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@taniwharugby I'll eat punnet upon punnet of mussels from the Supermarket. Absolutely love them and much better value than other supposedly nicer seafood.
I don't like flavoured Mussels - and I always struggle to find plain punnets.
When I go to a Belgian style restaurant and ask for Mussels steamed in water they look at me like I'm a loon. Although at the one in Mt Eden I'd often get the blue cheese pot (as they used to do two for one pots and I'd have one plain and one blue cheese).
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I do gorge myself in prawns when I go across the ditch , they aren’t full of carcinogens and other crap like the ones they sell here.
Hmmm, I thought that the quality of prawns would be dicey over here - as they're so cheap. I'm not a huge eater of them (like them but usually they're beaten by other things on a menu) so haven't looked into it.
not up here mate, straight off the boat, beautiful.
And Moreton Bay Bugs
And Mud Crab
god i am hungry now.
I've never had either of those, will have to give them a try next time I'm up your way - although I've never been so disappointed about hyped seafood as I was the first time I had barramundi.
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@taniwharugby I'll eat punnet upon punnet of mussels from the Supermarket. Absolutely love them and much better value than other supposedly nicer seafood.
I don't like flavoured Mussels - and I always struggle to find plain punnets.
When I go to a Belgian style restaurant and ask for Mussels steamed in water they look at me like I'm a loon. Although at the one in Mt Eden I'd often get the blue cheese pot (as they used to do two for one pots and I'd have one plain and one blue cheese).
@jegga said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
I do gorge myself in prawns when I go across the ditch , they aren’t full of carcinogens and other crap like the ones they sell here.
Hmmm, I thought that the quality of prawns would be dicey over here - as they're so cheap. I'm not a huge eater of them (like them but usually they're beaten by other things on a menu) so haven't looked into it.
I'd eat the aussie prawns over the South East Asian frozen ones you get in NZ
As far as I know they don’t test our imported prawns for rotenone like they do in the states.
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@taniwharugby I'll eat punnet upon punnet of mussels from the Supermarket. Absolutely love them and much better value than other supposedly nicer seafood.
I don't like flavoured Mussels - and I always struggle to find plain punnets.
When I go to a Belgian style restaurant and ask for Mussels steamed in water they look at me like I'm a loon. Although at the one in Mt Eden I'd often get the blue cheese pot (as they used to do two for one pots and I'd have one plain and one blue cheese).
@jegga said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
I do gorge myself in prawns when I go across the ditch , they aren’t full of carcinogens and other crap like the ones they sell here.
Hmmm, I thought that the quality of prawns would be dicey over here - as they're so cheap. I'm not a huge eater of them (like them but usually they're beaten by other things on a menu) so haven't looked into it.
not up here mate, straight off the boat, beautiful.
And Moreton Bay Bugs
And Mud Crab
god i am hungry now.
I've never had either of those, will have to give them a try next time I'm up your way - although I've never been so disappointed about hyped seafood as I was the first time I had barramundi.
Freshwater fish is usually pretty bland , those bugs are pretty good though .
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@taniwharugby I'll eat punnet upon punnet of mussels from the Supermarket. Absolutely love them and much better value than other supposedly nicer seafood.
I don't like flavoured Mussels - and I always struggle to find plain punnets.
When I go to a Belgian style restaurant and ask for Mussels steamed in water they look at me like I'm a loon. Although at the one in Mt Eden I'd often get the blue cheese pot (as they used to do two for one pots and I'd have one plain and one blue cheese).
@jegga said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
I do gorge myself in prawns when I go across the ditch , they aren’t full of carcinogens and other crap like the ones they sell here.
Hmmm, I thought that the quality of prawns would be dicey over here - as they're so cheap. I'm not a huge eater of them (like them but usually they're beaten by other things on a menu) so haven't looked into it.
not up here mate, straight off the boat, beautiful.
And Moreton Bay Bugs
And Mud Crab
god i am hungry now.
I've never had either of those, will have to give them a try next time I'm up your way - although I've never been so disappointed about hyped seafood as I was the first time I had barramundi.
chilli crab, made with mud crab, is just about my favourite thing to eat and make
barra is okay. Famred it's shit, but straight out of a river and on to a hot plate is pretty fucking good.
I love North Queensland seafood
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Love oysters and scallops.
