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Title: Any advice on getting good deals on seafood?
Post by: AquaShrimp on July 17, 2006, 07:57:26 AM

I live in Louisville, KY.  The closest ocean is about 650 miles from me.  But boy, I love fresh shrimp, clams, oysters, mussels, etc.  But unfortunately, its just so expensive.  My local supermarket is all the time running sales on steak, which I pick up for about $1.49 a pound.  Sure, its fun to have steak everyday, but the novelty wears off.  But my favorite food is seafood.  Shrimp (at its cheapest) is about $4.50 a pound, with the average price being around $6-$8.  Frozen mussels got for $4-$5 a pound.

So what would be the best way for me to get affordable seafood?

Title: Any advice on getting good deals on seafood?
Post by: SunKing on July 17, 2006, 08:00:01 AM

Just buy it. You shouldn't be eating it that much anyway.

Title: Any advice on getting good deals on seafood?
Post by: eagl on July 17, 2006, 08:00:26 AM

Find a restaurant that has a high enough volume to make it worthwhile.

Some oriental restaurants have a seafood special night every week...  Sometimes that's the best deal in town.

Title: Any advice on getting good deals on seafood?
Post by: Jackal1 on July 17, 2006, 09:02:24 AM

Just according to what you consider a good deal. Price or quality.
There are some places that will airfreight you fresh seafood. Do a couple of searchs if that`s the way you decide to go. Pricey but usualy good.
The best way, being inland, is to do what we used to do. Load up a vehcile with ice chests, head to the ocean, buy what you want and return home. Buying directly from the docks or boats themselves is a hoot and you get some great stuff at a low price.

Title: Any advice on getting good deals on seafood?
Post by: Sandman on July 17, 2006, 09:58:34 AM

Shrimp at $4.50 per pound?

I wish I could get shrimp for $4.50 a pound. It's normally $10-12 per pound here.

Title: Any advice on getting good deals on seafood?
Post by: AquaShrimp on July 17, 2006, 10:35:59 AM

For $10-12 a pound, we can get locally grown Tiger Prawns.  They are gigantic freshwater shrimp, up to a foot long.

(http://img.alibaba.com/photo/11291676/Sea_Tiger_Prawns__Giant_Size_.jpg)

But I'm looking for something more in the $2-$3 range.  The best idea I've heard so far is going to Florida with about 10 coolers and stocking up.  Being an avid scuba diver and fisherman, that sounds like a dream vacation to me.

Title: Any advice on getting good deals on seafood?
Post by: Golfer on July 17, 2006, 11:58:02 AM

Sams club here just had a sale on king crab legs.  Bought 12 pounds :)

Title: Any advice on getting good deals on seafood?
Post by: lasersailor184 on July 17, 2006, 01:00:34 PM

Prawn my ass, that's a friggin lobster.

Title: Any advice on getting good deals on seafood?
Post by: ghi on July 17, 2006, 02:21:11 PM

i ussed to work few years a for Cruise line,  been in many fishing areas, but the best seafood markets are in Scandinavia/ Norway, i remember the most impressive was in Bergen, all kind of fresh seafoods, low price,direct from fishing boats.
 That's the place for you !:)

Title: Any advice on getting good deals on seafood?
Post by: Holden McGroin on July 17, 2006, 03:20:36 PM

coal point trading co (http://www.welovefish.com/)

Title: Any advice on getting good deals on seafood?
Post by: Maverick on July 17, 2006, 03:54:34 PM

Move to the coast. Get a job on a fishing boat.:p

Title: Any advice on getting good deals on seafood?
Post by: AquaShrimp on July 17, 2006, 04:37:53 PM

Trust me, I'm definately moving to the coast, probably South Florida.  Just gotta finish my degree, and I'll be eating shrimp, clams, and lobster everyday.

Title: Any advice on getting good deals on seafood?
Post by: Bronk on July 17, 2006, 04:46:16 PM

Hehe free shellfish for me. My 50+ year old dad is a shell fisherman.


All the quahogs i can eat.

(http://techhouse.brown.edu/~spg/quahog.jpg)

Use the ones this size to make chowder mmmmmm.

Small ones good raw with hot sauce.



Bronk

Title: Any advice on getting good deals on seafood?
Post by: LePaul on July 17, 2006, 05:00:21 PM

Being up here by the coast in Maine, I've just always taken these prices for granted, I suppose :)

I dont remember what I paid over to the seafood stand last week for 2 lobsters already boiled up.

Title: Any advice on getting good deals on seafood?
Post by: icemaw on July 18, 2006, 11:35:32 AM

i hear aquaman has great deals on seafood