What's for supper?

Mary Stetler said:
We have very few good places to get good seafood. When we find some it is soooooooo pricey.
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Maybe 10 years ago I made a list of all the raw seafood shops in the state capitol 40-50 mils away. I was ready to make a road trip, fill up the coolers and pack the freezer. Then a shop opened up right up the road from me. I hit it hard for the longest time, having all sorts of fish, scallops, crab, etc. Then I lightened up for a while. I started going back recently and something as basic as halibut is $38 a pound!!! That's crazy!!! I may have mentioned before that the guy who started the place also fished, so could tell me what the cost drivers were in any given season. (Our stuff comes from the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic, off the shores of Virginia and Maryland.) The new owners have no clue why it's so expensive ("That's what we get charged.") No poop, people.

I'm glad I had my years of eating whatever seafood I might have had a hankering for, but not these days. I've not eaten at a seafood restaurant since I left the DC area. And even then I only did it when work was picking up the tab.
 
Beth Gallagher said:
Living on the Gulf coast has its advantages when it comes to fresh seafood. For dinner I had 8 grilled jumbo shrimp with grilled vegetables and "dirty rice." My husband had shrimp and scallops, home fries and coleslaw. We both had iced tea and garlic bread. Our tab was just under $40 before tip.
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damn. I like you a little less for that.

I was gonna ask about the fried oysters you mentioned. Our season is in the fall. I believe a guy sells them out of his truck every Wednesday starting in October. Dunno when it ends, but my local seafood guy says his busy season for them is Thanksgiving.

They come from the brackish part of the Rappahannock River.
 
John Brunner said:
damn. I like you a little less for that.

I was gonna ask about the fried oysters you mentioned. Our season is in the fall. I believe a guy sells them out of his truck every Wednesday starting in October. Dunno when it ends, but my local seafood guy says his busy season for them is Thanksgiving.

They come from the brackish part of the Rappahannock River.
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The old rule about oysters is 'any month with an R in it.' :D The season officially starts around the first of November. My dad always made oyster stew during the holidays.
 
Beth Gallagher said:
The old rule about oysters is 'any month with an R in it.' :D The season officially starts around the first of November. My dad always made oyster stew during the holidays.
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I wondered if your warmer climate might push the season closer to December. One of my younger brothers (lived in Haymarket) had a monthly appointment in Fairfax for a while and I lived in Vienna, so we would get together for dinner on that day. One of our regular rotations was Hooters. They had the best oysters...steamed, fried, and raw. Who woulda thunk it? It was expensive but well worth it.
 
Beth Gallagher said:
Living on the Gulf coast has its advantages when it comes to fresh seafood. For dinner I had 8 grilled jumbo shrimp with grilled vegetables and "dirty rice." My husband had shrimp and scallops, home fries and coleslaw. We both had iced tea and garlic bread. Our tab was just under $40 before tip.
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Not a lot of sea coast around Wisconsin. Lake Michigan yields lake trout. Years ago we went on a charter boat for fun and we each caught a fish (5 of us) That was hundreds of pounds of fish. We had to run out and buy a freezer which we did not have.
 
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