Mussells - don't like the supermarket ones but straight off the rocks and into the pot isn't too bad.
Prawns - massively over-rated IMO. Fiddly, lack flavour and way too often over cooked.
Lobster - i don't dive and the commercially bought ones are shit. I still remember going down to Mechanics Bay as a 4 year old with my Dad and being able to buy live crays that seemed to be bigger than I was. The claws would have been bigger than the tails of a shop bought today. Over-priced
Crab - bugs etc YEAHFresh fish you catch yourself - mmmm
I liked Italian whitebait - which I guess is what you got in England TR but in the main I steered clear of seafood for the 13 years I was in Europe which is one reason I love it so much now.
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@taniwharugby I'll eat punnet upon punnet of mussels from the Supermarket. Absolutely love them and much better value than other supposedly nicer seafood.
I don't like flavoured Mussels - and I always struggle to find plain punnets.
When I go to a Belgian style restaurant and ask for Mussels steamed in water they look at me like I'm a loon. Although at the one in Mt Eden I'd often get the blue cheese pot (as they used to do two for one pots and I'd have one plain and one blue cheese).
@jegga said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
I do gorge myself in prawns when I go across the ditch , they aren’t full of carcinogens and other crap like the ones they sell here.
Hmmm, I thought that the quality of prawns would be dicey over here - as they're so cheap. I'm not a huge eater of them (like them but usually they're beaten by other things on a menu) so haven't looked into it.
not up here mate, straight off the boat, beautiful.
And Moreton Bay Bugs
And Mud Crab
god i am hungry now.
I've never had either of those, will have to give them a try next time I'm up your way - although I've never been so disappointed about hyped seafood as I was the first time I had barramundi.
chilli crab, made with mud crab, is just about my favourite thing to eat and make
barra is okay. Famred it's shit, but straight out of a river and on to a hot plate is pretty fucking good.
I love North Queensland seafood
I reckon our fish shits on the aussie stuff. Blue cod, groper, snapper, no contest. But the muddies were made by the gods themselves, the best crab I've ever eaten
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@taniwharugby I'll eat punnet upon punnet of mussels from the Supermarket. Absolutely love them and much better value than other supposedly nicer seafood.
I don't like flavoured Mussels - and I always struggle to find plain punnets.
When I go to a Belgian style restaurant and ask for Mussels steamed in water they look at me like I'm a loon. Although at the one in Mt Eden I'd often get the blue cheese pot (as they used to do two for one pots and I'd have one plain and one blue cheese).
@jegga said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
I do gorge myself in prawns when I go across the ditch , they aren’t full of carcinogens and other crap like the ones they sell here.
Hmmm, I thought that the quality of prawns would be dicey over here - as they're so cheap. I'm not a huge eater of them (like them but usually they're beaten by other things on a menu) so haven't looked into it.
not up here mate, straight off the boat, beautiful.
And Moreton Bay Bugs
And Mud Crab
god i am hungry now.
I've never had either of those, will have to give them a try next time I'm up your way - although I've never been so disappointed about hyped seafood as I was the first time I had barramundi.
chilli crab, made with mud crab, is just about my favourite thing to eat and make
barra is okay. Famred it's shit, but straight out of a river and on to a hot plate is pretty fucking good.
I love North Queensland seafood
I reckon our fish shits on the aussie stuff. Blue cod, groper, snapper, no contest. But the muddies were made by the gods themselves, the best crab I've ever eaten
Best I have had is Alaskan King Crab. That was amazing. But I haven't tried mud crab so can't compare.
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Years ago I worked in the Chathams for a couple of weeks, our host came home one night with two fish bin of scallops and two more of oysters . We sat up till about three in the morning eating them straight off the bbq .
Kind of spoiled me for fresh scallops , I trade smoked kingfish with a mate that gets scallops from the sounds when he stays down there . -
@hooroo is that the ones on Deadliest Catch?
After I played rugby last weekend we had fresh oysters, mussels, scallops, crayfish, snapper, smoked kingi.
Personally think Crays are over rated, not a fan of oysters, can take or leave mussels, love scallops, snapper and smoked fish though.
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@taniwharugby said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@hooroo is that the ones on Deadliest Catch?
