Seafood

Question 1

What is red tide?

Answer 1

A poisoning of seafood by algae

Question 2

Describe a “drawn” fish

Answer 2

A fish with only the guts (viscera) removed. Head and fins are still intact.

Question 3

Crayfish are freshwater crustaceans.

True or False?

Answer 3

True

Question 4

What’s the Italian name for squid?

Answer 4

Calamari

Question 5

How do you store fresh oysters?

Answer 5

Up to 3 weeks at temperatures of 2 C (36 F).
Store flat side up, layered between wet cloths.

(Oysters must be shucked in order to freeze them)

Do not ice them

Question 6

What is the differences between a Gravlax salmon and a Lox salmon?

Answer 6

Gravlax is cured with sugar, salt and dill

Lox is cured in a salted brine and cold smoked

Question 7

What should the internal temperature of fish be?

Answer 7

57 C (135F)

Question 8

List 5 examples of low-fat fish.

Answer 8

Bass                       Cod
Red snapper           Halibut
Flounder
Sole
Tuna
Pollock
Mahi mahi

Question 9

Describe a “Glazed” fish

Answer 9

A frozen product that has been dipped in water; the ice forms a glaze that protects the item from freeze burn

Question 10

Properly baked fish should be opaque and beginning to flake. True or False?

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Seafood raised in a controlled environment describes :

Answer 11

Aquaculture

Question 12

Uncooked shrimp is referred to as:

Answer 12

Green