Bethk wrote:I was told of a fresh fish market close by and stopped today. It is a stand-alone store, looks much like the owner built a pole barn and turned it into his seafood shop. I was happy it was clean and did not smell like fish. He had some of the largest 'local' shrimps I've seen anywhere - 6-8/lb. for $24/lb.....too expensive for an everyday meal but not horrible for a special meal sometime. That, and he had REAL fresh (not frozen) Atlantic GROUPER. It was delicious.
I just don't understand why seafood is so expensive where you are, Beth. Those shrimp would have been $7.99/lb. TOPS here. The local Rouse's grocery (a nice grocery, BTW) has 10-16 to a pound shrimp for $4.99-$5.99/lb. regularly, often $3.99 on special. Of course, that's with shell and heads on, which is what locals want. They taste so much better when cooked with the shell on, and if you need them peeled prior to cooking, the peels and the heads make a super shrimp stock for your meal or your freezer.
We don't see grouper all over but it's available if you want it. We have tons of fresh local fish though and it's always reasonably priced and fresher than fresh. Brian and I can drive less than 10 miles to an area of seafood and fresh farm stands where the fish or shrimp was caught the same day. They also usually sell one or two specialties of their own, like crab and corn soup at one stand, which is to die for good. Reasonably priced and in fact, so reasonable that it makes more sense to buy it from them than make it! And the stand market is open every day, too, though not all the stands sell stuff 7 days a week. But you can always get what you need from another vendor who's there with what you're wanting.
I guess that's why so many seafood places package and ship so much seafood out for visitors.... Glad you found a close nice seafood market, though -- at least you'll be able to get more fresh stuff without traveling so far.
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