After I played rugby last weekend we had fresh oysters, mussels, scallops, crayfish, snapper, smoked kingi.
Personally think Crays are over rated, not a fan of oysters, can take or leave mussels, love scallops, snapper and smoked fish though.
I think so?
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@hooroo you'd hope those fuckers tasted good!
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@taniwharugby I'll eat punnet upon punnet of mussels from the Supermarket. Absolutely love them and much better value than other supposedly nicer seafood.
I don't like flavoured Mussels - and I always struggle to find plain punnets.
When I go to a Belgian style restaurant and ask for Mussels steamed in water they look at me like I'm a loon. Although at the one in Mt Eden I'd often get the blue cheese pot (as they used to do two for one pots and I'd have one plain and one blue cheese).
@jegga said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
I do gorge myself in prawns when I go across the ditch , they aren’t full of carcinogens and other crap like the ones they sell here.
Hmmm, I thought that the quality of prawns would be dicey over here - as they're so cheap. I'm not a huge eater of them (like them but usually they're beaten by other things on a menu) so haven't looked into it.
not up here mate, straight off the boat, beautiful.
And Moreton Bay Bugs
And Mud Crab
god i am hungry now.
I've never had either of those, will have to give them a try next time I'm up your way - although I've never been so disappointed about hyped seafood as I was the first time I had barramundi.
chilli crab, made with mud crab, is just about my favourite thing to eat and make
barra is okay. Famred it's shit, but straight out of a river and on to a hot plate is pretty fucking good.
I love North Queensland seafood
I reckon our fish shits on the aussie stuff. Blue cod, groper, snapper, no contest. But the muddies were made by the gods themselves, the best crab I've ever eaten
Best I have had is Alaskan King Crab. That was amazing. But I haven't tried mud crab so can't compare.
Where did you try that? Next time you’re in Wellington stop by the crab shack by shed five, only hassle is you can’t book a table . You just turn up and wait your turn .
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@taniwharugby I'll eat punnet upon punnet of mussels from the Supermarket. Absolutely love them and much better value than other supposedly nicer seafood.
I don't like flavoured Mussels - and I always struggle to find plain punnets.
When I go to a Belgian style restaurant and ask for Mussels steamed in water they look at me like I'm a loon. Although at the one in Mt Eden I'd often get the blue cheese pot (as they used to do two for one pots and I'd have one plain and one blue cheese).
@jegga said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
I do gorge myself in prawns when I go across the ditch , they aren’t full of carcinogens and other crap like the ones they sell here.
Hmmm, I thought that the quality of prawns would be dicey over here - as they're so cheap. I'm not a huge eater of them (like them but usually they're beaten by other things on a menu) so haven't looked into it.
not up here mate, straight off the boat, beautiful.
And Moreton Bay Bugs
And Mud Crab
god i am hungry now.
I've never had either of those, will have to give them a try next time I'm up your way - although I've never been so disappointed about hyped seafood as I was the first time I had barramundi.
chilli crab, made with mud crab, is just about my favourite thing to eat and make
barra is okay. Famred it's shit, but straight out of a river and on to a hot plate is pretty fucking good.
I love North Queensland seafood
I reckon our fish shits on the aussie stuff. Blue cod, groper, snapper, no contest. But the muddies were made by the gods themselves, the best crab I've ever eaten
Best I have had is Alaskan King Crab. That was amazing. But I haven't tried mud crab so can't compare.
Where did you try that? Next time you’re in Wellington stop by the crab shack by shed five, only hassle is you can’t book a table . You just turn up and wait your turn .
When was the last time you were there? I have been there a few times for it and it was good there. Last time I was there (12 months ago) they didn't have them on the menu
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@taniwharugby I think we get ours from the Russian crabs fishermen, same thing though . Sig Hanson came out to NZ a while back to promote them
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@taniwharugby I'll eat punnet upon punnet of mussels from the Supermarket. Absolutely love them and much better value than other supposedly nicer seafood.
I don't like flavoured Mussels - and I always struggle to find plain punnets.
When I go to a Belgian style restaurant and ask for Mussels steamed in water they look at me like I'm a loon. Although at the one in Mt Eden I'd often get the blue cheese pot (as they used to do two for one pots and I'd have one plain and one blue cheese).
@jegga said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
I do gorge myself in prawns when I go across the ditch , they aren’t full of carcinogens and other crap like the ones they sell here.
