Know Thy Seafood

Ever wondered how the barracuda got its name?  Or the pomfret?  Does the basa sound like an Indian name to you?  What does one mean by crustaceans?  Here’s a look at the origins of some of the names of the aquatic animals belonging to the ‘seafood world’ along with some interesting facts that you may or may not know about them. To begin with, the obvious one – 1. Seafood The term seafood includes fresh and saltwater fish and shellfish. Literally meaning food that is sourced from the sea; sea…

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Is your fish fresh?

The most common question we’ve faced since Fishvish started and probably the most common question any fish monger has ever had to answer since time immemorial. Having asked the question do we really expect him to say no it’s stale? Living on the Coast If I live on the coast my concept of fresh fish will be very different from a guys living a few hundred kilometers inland. Strangely neither of us will be wrong with our differing concepts of fresh. It’s what we’re used to. The point is that both…

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Net To Net – A Brief History of Seafood – Part 1

Very early, in our evolutionary history, we turned to marine animals to provide us with nourishment. Archaeological excavations suggest that early humans ate mussels during prehistoric times. Mussels Stone Age Man – Fish  was a part of their diet The invention and use of tools and technologies, in a simplistic way, defines one hypothetical archaeological period of human civilization from another, the Paleolithic Age (old stone age) – Mesolithic (middle stone age) – Neolithic Age (new stone age) – Bronze Age – Iron age- and Modern Age. The main challenges…

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Everyday Easies: The Long and Short of It

How the day dawns and winds down, every day, is sometimes a stumper even to the most organized people, if you ask them. For most of us, the morning ends in getting the day in order, while evening signals the nearness of the trek back home to relax and plan the next day when it starts all over again. The weekends are reserved for stuff that piles up during the week, and needs to be sorted at the first opportunity available. So weekends see paperwork being dealt with, trips to…

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Questions & Answers – Part 1

Over the last few years, any one that’s shown any form of economic interest in us or in our business has had one common question: why are you doing this? Shumu and I are amateur cooks, well me more than him, he’s actually very good. Our grouse over the years has been the lack of quality seafood in Pune, a pain point we shared with a lot of people. This was made doubly worse with the lack of variety and volatile pricing based on season. A chance meeting on work…

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