TLE 3 Flashcards
is any form of sea life regarded as food by humans.
Seafood
Fish products are divided into two categories.
Fin fish
Shell fish
Fish with fins and internal skeletons
Fin Fish
Saltwater fish.
Flatfish - example: Flounder, Sole
Round fish - example: Black sea bass, Bluefish, Cod, Grouper
Freshwater fish
Catfish
Eel
Tilapia
Fish with external sheils but no intemal bone structure. They have hard outer shells.
Shell fish
Two classification of shellfish
Mollusks
Crustaceans
they have a pair of hinged shells (clams, oysters)
Bivalves
they have a single shell ( abalone, snail)
Univalves
(octopus, squid)
Cephalopods
are animals with segmented shells and jointed legs (shrimps and crabs)
Crustaceans
are soft sea animals
Mollusks
are those marketed just as they come from the water.
Whole or Round
are marketed with only the entrails removed.
Drawn
are scaled and eviscerated, usually with the head, tail, and fins removed.
Dressed
cross-section slices, of the largest sizes of dressed fish. A cross-section of the backbone is usually the only bone in the steak.
Steaks
The side of the fish cut lengthwise away from the backbone, is called FILLETS.
Fillets
Are the two sides of the fish corresponding to two single fillets heid together by uncut flesh and the skin.
Butterflied fillets
CHECKING THE FRESHNESS OF FISH
Fin Fish
- Fresh and mild odor
- Eyes are clear, shiny and bulging
- Red or pink gills
- Texture of flesh is firm or elastic
- Shiny scales, and tightly cling to skin
CHECKING THE FRESHNESS OF FISH
Shellfish
- Oysters, clams, mussels in the shell must be alive. Tightly closed shells when jostled.
- Live or shucked oysters must have a very mild, sweet smel,
- Discard any mussels that are very light in weight or seem to be hollow
- Strong fishy odor or a brownish color is a sign of age or spoilage.
- Live lobster must be alive when cooked. The meat will be firm and the tail will spring back when straightened
- Frozen shrimp should be solidly frozen when received,
- Live crabs should be kept alive until cooked.
- Frozen crabmeat should be treated like any other frozen fish,