Hmmm, I thought that the quality of prawns would be dicey over here - as they're so cheap. I'm not a huge eater of them (like them but usually they're beaten by other things on a menu) so haven't looked into it.
not up here mate, straight off the boat, beautiful.
And Moreton Bay Bugs
And Mud Crab
god i am hungry now.
I've never had either of those, will have to give them a try next time I'm up your way - although I've never been so disappointed about hyped seafood as I was the first time I had barramundi.
chilli crab, made with mud crab, is just about my favourite thing to eat and make
barra is okay. Famred it's shit, but straight out of a river and on to a hot plate is pretty fucking good.
I love North Queensland seafood
I reckon our fish shits on the aussie stuff. Blue cod, groper, snapper, no contest. But the muddies were made by the gods themselves, the best crab I've ever eaten
Best I have had is Alaskan King Crab. That was amazing. But I haven't tried mud crab so can't compare.
Where did you try that? Next time you’re in Wellington stop by the crab shack by shed five, only hassle is you can’t book a table . You just turn up and wait your turn .
When was the last time you were there? I have been there a few times for it and it was good there. Last time I was there (12 months ago) they didn't have them on the menu
About a year ago , I’ve never seen them on the menu there but their paddle crabs are bloody good imho .
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I liked Italian whitebait - which I guess is what you got in England TR but in the main I steered clear of seafood for the 13 years I was in Europe which is one reason I love it so much now.
Europe does have some great seafood which isn't readily available here, e.g. baby octopus and clams. I've had some fantastic seafood meals in Italy and France.
In places like Belgium the mussels are so small compared to our green-lipped mussels. Tasty but not the same. Scallops have always been my favourite.
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@taniwharugby I'll eat punnet upon punnet of mussels from the Supermarket. Absolutely love them and much better value than other supposedly nicer seafood.
I don't like flavoured Mussels - and I always struggle to find plain punnets.
When I go to a Belgian style restaurant and ask for Mussels steamed in water they look at me like I'm a loon. Although at the one in Mt Eden I'd often get the blue cheese pot (as they used to do two for one pots and I'd have one plain and one blue cheese).
@jegga said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
I do gorge myself in prawns when I go across the ditch , they aren’t full of carcinogens and other crap like the ones they sell here.
Hmmm, I thought that the quality of prawns would be dicey over here - as they're so cheap. I'm not a huge eater of them (like them but usually they're beaten by other things on a menu) so haven't looked into it.
not up here mate, straight off the boat, beautiful.
And Moreton Bay Bugs
And Mud Crab
god i am hungry now.
I've never had either of those, will have to give them a try next time I'm up your way - although I've never been so disappointed about hyped seafood as I was the first time I had barramundi.
chilli crab, made with mud crab, is just about my favourite thing to eat and make
barra is okay. Famred it's shit, but straight out of a river and on to a hot plate is pretty fucking good.
I love North Queensland seafood
I reckon our fish shits on the aussie stuff. Blue cod, groper, snapper, no contest. But the muddies were made by the gods themselves, the best crab I've ever eaten
that's obviously a taste thing, because i love reef fish. Red Emperor, Coral Trout, both so fucking good.
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Yeah fuck imagine my surprise when I get to Europe and order some mussels, expecting something amazing as I'm used to Leuven.
Plate turns up, oh OK, these shells are a bit smaller than expected. Open the shells... What the fuck! Something about the the size of half of one of those mini Easter eggs. Shelling all those tiny mussels for fuck all meat is a crappy waste of time.
Apart from mussels, all other shellfish and crustaceans make me retch. All fish is good apart from trout.
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@jegga that mixed bucket of clams you can get there is wicked. I think my fav is Cloudy bay clams. The crab is good and a few times they've had king crab. I was a bit of a deadliest catch tragic back in the day so it's cool to know where they come from - but fuck fishing for those things!!
I prefer the supermarket flavoured mussels - chili or garlic flavoured and I'm into it. Haven't had any luck enjoying them at restaurants or BBQs. I am a right slut for well cooked scallops, and like @taniwharugby don't really dig crays overly much. Oysters can be nice but again I've found them to be a bit hit and miss for my educated palate. Def encourage the missus to get stuck in though
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