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What's your favorite seafood, /ck/?

>> No.12673511

blue gill

>> No.12673514

I love crab. Lobster is wonderful too, but kind of over hyped. Did you know that they used to be so plentiful that they'd use them as prisoner food back in the old old oooooold days? They were considered garbage food once.

>> No.12673517

>>12673500
Crab or Lobster. I'm honestly not sure.

>> No.12673516

>>12673500
Tie between conch fritters and seared ahi tuna, rare.

>> No.12673522

I've always wanted to try crawfish, but I never really had the chance. Is it any good? I imagine it just tastes like shrimp but saltier.

>> No.12673526

Scallops but I’m in the Midwest so I never eat them because they are insanely expensive

>> No.12673529

>>12673522
Just imagine what a poor man’s crab legs taste like

>> No.12673539

I can't pick, i love it all.

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>>12673522
You have to get them at the right place and the right time. Unless you live in Louisiana or any of those southern states, the majority of the crawfish you see in grocery stores or buffets are imported garbage from China and are usually cooked in bland and/or chinese seasonings.

If you want to experience real honest to god superior crawfish, then visit New Orleans or any of those southern states around March or April when they are in full season. The spices and the preparation are far FAR superior to anything you're going to find at some Diarrhea Dragon buffet.

You peel them and eat them exactly how you would eat a lobster. They're almost identical, in that sense. If cooked properly, they should be tender and sweet and spicy.

I encourage you to not judge ALL crawfish from just one experience. You've had shitty shrimp in the past, right? It's the same concept. Those shitty shrimp do not represent all shrimp and some places make better than others. Same too for crawfish.

>> No.12673546

>>12673522
Crawfish taste the way a stagnant water hole smells after it rains. I eat them once in a while, but they're not nearly as magical as Creole culture makes them out to be. The amount of meat in one crawfish is about equal to the size of an M&M, and their bodies are filled with a yellowish liquid membrane that looks like baby shit. A lot of people like the flavor, but I find them to be disgusting little creatures tbqh.

>> No.12673553

>>12673546
Someone's never been invited to a real crawfish boil. Either that, or they are terrible cooks.

>> No.12673558

>>12673522

Not really, the work and pot/cooking space involved for such a pittance of meat is terrible. The consistency is sorta like imitation crab, flavor is sorta like a cross between blue crab and lobster.

>> No.12673567

>>12673500
Baked oysters, with olive oil and garlic

>> No.12673569

>>12673500
Dare i say DEENZ

>> No.12673573

>>12673553
Stay in denial for as long as you want, but I'm telling the truth about crawfish. In fact, I'm currently working on a feature length documentary entitled "The Truth About Crawfish."

>> No.12673576

>>12673573
Truth is subjective to perspective. Good luck with your "film".

>> No.12673579

>>12673500
Prawns.
Smoked haddock is alright too.

>> No.12673582

As much as I hate Red Lobster, their coconut shrimp is to die for.

>> No.12673594

for me, it's crab legs

>> No.12673600

lmaoing at all the fags in this thread, enjoy your worms and micro-plastics

>> No.12673602

Crab octopus and mussels

>> No.12673617

>>12673514
They served em, but only after mashing them up into goo, shell and head parts and all.

>> No.12673624

>>12673617
Still.

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>>12673500

>> No.12673716

Do frog legs count?

>> No.12673726

>>12673500
For me, it's /deenz/

>> No.12673742

Salmon.

>> No.12673768

>>12673546
>Crawfish taste the way a stagnant water hole smells after it rains
Youre supposed to purge them before you boil them. That taste is the mud and scum in their systems from living in the spillway for however long theyve been alive. Maybe next time get actual cajuns to help you

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12673773

Oysters on the half shell.

>> No.12673775

>>12673500
absolute favorite is mussels in a wine/lemon butter sauce
oysters rockefeller is pretty dope too, and i have a soft spot for those little bay scallops sauteed or in a gratin
/blog

>> No.12673799

>>12673768
Just because you can ring out the urine and feces from toilet paper it doesn’t mean you should eat it

>> No.12673958

Quality scallops are unbeatable when cooked correctly.
Seafood is amazing, sadly its ridiculously expensive here and usually not up to standards. Jealous as fuck of people who get it fresh and affordable.

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does this count?
about once a month i will go spend quite a bit of money eating these til i feel sick or bad for the chef

>> No.12674209

Pretty much a tie between butterfly deep fried shrimp and crab legs.

>> No.12674423

>>12673799
>Make the dish wrong
>Complain it tastes bad
Are you that Karen from AllRecipes?

>> No.12674431

>>12673500
Mongoloid sea
shrimps

>> No.12675053

>>12673500
despite pleb level; probably shrimps

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>>12675053
there is something special about really fresh shrimp, the stuff you get in stores and restaurants have almost always been frozen at some point and lost a bit of their flavor and texture.

catch some good spot shrimp yourself and cook them up within a few hours in some butter and garlic and you'll see what i mean. they are so much more rich and creamy than rubbery frozen shrimp, ive yet to have anything else come close to what i used to catch with my dad when i was a kid.

>> No.12675193

Crab for sure. Lobsters and Scallops are also amazing.

>> No.12676250

>>12673500
All around, I'd say shrimp. The bigger the better. Absolute favorite though is Lobster. Also love crab but there's never enough of it. Langostino gets an honorable mention because it's essentially shrimplobster.... but I've only ever had it once in my enbtire life.

Scallops are also great. The only fish I truly like is slat-cured salmon.

>> No.12676285

>>12673500
panko shrimp

>> No.12676402

>>12673958
Wow, I totally forgot about scallops. I'm changing my opinion to scallops too. Perfect sweet little pillows of seafoody goodness. Pour some butter and lemon on top and Mmmm-MM!