45 Red Flags & Green Lights When Buying Fish | Epicurious

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  • Опубликовано: 20 дек 2023
  • Fish expert Mike Cruz joins Epicurious to break down how he shops for fish. From texture and color to the correct fishy smell, Cruz shares his tips and tricks to make sure you pick the best seafood every time.
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  • @hutch13pbbc
    @hutch13pbbc 4 месяца назад +759

    i'm picturing being at the counter asking the monger to hold it and me whipping out the flashlight

    • @michelemcdermott75
      @michelemcdermott75 4 месяца назад +18

      I have no fish monger! I have a butcher behind the counter- sadly! Frozen is a better bet!

    • @whatsthis6102
      @whatsthis6102 4 месяца назад +35

      dont forget to smell it as well. take a huge sniff

    • @AlleyBurke
      @AlleyBurke 4 месяца назад +4

      @@whatsthis6102 😂

    • @jillmondt5398
      @jillmondt5398 4 месяца назад +2

      Oh, dude..😆

    • @ggwebcast
      @ggwebcast 4 месяца назад +2

      And break open the scallop to check the fibres😂

  • @coyrex1250
    @coyrex1250 4 месяца назад +576

    This guy is the GOAT. Saw his how to prepare fish video like 8 times he just made it so enjoyable.

    • @trafalgard.waterlaw8512
      @trafalgard.waterlaw8512 4 месяца назад +5

      Same😂

    • @ew6650
      @ew6650 4 месяца назад +9

      I've watched that video probably over 50 times idk why its just so entertaining

    • @TheClassifiedstar
      @TheClassifiedstar 3 месяца назад

      Same!! I revisit those episodes so much lol! The ways to cut a fruit too. So satisfying

    • @0vermyshoulder
      @0vermyshoulder 3 дня назад

      It’s my favourite video ever ever ever I make everyone watch it hahaha

  • @mythical_pizza
    @mythical_pizza 4 месяца назад +83

    "Any kind of light you might have around" he says as he pulls put the spelunking cylinder 3000

  • @QuackLoud
    @QuackLoud 4 месяца назад +90

    This was hands down the best education on picking out fish that I have ever seen. I grew up in Japan and thought I knew about fish, but Mike you are the master! Thank you.

  • @cheetoes9278
    @cheetoes9278 4 месяца назад +15

    BABE WAKE UP NEW MIKE CRUZ GREENPOINT FISH WHOLESALE VIDEO JUST DROPPED !!!!!

  • @enkursory
    @enkursory 4 месяца назад +73

    3:38 A bit misleading here, Saku blocks are AAA grade tuna specifically used for sushi/sashimi and can be eaten raw, while as the dark red steak like tuna is only AA grade and cannot be used for raw consumption and must undergo proper cooking measures to rid of parasites and other undesirables. For reference, I'm a certified sushi chef with 7 years of experience and have taken culinary/nutrition courses to learn how to properly prepare and handle food.

    • @BlitzOfTheReich
      @BlitzOfTheReich Месяц назад +1

      AAA grade tuna isn't regulated.

    • @enkursory
      @enkursory Месяц назад +4

      @@BlitzOfTheReich That depends on where you live, and most regulations of the same category would apply to all products. All sushi grade fish are legally required to be frozen for a period of time before serving to customers (at least in the US), though some places say they serve "fresh fish" which is entirely illegal, but the restaurant industry is sketchy so who knows.

    • @BlitzOfTheReich
      @BlitzOfTheReich Месяц назад +4

      again, it is not a federally regulated industry. it means jack.@@enkursory

    • @luladrgn9155
      @luladrgn9155 12 дней назад

      ⁠@@enkursorylisten to @blitzofthereich

  • @69cheesyfries
    @69cheesyfries 4 месяца назад +58

    Mike is a great speaker. He is so effortless and succinct in front of the camera that its simply entertaining to watch him do his job. He has a soothing voice too which really explains why his previous videos on this channel were such a hit. I keep going back to the other two routinely and now another one has been added to the list!

  • @hughjanis4555
    @hughjanis4555 4 месяца назад +167

    I really like the explanations here. And also you can tell he really respects the animals he works with.

  • @ArielK1987
    @ArielK1987 4 месяца назад +61

    He was here before on the channel. When he did the fish break down as well as break dow of the crustaceans. Both fantastic videos

  • @PhatChin
    @PhatChin 4 месяца назад +38

    I feel so much more informed after watching this video. Gives me confidence in browsing the seafood section.

