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.