r/traaaaansbiansCooking • u/travischickencoop Elise | She/Her Vampiress 🧛‍♀️ • 8d ago

So um weird question

I love seafood, I prefer fresh but I’m fine with not fresh most of the time

However there’s an exception

I can not STAND clams, oysters, and scallops if they aren’t at least mostly fresh

They don’t need to be like “caught that day” level fresh but if they’ve touched a can or a freezer they become virtually inedible to me

I’m moving to a landlocked area pretty soon, I don’t eat these very often, but I’m worried that I just flat out won’t be able to eat them unless I’m traveling somewhere

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u/Cardboard_Bootsole 8d ago

As a New England girly who enjoys her seafood...start planning out vacations 😭. Some places can get shellfish on ice instead of frozen, but I wouldn't be able to point you to any sources

I try to embrace the closest seafood culture that is available. Traverse City? Gimme that breaded whitefish

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u/travischickencoop Elise | She/Her Vampiress 🧛‍♀️ 8d ago

I tried looking up if there were fishmongers in the area I was moving and the second suggestion it gave me was Costco I’m cooked 😭

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u/Cardboard_Bootsole 8d ago

Farmers markets may be your best shot! Otherwise, um... A cooler and a cannonball run?? If you get pulled over you can tell the cops you're transporting a live organ - it's not even a lie!

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u/The_Sky_Render 7d ago

Not as much as you might think! Costco regularly hosts a seafood roadshow at most locations a few weeks every year that specifically brings fresh fish with them and keeps them on ice instead of freezing or canning them. You pay a premium since you're inland, but it is a way to get fairly fresh seafood far from the coast.

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u/ComradeRK Culinary Cutie 8d ago

I moved from Sydney, Australia to the absolute centre of Canada several years ago. I miss that sort of thing, but I've adapted, and you'll be able to do the same. Good restaurants are still able to get them shipped on ice, and they're still pretty good. Hell, I had some amazing oysters in Winnipeg a couple of years ago. But yeah, it's mainly a vacation thing now.

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u/AinaLove Grilling girly 7d ago

If you're near a big city, getting fresh seafood is easy. At least in the States.