Fish Wednesday: It’s BACK!

I’m a decent home cook, if I may say so myself, but in order to eat seafood with any kind of sustainability, it’s also good to consider seasonality and going local, too. Salmon and halibut, we’re not seeing a lot of that right now, though thankfully, that will change soon. I miss it.

With local seafood mostly being frozen, I’m going with domestic shrimp instead. I stay away from the Southeast Asian farmed prawns, as much as I love them; shrimp farming practices are destroying the mangroves. Mangroves offer a nice buffer between the ocean and the mainland and say there’s a big tsunami causing quake? You need your mangroves to protect you, as best they can, from having your town eaten by a giant wave.

I’m no expert, but as always, I defer to the invaluable Seafood Watch.When the day comes that I get an iPhone, you can bet that the Seafood Watch app from the Monterey Bay Aquarium will be on it and I will be that insufferable person taking too long at the seafood counter, probably talking too loud, while I say things like, “But these were farmed in INDONESIA. I need DOMESTIC shrimp.”  If you give me the stink eye, I will understand. Plus, I will totally deserve it.

There seems to be an increase in asparagus lately, and it’s cheap right now, plus, I like asparagus a lot. Apparently it’s high in Vitamin C, which I suppose is a good thing if you live in a rainy place where everyone has a cold, which they do right now, I hope you feel better soon. Plus, hey, take something for that cough and get some rest. Once you’re feeling better, you can come for dinner, I would like that. In the meantime, the recipe I didn’t really follow is right here: Greek Shrimp and Asparagus Risotto.

Now, eat your fish, shelly or finny, it makes you care about your health.