Distance and food

[Arthur McAlister]

That's too bad. I live in Charlotte, N.C. about 180 miles from the coast. We get fresh seafood shipped in fresh, but my favorites are not found in N.C. waters, i.e., snow crab, salmon. When I was in the military mant years ago, I was on the St. Lawrence Island and I was friends with a pilot from Reeves Aleutian Airlines that wound bring 55 gallon drums of snow crab to the base. He would contact me first so I could eat all I wanted until I was stuffed. Afterwards, I would take to the mess hall. I also used to catch trout down at the beach at Northeast Cape, take them to the chow hall, and they would cook them for me. I was a supply sergeant then and everyone wanted to be my fried. I'm not opposed to moose or rain deer meat, so I will just make do. Thanks

[RayinAK]

Originally Posted by Arthur McAlister

That's too bad. I live in Charlotte, N.C. about 180 miles from the coast. We get fresh seafood shipped in fresh, but my favorites are not found in N.C. waters, i.e., snow crab, salmon. When I was in the military mant years ago, I was on the St. Lawrence Island and I was friends with a pilot from Reeves Aleutian Airlines that wound bring 55 gallon drums of snow crab to the base. He would contact me first so I could eat all I wanted until I was stuffed. Afterwards, I would take to the mess hall. I also used to catch trout down at the beach at Northeast Cape, take them to the chow hall, and they would cook them for me. I was a supply sergeant then and everyone wanted to be my fried. I'm not opposed to moose or rain deer meat, so I will just make do. Thanks

Well, the only way fresh is "fresh" is if you can buy it right after it is caught, and then served and eaten. If you can put it on ice right after being caught and keep it in ice for a few hours until it is served, that is "fresh enough" I imagine. But don't expect any fish to be purely fresh when you buy it at a supermarket.

The only way to keep fish as fresh as possible after being caught by the commercial fishing crews before the fish is brought to the port, is by keeping it cold before it is sold for processing. Some of the fish are so valuable that it is flash-frozen before it is shipped to the market. Watch a video about Japanese fish traders of yellow-fin tuna.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-eoIxfycf8

[Parnassia]

Originally Posted by Arthur McAlister

That's too bad. I live in Charlotte, N.C. about 180 miles from the coast. We get fresh seafood shipped in fresh, but my favorites are not found in N.C. waters, i.e., snow crab, salmon. When I was in the military mant years ago, I was on the St. Lawrence Island and I was friends with a pilot from Reeves Aleutian Airlines that wound bring 55 gallon drums of snow crab to the base. He would contact me first so I could eat all I wanted until I was stuffed. Afterwards, I would take to the mess hall. I also used to catch trout down at the beach at Northeast Cape, take them to the chow hall, and they would cook them for me. I was a supply sergeant then and everyone wanted to be my fried. I'm not opposed to moose or rain deer meat, so I will just make do. Thanks

In case you didn't know...can't buy moose meat. A successful hunter would need to gift you some and you wouldn't get it fresh until after mid August anyway. You can buy commercial reindeer sausage.

[Arthur McAlister]

Originally Posted by Parnassia

In case you didn't know...can't buy moose meat. A successful hunter would need to gift you some and you wouldn't get it fresh until after mid August anyway. You can buy commercial reindeer sausage.

Thanks for the update. I guess I'll stick to chicken.

[Frostnip]

Depending on when you're planning to visit, it might be totally feasible to do some salmon fishing yourself.