Mickalino Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Do you like your seafood with motor oil and dispersants added to it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 My family has switched to primarily cold water fish such as halibut, cod, pollock, and cold water lobster if we want shellfish of the sort. I feel bad for the economy of those fishing area's, but i just don't want to eat any of it. Oil flowed into the Gulf for months on end. The govt may say its fine to eat, but im not buying it... literally or figuratively. We only purchase our seafood from Wegmans, and their seafood clerks can usually tell you where the fish came from, and when it came in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconTheVillain Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Hells yea I would!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyDave Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Tried some a month ago via relatives from the area and it was ok. I primarily get seafood from Wegmans, the Fisherman's Wharf (Love the Grouper) and now that its spring going into summer, every other weekend when I'm in the Va beach area one of my aunts and cousins hooks me up with a dozen fried soft shell crab and shrimp that they prepared to take back here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Of course I have,but I don't mind if you don't brings down the price Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IONTOP Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 First thing I had when I got down here was SW Florida Stone Crab claws... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolUsernameHere Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Yep, I've had both Gulf shrimp and and fish since the oil spill. My family went to Gulf Shores, AL for a few days over spring break. The food was fine-- delicious as always. My family is big in supporting the gulf coast economy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wantarace17 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 wegmans = awesome. I would definitely eat some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportjunkie07 Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 im going to go to gilhooleys and eat as many gulf coast oysters as i can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 im going to go to gilhooleys and eat as many gulf coast oysters as i can. Gumbo and boudain balls ...and of course cold beer ftw Oysters are good too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportjunkie07 Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 ive never had boudain. the gumbo in that area can be pretty good though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Honestly, I don't if I have or not. I have ordered shrimp at various restaurants and I don't know where they got it from. It might be from the Gulf. It might not. I'd hope they made very certain that whatever seafood gets shipped from there is safe. I suspect they took extra precautions especially initially. I suppose I'll never know unless I develop some cool mutant powers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 I probably have. We eat a lot of seafood, shrimp,,I expect some of it has been from the Gulf. Haven't noticed any difference. ~BAng Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goskinz0721 Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 I bought some gulf shrimp about a month ago from Krogers in Richmond. Frozen, easy peel shrimp. They were, by far, the absolute WORST shrimp I've purchased in 20 years. Horrible. After cooking them I had to throw them away. The stench was horrible. My son commented that they smelled (after cooking) like sewage. I will never, ever buy that crap again. And I used to buy the easy-peel from Costco all the time. Now I find out all their shrimp is from Vietnam or Thailand. Eff all that. I'll only buy east coast shrimp from now on (NC or VA). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Maybe they were from the Gulf of Tonkin? :pfft: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoEd Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Well, since I'm on the MS Gulf Coast, I literally eat Gulf seafood almost weekly. Have never gotten sick and the flavor is the same. Matter of fact, shrimping season started today so the price is about to drop dramatically! Can't wait to go buy shrimp right off the boats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickalino Posted May 26, 2011 Author Share Posted May 26, 2011 wegmans = awesome. I would definitely eat some. Wegman's uses the Gulf ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 I don't see why not. Eat away. Make sure it's fried too (although there's nothing wrong with un-fried food) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubbs Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 I bought some gulf shrimp about a month ago from Krogers in Richmond. Frozen, easy peel shrimp.They were, by far, the absolute WORST shrimp I've purchased in 20 years. Horrible. After cooking them I had to throw them away. The stench was horrible. My son commented that they smelled (after cooking) like sewage. I will never, ever buy that crap again. And I used to buy the easy-peel from Costco all the time. Now I find out all their shrimp is from Vietnam or Thailand. Eff all that. I'll only buy east coast shrimp from now on (NC or VA). Wait... what? Why would seafood from Vietnam or Thailand suddenly be different this year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Maybe he is a fan of sustainable food / local food practices Eat local Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afkidd Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 i live in the region that was effected by the oil spill. we had globs of oil washing up on our beaches. and i eat it like candy! so good. nom nom nom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Sometimes I am so jealous of Southern cooking. They really have a dream cuisine down there. Various fried meats, collard greens, catfish, gumbo, barbecue If you are in the South you must be one lucky son of a gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homercles82 Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 I bought some gulf shrimp about a month ago from Krogers in Richmond. Frozen, easy peel shrimp.They were, by far, the absolute WORST shrimp I've purchased in 20 years. Horrible. After cooking them I had to throw them away. The stench was horrible. My son commented that they smelled (after cooking) like sewage. I will never, ever buy that crap again. And I used to buy the easy-peel from Costco all the time. Now I find out all their shrimp is from Vietnam or Thailand. Eff all that. I'll only buy east coast shrimp from now on (NC or VA). Frozen seafood typically is either mealy or mushy. How it is defrosted makes a difference, plus the true taste is masked by the watery solution they freeze them in, unless you bought individually quick frozen shrimps, which is about the same price as buying fresh, so it makes no sense to do so. I don't know if I have eaten shrimp from the Gulf but no fresh shrimp I have eaten this year tasted horribly. ---------- Post added May-26th-2011 at 08:59 AM ---------- Sometimes I am so jealous of Southern cooking. They really have a dream cuisine down there. Various fried meats, collard greens, catfish, gumbo, barbecueIf you are in the South you must be one lucky son of a gun We are lucky. And fat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojo Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Considering what's in the processed foods that most Americans (myself included) eat, a little oil should be the least of your worries. Eat away, I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goskinz0721 Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Wait... what?Why would seafood from Vietnam or Thailand suddenly be different this year? I'm not saying it's different this year. What I meant was I (finally) read the package and saw that it came from either Vietnam or Thailand. Same with the Phillips crab they sell in Costco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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