How can you tell if fish and seafood are fresh quality?
Chef's answer
Fresh fish should be free of loose or sloughing slime. The flesh should be firm yet elastic, springing back when pressed gently with the finger. With time, the flesh becomes soft and slips away from the bone. The skin of a fresh, whole fish should be shiny with scales that adhere tightly..
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Proper storage is key to maintaining freshness. Salmon can be kept for up to two days in the refrigerator. Remove the salmon from its wrappings, rinse thoroughly with cold water and pat dry with a paper towel. Wrap the fish tightly in a layer of plastic wrap, followed by another layer of aluminum foil..
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Scallops are a cosmopolitan family of bivalves which are found in all of the world's oceans, although never in fresh water. They are one of very few groups of bivalves to be primarily "free-living", with many species capable of rapidly swimming short distances and even of migrating some distance across the ocean floor..
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As with many kinds of seafood, high-quality frozen scallops can be a very good choice if you don't have access to fresh scallops. Frozen scallops should be thawed in the refrigerator overnight.
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Drain and rinse the crab meat. Make sure there's no shell in it while breaking it up a bit. If the pieces are really big, it will be hard for the cake to hold together, but you still want them big enough to show ..
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Fresh KielbasaBOIL: Place it in a pot of cold water.
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Whatever the variety, whole fish have certain characteristics that indicate freshness. They should have bright, clear, full eyes that are often protruding. As the fish loses freshness, the eyes become cloudy, pink, and sunken. The gills should be bright red or pink..
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