  • @delinquent3574
    @delinquent3574 4 месяца назад +52

    ive watched the fish and shelfish vid with mike hundreds of times since they came out. this one is def goin on my mealtime rotation. love u epicurious and mike cruz

  • @harpy2602
    @harpy2602 3 месяца назад +8

    I've watched so many food videos in my life and this was the first video where the person explained WHY you shouldn't eat dead muscles/clams (the ones that dont close up when tapped). Kudos! informative and approachable

  • @dianahellman9254
    @dianahellman9254 4 месяца назад +61

    Really well explained - another great expert!! Great video!

  • @lordkuma_1525
    @lordkuma_1525 4 месяца назад +21

    wooooo more mike cruz! bring him on more often!!!

  • @_Toxicity
    @_Toxicity 4 месяца назад +12

    Thank you again! I'd love to see a video on How to Use Every Type of Herb.

  • @SamSam-qm1li
    @SamSam-qm1li 4 месяца назад +27

    This guy is a true expert.

  • @GreenT_LoR
    @GreenT_LoR 2 месяца назад +1

    Mike Cruz!!! Very articulate, well-spoken, and very easy to follow.

  • @chocolatefrenzieya
    @chocolatefrenzieya 4 месяца назад +6

    O. M. Gosh. That TUNAAAA!!!! I am literally salivating hahaha! That is the yummiest hunk of tuna I have ever seen!

  • @pierre6625
    @pierre6625 4 месяца назад +9

    Great video for beginners. Thank you.

  • @Kim-jd6lx
    @Kim-jd6lx 4 месяца назад +4

    This is the video I need. Thank you

  • @athenrose9020
    @athenrose9020 4 месяца назад +3

    sir... happy to have you back sir... i have been waiting for new mike cruz x epicurious content since forever and i'm happy to say my wait is over

  • @debbiezullo7056
    @debbiezullo7056 4 месяца назад +1

    This video should be seen by everyone that works the fish counter! Excellent🐟♥️

  • @jeffward1106
    @jeffward1106 4 месяца назад +5

    Very informative ❤

  • @kartecfighter
    @kartecfighter 2 месяца назад

    As a seafood clerk, this should be a training video, for anyone getting into the seafood business. Great video, and thank you for making it.

  • @pks41805
    @pks41805 Месяц назад

    I enjoy watching this dude. I feel I've learned.

  • @gamergirl209
    @gamergirl209 4 месяца назад +2

    Our chain supermarket added an iced seafood section in the butcher area. So glad to say ive never seen the questionable fish there

  • @LordPlagus777
    @LordPlagus777 4 месяца назад +2

    I'm so glad to see Mike back

  • @padorupadoru4477
    @padorupadoru4477 4 месяца назад +7

    i miss the trumpet TA DAH sound when we move onto a new fish

  • @airacakep
    @airacakep 4 месяца назад +3

    Sure we miss Mike Cruz so much!!!! ❤

  • @samirkazah302
    @samirkazah302 6 дней назад

    Going so far as to show real life bad examples too is super helpful

  • @pbm9cje2n
    @pbm9cje2n 4 месяца назад +3

    Seeing this video reminds me how fortunate i am to catch, clean, and cook my own fish.
    Ill catch, clean, vacuum seal and freeze my fish all in the same day. When doing that, some fish stay fresh for 18 months in the freezer.
    Pompano holds very well when cleaned quickly and properly and the vacuumed sealed and frozen.

  • @jackieeeap2
    @jackieeeap2 4 месяца назад +1

    Great video. I learned more.

  • @michelemcdermott75
    @michelemcdermott75 4 месяца назад +2

    GREAT Video!

  • @ChiliPepperMadness
    @ChiliPepperMadness 4 месяца назад

    Great tips!

  • @xbsjfbsjd
    @xbsjfbsjd 4 месяца назад

    really miss this Mike guy since his 'crab videos' n filleting fish 🎉

  • @lufixu
    @lufixu 3 месяца назад

    i. love. this. guy. I LOVE HIM HES SO ENTERTAINING

  • @rendy5092
    @rendy5092 4 месяца назад

    Great video!

  • @SeaWingStyles
    @SeaWingStyles 4 месяца назад +8

    Rejoice the handsome fish daddy is back😍

  • @Xaero188
    @Xaero188 4 месяца назад +3

    Welcome back, king

  • @alterbennet5420
    @alterbennet5420 4 месяца назад +17

    How did they get the bad fish? Did they go to a fish store and say "gimme your worst fish"

    • @AJ-ll4cl
      @AJ-ll4cl 12 дней назад +2

      Probably bought it ahead of time and had it sitting out or something

  • @nebugon
    @nebugon 4 месяца назад

    HE'S BACK!!

