Red Ranger]

Has no-one done the "seafood diet" joke yet?

I'm severely disappointed in you all.

I see food and I eat it! -- RR

Finally! I can rest easy now.

When I posted it, I had actually skipped all the pages, hoping no one beat me to it! I aim to please! -- RR