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If you haven't seen #seaspiracy yet please watch it. My first job at 16 was as a fishmonger (
) & I eat a fair amount of fish.
I can't imagine not doing so (sorry seaspiracy), but it's definitely got me thinking about buying more sustainably, if that's even possible? Any tips?
) & I eat a fair amount of fish. I can't imagine not doing so (sorry seaspiracy), but it's definitely got me thinking about buying more sustainably, if that's even possible? Any tips?
Am also going to let you in on a secret about your friendly supermarket fish counters (this may have changed since I was 18 but I doubt it).
Happy to be corrected, though
Happy to be corrected, though
Those fish in the little branded packs, freshly wrapped in store? They arrive in a lovely box, packed in ice. At this point they're probably a day or so old. They get wrapped.
They then get rewrapped after a couple of days with a new best before date (unless they're off)
They then get rewrapped after a couple of days with a new best before date (unless they're off)
If they look a bit manky, they're reduced that day. The policy in the shop I worked at was that they could be rewrapped twice before being reduced.
By the time you buy that reduced fish it's easily almost a week old.
By the time you buy that reduced fish it's easily almost a week old.
It rarely causes any problems, and I doubt it's anything new, but if you think your fish is super fresh, it probably isn't. I doubt supermarkets have changed this policy all that much.