  • @gojira2570
    @gojira2570 4 месяца назад +1

    Me: So tired every day
    Also me: Watching in-depth buying fresh fish guide at 4 am

  • @FakeJeep
    @FakeJeep 4 месяца назад +11

    6:05 You forgot one/two things on shrimp. They should be "firm" to the touch between two fingers, and not soft or squishy. I've had many shrimp that passed the touch/smell test but their texture was too soft... bad every time. Also their armor should be "hard" as well to the touch.. if the armor is soft or comes apart rubbing it they are on the way out or already bad.

  • @jillmondt5398
    @jillmondt5398 4 месяца назад +1

    17:45 Crab looks doomed. 😋

  • @thurathetnaing2678
    @thurathetnaing2678 9 дней назад +1

    HES BACK

  • @DrGonzibert
    @DrGonzibert 4 месяца назад

    Please, do the flour test and check if there are hot spots. Thank you

  • @VitekPrasatko
    @VitekPrasatko 4 месяца назад +6

    Can you please make more well equipped videos I've seen every single one and i really like it but it hasn't come out in 6 months

  • @Archive224
    @Archive224 4 месяца назад +3

    Could we get “how to use/pair every wine”?

  • @ardinaaliyarizka
    @ardinaaliyarizka 4 месяца назад +1

    he back!!!!!!

  • @folieadeux147
    @folieadeux147 4 месяца назад +3

    Thankfully evolution takes care of all the potentially harmful stuff generally. Most of the stuff he listed as red flags would make an average person go “gross!” - it’s the green flags that are easier for us to miss.

  • @philoctetes_wordsworth
    @philoctetes_wordsworth Месяц назад

    I beg to differ, on the FDA approved ingredients. The FDA allows us to have many, many things that are banned in the EU and Great Britain.

  • @austinclose2677
    @austinclose2677 4 месяца назад +2

    So that tuna is actually a bit on the older side, the blood line starts out as blood red, then black, then grayish

  • @presidentzeus2359
    @presidentzeus2359 4 месяца назад +3

    What do you mean everything is centered in the shell of the crab? You don't eat the claws??

  • @LiLi-ps5vb
    @LiLi-ps5vb 4 месяца назад

    Gulf shrimp has a strong iodine type taste to me.

  • @modgenesis3868
    @modgenesis3868 10 дней назад

    18:10 that's one sad looking lobster

  • @CaLemLiza
    @CaLemLiza 4 месяца назад +3

    that lobster looks so sad with its puppy eyes!!

  • @mirandajuarezvidal8859
    @mirandajuarezvidal8859 4 месяца назад +2

    MIKE WE MISSED U

  • @manaswiniuppuluri5257
    @manaswiniuppuluri5257 Месяц назад +3

    I’m vegetarian and I watched the whole thing

    • @edvinas94
      @edvinas94 17 дней назад +1

      How to tell there’s a vegetarian nearby?
      You don’t have to. They will tell yourself

  • @Missxtc
    @Missxtc 4 месяца назад +1

    I don't know anything about fish, I would like to make sushi~ would it be okay to get the tuna steak?
    How do i prepare it? do i need to clean it with water?
    Can i eat it raw?

  • @individualywrappedcheeseslices
    @individualywrappedcheeseslices 4 месяца назад +2

    Both of the salmons you showed are farm raised. Wild caught salmon is a much darker red. Light orange is always the color of farm raised.

  • @allythearts5439
    @allythearts5439 4 месяца назад

    Interesting

  • @ironchef8000
    @ironchef8000 Месяц назад +2

    “Trust your fishmonger”? Uh no. I trust RUclips guy.

  • @The18iceman
    @The18iceman 4 месяца назад +3

    If it smells like fish, it's a dish.
    If it smells like cologne, leave it alone.

  • @kitty-kitten-
    @kitty-kitten- 4 месяца назад

    Yikes to not getting Digby, Nova Scotia scallops 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

  • @desi4lyfe379
    @desi4lyfe379 4 месяца назад +1

    We need case studies on fish & preservatives. Just because it is wildly caught doesn't mean not tampered with additives & coloring. Food is getting fake n junky.

  • @matthias8122
    @matthias8122 4 месяца назад

    When do customers ever get a chance to touch the fish they buy, though?

