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Martha Gunn
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 Posted - 01/05/2007 : 22:48:08
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Butchers have made a bit of a come back in recent years but fishmongers haven't. Why don't Butchers sell fish so you could buy meat & fish from the same place? My mum says it's to do with possible contamination issues having raw meat & fish in close proximity and this has always been the case. Is she talking complete nonsense or in fact again proving that your parents will always be wiser than yourself?
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
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Posted - 01/05/2007 : 23:05:04
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| I think it may have something to do with the different sourcing. Traditionally fish was only sold along the coast and waterways whereas wherever there was some land to farm, a butcher could get his raw (no pun intended) products. |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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moon23
Calaspia
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Posted - 02/05/2007 : 10:26:10
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Originally posted by Martha Gunn
Butchers have made a bit of a come back in recent years but fishmongers haven't. Why don't Butchers sell fish so you could buy meat & fish from the same place? My mum says it's to do with possible contamination issues having raw meat & fish in close proximity and this has always been the case. Is she talking complete nonsense or in fact again proving that your parents will always be wiser than yourself?
There is a cross-contamination issue as different bacteria live on raw fish & meat so you should always use different chopping boards and knifes.
Also the supply lines are different so a specialist in meat isn't going to also nessailry know about their fish. I suspect there are also issues with the supply lines of fish.
There is a chap in Brighton that delivers fish on his bike though. |
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Fluffy Sheep
Discworld
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Posted - 10/05/2007 : 20:43:04
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| Living inland I wouldn`t buy `fresh` fish from any outlet that I didn`t trust. That means buying frozen fish, or herring or mackerel (yum..) from my nearest Asda, where I know they have a rapid sales turnover. (We`ve a great local butcher, and he has a small freezer with frozen fish, but even if he had `fresh` I wouldn`t buy it there.) |
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Denise
Barsoom
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Posted - 12/05/2007 : 19:52:21
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Originally posted by Fluffy Sheep
Living inland I wouldn`t buy `fresh` fish from any outlet that I didn`t trust. That means buying frozen fish, or herring or mackerel (yum..) from my nearest Asda, where I know they have a rapid sales turnover. (We`ve a great local butcher, and he has a small freezer with frozen fish, but even if he had `fresh` I wouldn`t buy it there.)
You know, Fluffy, there's nothing quite like fried fresh herring, or the strong-flavoured cured variety, the "bloater" (which I think you furriners call a "kipper"). You'd think, coming from what was still, just fifty years ago, the herring capital of the world, that it would still be possible for us to buy decent fresh fish in Yarmouth.
But you can't. No fish are landed here any more, there are just two wet fish stalls on the market, and "fresh" sometimes means landed down the coast at Lowestoft (if you're very lucky), but usually trucked in from who knows where. It's limp and has that smell of early decay about it that I used to notice in inland fishmongers' shops - nothing like the firm, sea-smelling fish you found on the coast.
Just occasionally we go down to Aldeburgh, where all kinds of fish and crustaceans are landed on the beach and sold off. We take a cool bag with lots of those cold blocks to keep our fish fresh on the journey home.
But at Aldeburgh the fishermen will cook your fish and crustaceans for you on the beach. Absolutely delicious. |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
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Posted - 12/05/2007 : 20:17:57
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| I remember the herring we used to get in Holland ... absolutely gorgeous. And smoked eel ... hmmmm to die for. I'm like Fluffy now ... will only buy frozen fish mainly because the fishmongers' wares have that pre-decay smell about them ... The flat eye is always a good indicator of a fish no longer fresh. |
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