What's the best seafood?

[Rabrrrrrr]

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. Lobster, esp. Maine lobster, is my favorite!

You fucking blowhard asshole.

But I couldn't eat it every day. For every day eating, I'll go with shrimp. Though raw Ahi is right up there. Yum!

Stupid idiot with your ignorant polls.

[ogradda]

3. Um, are you talking to yourself?

I thought this was your poll. :)
Btw, I've never had lobster - I've heard it's good.

[Rabrrrrrr]

7. Yeah, the blowhard always talks to himself

Part of his "defense against sanity" program or something.

You should definitely try lobster! Especially if you can get to Maine, and get it when it's fresh at a lobster pound (an eatery, not actually a "pound" like "dog pound"). Best lobster I've ever had! So good, in fact, that I've stopped eating lobster anywhere else, because it never measures up to what I had there.

But lobster is also rich, and not quite the thing that one could eat every day.

[unhappycamper]

30. Maine lobstah is the best n/t

[yvr girl]

2. Sockeye salmon

[Spider Jerusalem]

4. It's all about the sushi, baby.

Yellowfin tuna...mmmmm.

[XNASA]

5. Scallops, then Shrimp, then Crab, then Lobster...then...

I'm hungry.

[DustMolecule]

6. I picked lobster for "1st choice", but Mmmmmmmmm there's so many

delicacy's from the sea. Anyone out there like steamers or Quahogs?

[TaleWgnDg]

21. Yup. Raw clams, raw oysters . . . fantastic !

And Maine lobster w/ steamers . . . oh, WOW !!

[BuyingThyme]

8. Scallop pizza.

The best of both worlds.

[punpirate]

9. There's so much that isn't really available any longer...

... or isn't really good for one because of mercury levels or red tide, or whatever, but, discounting those things, there's:

1) Abalone. Delicious.

2) Grilled swordfish steak. Same.

3) Thai-style Gulf prawns. To die for.

4) Grilled red snapper.

5) Wild salmon. (Which I cook with great respect. Grill the fillet skin side down, just for a few minutes, remove. Put in a dutch oven with some white wine and let poach. Meanwhile, make a sauce from southwest cheviche--fish bits, shrimp and salsa--butter and light cream. When the salmon is flaky, remove and top with sauce. Killer.)

6) Bouillabaise--little bit of everything--white fish fillets, clams, oysters, mussels, shrimp, scallops, fresh peppers, shredded scallions, habanero. Ooooohhhh.

[SmileyBoy]

10. Garlic Shrimp Scampi and Maine Lobster Tail.

*droooooool*

[Rabrrrrrr]

11. Ooh, that one just made me hungry

Yum!!

[imenja]

12. Oysters, both raw and cooked

I love clams too, but not raw

[BikeWriter]

22. I made five gallons of oyster, shrimp, and crab gumbo last week.

[imenja]

25. yummy

must have been a great dinner party

[BikeWriter]

29. It was a get together at an Eagle's Aerie.

The last time I cooked for them I made what I call Cajun Chili. I put shrimp, crab, and andoulle sausage in that. They loved it!

[RC]

13. Calamary

That's me holding the chop sticks, BTY

Fresh squid

* Hold the body of the squid with one hand and the head with the other; pull gently to separate.
* Remove the intestines and the quill, which is clear and plastic-like, of the fresh squid.
* Rinse the body inside-out, under cold running water; pat dry.

* Remove tentacles from head, just below the eyes; cut into individual pieces.
* Remove brownish or purplish outer skin from the body; cut the flesh into 1/4-inch <1-cm> rings.
* Mix together flour, salt and pepper on a sheet of wax paper.
* Toss rings and tentacles into flour mixture, until coated.
* Preheat oil to 350°F <180°C>; fry the squid pieces, about 6 at a time, saving tentacles until last.
* Remove pieces from the oil when brown and crisp, using a slotted spoon; drain onto paper toweling.
* Sprinkle lightly with salt; repeat with the remaining squid pieces.
* Pieces should take approximately 3 minutes to cook.
* Arrange onto serving plates; garnish with lemon wedges and parsley.
http://www.therecipebox.com/members/box/seafood/sea0030.htm

[Sgent]

14. You missed

crawfish (although they are really brackish), but still.

[Rabrrrrrr]

15. Mmmm...totally forgot about squid. But why cook it?

The best squid is the squid that is marinated in its own entrails. My God, but that's tasty!!

[MrScorpio]

16. Philipino Sweet and Sour Shrimp

Best tasting prawns in the whole wide world

[Seabiscuit]

17. Lobster, Chilean sea bass, scallops, shrimp, mussels, salmon, trout.

[Swamp Rat]

18. Crawfish!

[Rabrrrrrr]

19. Yum yum! I love crawfish, too!!

[BikeWriter]

23. Pretty mud bugs! :-)

[Swamp Rat]

26. They are in season right now... deeeelicious!

I think I'll eat about 10 lbs tomorrow. :9

[BikeWriter]

27. I may have to go buy a sack myself! :-)

[greymattermom]

20. Alaska

Wild Alaska Halibut. Steaks, filets, yum.

[yewberry]

24. Nori.

You fish-eating bastids.

[TreasonousBastard]

28. Anything that's not endangered...

and the list is getting smaller.

[solinvictus]

31. Scallops...

grilled, sauteed, fried. Mmmmmm!

[freebird1]

32. ocean fish ~ raw

another favorite is steamed clams and deep water muscles :woohoo:

[hyphenate]

33. Real

whole-bellied fried clams, like at the old original Clam Shack in Quincy. I hate clam strips. Hate, hate, hate, hate!!

The whole-bellied ones are the only ones worth eating.

[lpbk2713]

34. Broiled scallops and broiled swordfish

Deep frying takes the taste out of them.


Ed: and BTW, New England has the best seafood.

[GOPisEvil]

35. Pacific wild salmon, blue crabs, gulf coast shrimp, atlantic lobster

Anything but bivalves (exception sea scallops and clam chowder).

[MissMillie]

36. I can't choose.

I've never had oysters or urchins, and mussels make me sicker than you could imagine.

But crab, lobster, scallops, shrimp..... how the heck can anyone choose? I have to order a fisherman's platter, because I can never pick just one.

[El Fuego]

37. Interesting factoid about lobster

A few hundred years ago, lobsters in New England were so plentiful they were considered "trash fish." They fed them to the servants and used them for fertilizer. Poor children were forced to eat lobster, day after day.

[Catch22Dem]

38. This poll is bullshit!

Snow crab is better than king crab. :D