  • @cfrost5480
    @cfrost5480 4 месяца назад

    i need him…

  • @RomanII1997
    @RomanII1997 4 месяца назад +9

    I can smell some of the bad fish😵‍💫

  • @panchoreyes1415
    @panchoreyes1415 9 дней назад

    Currently eating salmon

  • @vahidhosoda6614
    @vahidhosoda6614 15 дней назад

    Bad salmon is like salmon that entered the stream

  • @alexanderkidonakis9185
    @alexanderkidonakis9185 4 месяца назад +2

    Farmed salmon isn’t naturally pink. They dye it
    Just random info

    • @kohakuaiko
      @kohakuaiko 4 месяца назад +1

      They feed them dye

  • @gustavotosi8209
    @gustavotosi8209 4 месяца назад

    0:01 me after 18 years living with 5 sisters in one house

  • @chatssurmars
    @chatssurmars 4 месяца назад

    🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

    • @einundsiebenziger5488
      @einundsiebenziger5488 4 месяца назад

      Learn to write, post something meaningful and seek help for your emoji addiction.

  • @sammie875
    @sammie875 4 месяца назад

    wait what if my tuna nigiri is light purple?😅

  • @aaanycolour
    @aaanycolour Месяц назад

    Wegmans 😍

  • @navisoul-oi8mo
    @navisoul-oi8mo 4 месяца назад

    ASC and MSC, arent those bribed to give out the certification?

  • @teekwick
    @teekwick 4 месяца назад +21

    Who decides who's a fish expert? Is there a fish association?

    • @dances_with_incels
      @dances_with_incels 4 месяца назад +16

      Sounds fishy to me

    • @PaigeA6741
      @PaigeA6741 4 месяца назад +1

      It’s wild there’s like degrees for this in school lol

  • @forgottensoul3682
    @forgottensoul3682 22 дня назад

    But I love eating fish mustard

  • @Obyvvatel
    @Obyvvatel 4 месяца назад +1

    I didn't need to hear the expression fish-mustard

  • @RandoSando.
    @RandoSando. 23 дня назад

    Needs timestamps

  • @pinkbabyangel411
    @pinkbabyangel411 4 месяца назад

    forgot to add that most salmon are artificially colored orange

  • @Pandizil
    @Pandizil 4 месяца назад +1

    what's wrong with salmon breaking apart? In my experience it can happen in a day or 2.

  • @rnrose1922
    @rnrose1922 4 месяца назад +1

    DON'T BE FOOLED BY THE PINK STUFF

  • @GojosBackHand
    @GojosBackHand Месяц назад

    Never by walmart brand meat!

  • @derreknishijima
    @derreknishijima 4 месяца назад

    he fine

  • @Ace_of_Empires
    @Ace_of_Empires 4 месяца назад +3

    How do the species of fish rank in terms of best taste?

  • @stayfrosty2519
    @stayfrosty2519 4 месяца назад +2

    Wow, Safeway grocery store carries all of the bad examples.

  • @MustafaOzanAlpay
    @MustafaOzanAlpay 4 месяца назад +1

    is it weird that i wanna keep the lobster and the crab as pets?

    • @kohakuaiko
      @kohakuaiko 4 месяца назад

      No, but I wouldn't advise it. 😂

  • @robertsmith9096
    @robertsmith9096 4 месяца назад

    That bloodline along the back inside the fish is the fish’s kidney.

  • @joenguyen4092
    @joenguyen4092 4 месяца назад

    🙌👍👍👍

  • @TKDJK
    @TKDJK 4 месяца назад +2

    Flashlight Sales will also go up.. I have had serious food poisonings at Sea Food Buffets and so this is a great video but will not stop the diarrhoea

  • @bananaspice1967
    @bananaspice1967 6 дней назад

    Feesh

  • @williamredmond8128
    @williamredmond8128 4 месяца назад +1

    The way you said trimethylamine hurt my feelings.

  • @JaySee5
    @JaySee5 4 месяца назад

    No timestamps in 2023

  • @riemi2689
    @riemi2689 4 месяца назад

    I Miss Dan

  • @KL005
    @KL005 4 месяца назад

    MHERK KKERZ

  • @xavy5828
    @xavy5828 4 месяца назад +1

    Ok

  • @definiteIynotkenji
    @definiteIynotkenji 4 месяца назад

    nice explanation but bad examples those bad ones are way too obvious

  • @danielthecake8617
    @danielthecake8617 3 месяца назад

    PointCrow????

  • @V-Ram219
    @V-Ram219 4 месяца назад +4

    Am I the only person flabbergasted by the fact that there is a job category of fish mongering?

    • @orcawhale1549
      @orcawhale1549 4 месяца назад +5

      it can actually be a very lucrative job, especially if you live in an area where fresh seafood is always available! fish mongers are basically the butchers of the seafood world :)

    • @essiebessie661
      @essiebessie661 4 месяца назад +1

      Yes. Sorry.

    • @essiebessie661
      @essiebessie661 4 месяца назад

      But now you know!🙂