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I have searched all over. Can anyone tell me if they have found any restuarants with whole fried clams in NC and where?
While my mom still does them at home this way, I was sad to see all the seafood restaurants around Sneads Ferry (eastern NC area I grew up) now use those premade clam strips. If you find somewhere please post it for us.
Raleigh Rob, we are almost fully vegetarian, but it's to hard to give up the wild salmon sold in Oregon. The seafood at my independent market is labeled as to how it's caught and whether it's farmed or not. I've read most of the salmon on the east coast is farmed and I prefer not to buy. What types of fish are carried in independent markets and are they labeled? I plan to scope out organic markets on our next trip to RDU.
Trader Joe's sell wild Alaskan Sockeye Salmon as well as wild Pacific Salmon.
There's one in Cary and one in Chapel Hill.
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We're from FL and moved here in Clayton last Fall, we found that the seafoods, especially NC shrimps, do taste differently from FL seafoods. I'm not sure why. We bought some large NC shrimps to make shrimp scampi and it didn't taste good as we made those in FL. Recipe is still the same. Does anyone notice any taste difference, comparing from where you live and here in NC?
I used to live in FL too. Being an avid fisherman myself, I'm not sure it's a difference in FL vs NC. I think it's more Gulf vs Atlantic or the more likely factor, warmer water vs colder water. I also noticed a difference in Pacific shrimp too. Anything I got that came from the Gulf or around the Keys had a somewhat sweeter taste than any Atlantic shrimp.
The Monterey Bay Aquarium has a Seafood Watch group that puts out seafood guides for the entire country. Google them - I find the guides very useful when I'm looking for fish that's good for me and for the environment. They even put out an iPhone app. As for NC seafood, I'm originally from near the Outer Banks. While fried is usually a popular option for seafood there, it's not hard at all to get non-fried seafood there. A lot of Raleigh folks are conditioned to go to the Wilmington area to go to the beach because it's traditionally been so much closer. But now better roads mean that the northeastern NC beaches are much closer - go check it out for yummy non-fried seafood - blue crabs, shrimp, fish, etc.
I love fried "Spots and Croakers" in season. I also enjoy making a few trips each year to The Sunnyside Oyster Bar in Williamston. If you ain't been there you're missing out I can tell you that much Same goes for the Cypress Grill in Jamesville on the Roanoke. The specialty in season is the fried herring.
NC seafood
OK you will find all shellfish most sea fish here
NO lobster
Its all good fried
broiled
whatever you want to call it
its here
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Same goes for the Cypress Grill in Jamesville on the Roanoke. The specialty in season is the fried herring.
