| Purchasing
Guide for Meat |
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Fish and seafood are delicious foods,
especially valuable as good sources of
protein, minerals, and some vitamins.
Refrigerated shipping facilities and modern
commercial rapid freezing and packaging make
many different kinds of fish available all
year. This brief chart lists helpful
information about many different kinds of
fish. |
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KIND |
HOW COOK |
SIZE-POUNDS |
SEASON |
MARKET UNIT |
TYPE |
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Bass |
Bake, broil, fry |
½-5 |
All year |
whole, fillets |
lean |
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Butterfish |
Bake, broil, fry |
¼-1 |
Spring, Summer, fall |
whole (fresh or smoked) |
fat |
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Catfish |
Bake, fry |
1-40 |
All year |
whole, fillets, steak |
lean |
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Clams |
Fry, Steam |
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All year |
Dozen or quart |
lean |
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Cod |
Bake, broil, boil, fry |
4-75 |
All year |
whole, fillets, steak |
lean |
Crabs, alive
Meat.. |
Boil
Fry, broil |
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All year |
Dozen, Pound (Fresh canned) |
lean |
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Haddock |
Bake, broil, boil, fry |
2-8 |
All year |
whole, fillets (Fresh, smoked
as finnan, haddie, canned) |
lean |
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Halibut |
Bake, broil, boil, fry |
5-80 |
All year |
whole, fillets, steak (Fresh,
Smoked) |
fat |
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Herring |
Bake, broil, boil, fry |
½-1 |
All year |
whole (Fresh, salted, canned,
smoked, pickled) |
fat |
Lobsters, alive.
Meat.. |
Boil, broil, fry
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All year |
Whole pound (Fresh or canned) |
lean |
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Mackerel |
Bake, broil, boil, fry |
¾-10 |
All year |
whole, fillets, steak (Fresh,
pickled, salted, smoked and canned) |
fat |
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Mullet |
Bake, broil, fry |
1-5 |
All year |
Whole (Fresh, salted) |
fat |
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Oysters |
Bake, broil, fry |
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Fall, winter spring |
Dozen, quart (fresh, canned) |
lean |
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Perch |
Bake, broil, fry |
½-5 |
All year |
whole, fillets |
lean |
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Pike |
Bake, broil, fry |
1-40 |
All year |
whole, fillets |
lean |
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Pompano |
Bake, broil, fry, boil |
1-2 |
Winter |
Whole |
fat |
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Red Snapper |
Bake, broil, fry, boil |
10-20 |
All year |
Pound |
lean |
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Salmon |
Bake, broil, fry, boil |
4-25 |
Summer, fall |
Whole, fillets, steak (Fresh,
canned, pickled, salted) |
fat |
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Scallops |
Broil, fry |
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Spring, fall, winter |
pound, quart |
lean |
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Shrimp |
Boil |
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spring, fall |
Pound (Fresh, canned) |
lean |
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Smelt |
Bake, broil, fry |
4 oz. |
Fall, winter, spring |
Pound |
fat |
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Sturgeon |
Bake, broil, boil |
50-500 |
Spring, summer, fall |
Pound, fillets, steak (Fresh,
Smoked) |
fat |
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Trout |
Bake, broil, fry, boil |
1-20 |
Spring, summer, fall |
Whole (Fresh, Smoked) |
fat |
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Tuna |
Bake, broil, boil |
30 up |
Spring, summer, fall |
Pound, steak (Fresh, canned) |
fat |
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Whitefish |
Bake, broil, fry, boil |
1-30 |
Spring, summer, fall |
Whole, steak, fillets,
(Fresh, salted, smoked) |
fat |
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