On Wed, 15 May 2019 08:22:02 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Wednesday, May 15, 2019 at 11:06:21 AM UTC-4, notbob wrote:
>> On 5/15/2019 6:48 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> > Sure, they're in a cold case on a bed of ice
>> > but I have no idea how long ago they thawed them.
>>
>> Trouble with "flash frozen" is, the product (be it shrimp, scallops,
>> fish, etc) jes does NOT last as long in the freezer.
>>
>> Usta be, Black Tailed shrimp would last forever cuz they were frozen in
>> water (a block of ice). No longer!
>>
>> Now, they are now flash frozen and start drying out after a few weeks.
>> Let 'em go and they will dry out to the point of "gotta toss 'em".
>
>What alternative do you suggest? The only shrimp I can buy are
>IQF. I inquired at the fishmonger about "frozen in a block of ice"
>and the smallest quantity was about 20 pounds, leaving me with the
>alternative of defrosting, cooking, and eating 20 pounds of shrimp
>or sawing up the block of ice and having weird partial shrimp.
>
>Cindy Hamilton

For most of my life I've lived within walking distance of the sea so I
got used to fresh seafood, still live or out of the water no more than
eight hours... NEVER frozen. In NYC there were fish mongers
everywhere, and a huge fleet of fishing boats. The fish monger my
mom shopped from would toss in a couple pounds of fresh caught shrimp
free with the fish she bought. That's how it was with all the
specialty shops; the green grocer gave free herbs and soup greens to
customers. the butcher gave free soup bones an d free offal (liver,
hearts, kidney, etc.). I no longer eat seafood as I can't buy any but
previously frozen or old where I live now.... previously frozen is
disgusting, I'd much rather canned. Growing up the people in NYC
shopped daily as everyone had an ice-a-box... even today folks in NYC
who like to cook shop daily... because of all the ethnic neighborhoods
every food on the planet is available fresh in NYC,