Got another question for dvdtalk to settle. What is seafood?

J-Dubya · 06-18-06, 07:39 PM

An argument regarding whether or not freshwater fish is considered seafood or not.

X · 06-18-06, 07:47 PM

I'd say yes in the sense of what people mean when they say it.

Fish is considered seafood, trout is fish, trout would be sold in the seafood section of the store. I don't know of any other section it would be sold in. Meat? Poultry? Lake/riverfood?

kantonburg · 06-18-06, 07:59 PM

I've always heard trout called fresh water trout. So 'I' believe that to be considered seafood it must come from the sea.

OldDude · 06-18-06, 08:36 PM

Apparently seafood can include lakefood, at least in US usage.

Answer.com lifts this from Wikipedia
http://www.answers.com/topic/seafood

Quote:

Seafood is any sea animal that is served as food or is suitable for eating. This usually includes sea water animals, such as fish and shellfish (including mollusks, and crustaceans). By extension, in North America although not generally in the United Kingdom, the term seafood is also applied to similar animals from fresh water and all edible aquatic animals are collectively referred to as seafood.

Edible seaweeds are rarely considered seafood, even though they come from sea water and are widely eaten around the world. See the category of sea vegetables.

And of two dictionaries they quote, one says
"Edible fish or shellfish from the sea."

While the other says:
"The noun seafood has one meaning:

Meaning #1: edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc"

AGuyNamedMike · 06-18-06, 08:43 PM

"Fish and plankton, seagreens, and protein from the sea . It's all here, ready. Fresh as harvest day."

NCMojo · 06-18-06, 08:48 PM

My wife had coupons for $1 off seafood. She went in and bought canned tuna, and the lady told her, "oh, that's not seafood."

heavy liquid · 06-18-06, 09:04 PM

I always considered seafood as any food that comes from and lives in water, not necessarily the sea per se.

Jadzia · 06-18-06, 10:35 PM

"It's not sea food, it's sea life."

Josh-da-man · 06-18-06, 10:59 PM

If it lives in the water, it's seafood.

J-Dubya · 06-18-06, 11:13 PM

my boyfriend started this thread, it isn't worded quite right. The way it shouldv'e been asked is..........................

Are Walleye, sunfish, bass, northeren pike, bullhead and crappies considered to be SEAFOOD..................or FRESHWATER FISH?
I wonder if this changes anyones minds?

X · 06-18-06, 11:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by J-Dubya

my boyfriend started this thread, it isn't worded quite right.

Either you're schizophrenic or you need to get your own login. We don't allow multiple people to post under a single username so please start your own account if you're going to continue posting.

The question shouldn't be "SEAFOOD..................or FRESHWATER FISH?", the question is saltwater fish or freshwater fish? If you're eating them it's called seafood.

TomOpus · 06-18-06, 11:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by J-Dubya

Are Walleye, sunfish, bass, northeren pike, bullhead and crappies considered to be SEAFOOD..................or FRESHWATER FISH?

Yes

X · 06-18-06, 11:35 PM

Do you call it a cow or a steak?

dork · 06-19-06, 01:23 AM

I call it a manatee.

AGuyNamedMike · 06-19-06, 06:39 AM

Forbidden manatee...

[/homer]

davidoflondon · 06-19-06, 07:02 AM

I was on a cruise recently (Florida down to the Gulf of Mexico and back) and while at sea they served soup, burgers, and a wide variety of other foods. So I think the definition of seafood may need expanding.

NCMojo · 06-19-06, 07:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by J-Dubya

my boyfriend started this thread, it isn't worded quite right. The way it shouldv'e been asked is..........................

Are Walleye, sunfish, bass, northeren pike, bullhead and crappies considered to be SEAFOOD..................or FRESHWATER FISH?
I wonder if this changes anyones minds?

J-Dubya, this is from the heart: never, ever, ever use the Internet as a way to prove that your wife or girlfriend is wrong.

(pause)

Unless there's a possible threesome riding on the outcome.

Numanoid · 06-19-06, 08:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NCMojo

J-Dubya, this is from the heart: never, ever, ever use the Internet as a way to prove that your wife or girlfriend is wrong.

How do you know it's a female?

Vibiana · 06-19-06, 08:17 AM

Seafood to me is any water-dwelling creature that does not have fins and scales. So, for example, the Man From Atlantis would be seafood.

VinVega · 06-19-06, 08:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NCMojo

J-Dubya, this is from the heart: never, ever, ever use the Internet as a way to prove that your wife or girlfriend is wrong.

(pause)

Unless there's a possible threesome riding on the outcome.

marty888 · 06-19-06, 08:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NCMojo

My wife had coupons for $1 off seafood. She went in and bought canned tuna, and the lady told her, "oh, that's not seafood."

... probably because she had a can of Chicken of the Sea.

NCMojo · 06-19-06, 09:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Numanoid

How do you know it's a female?

Good point. Could be J-Dubya is gay.

Doesn't change my response, though.

DRG · 06-19-06, 11:07 AM

All I know is our grocery stores have Meat, Poultry, and Seafood sections. No specific 'Freshwater Fish' section. It seems kind of dumb to separate sea fish and lake fish in a section based on some sort of terminology technicality. It's sort of like the Asian food section. Sure, Japanese and Chinese food are different, but the average person is still going to want to look for that stuff in the same area. Most people don't want to have to stop to think about specific food origins just to find stuff at the grocery store.

Breakfast with Girls · 06-19-06, 12:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Josh-da-man

If it lives in the water, it's seafood.

Batter-dipped mermaid

J-Dubya · 06-19-06, 06:36 PM

[quote=X]Either you're schizophrenic or you need to get your own login. We don't allow multiple people to post under a single username so please start your own account if you're going to continue posting.

Im a schizophrenic.

View Poll Results: Is freshwater fish seafood or not?
Freshwater fish is not seafood.	16	21.33%
Freshwater fish is seafood.	59	78.67%
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06-18-06, 08:43 PM	#5
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06-18-06, 08:48 PM	#6
NCMojo DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 14,172	My wife had coupons for $1 off seafood. She went in and bought canned tuna, and the lady told her, "oh, that's not seafood." __________________ Sometimes the light's all shinin' on me; other times I can barely see. The Official Cabinet

06-18-06, 10:59 PM	#9
Josh-da-man DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: The Bible Belt Posts: 16,727	If it lives in the water, it's seafood. __________________ "Here's to Boston cops, they did what so many men never have been able to do: they found the little man in the boat." -- Bill Maher

06-18-06, 11:13 PM	#10
J-Dubya DVD Talk Ultimate Edition Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 4,292	my boyfriend started this thread, it isn't worded quite right. The way it shouldv'e been asked is.......................... Are Walleye, sunfish, bass, northeren pike, bullhead and crappies considered to be SEAFOOD..................or FRESHWATER FISH? I wonder if this changes anyones minds? Last edited by J-Dubya; 06-18-06 at 11:20 PM.

06-18-06, 07:39 PM	#1
J-Dubya DVD Talk Ultimate Edition Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 4,292	Got another question for dvdtalk to settle. What is seafood? An argument regarding whether or not freshwater fish is considered seafood or not.

06-18-06, 07:47 PM	#2
X Administrator Join Date: Oct 1987 Location: AA- Posts: 10,122	I'd say yes in the sense of what people mean when they say it. Fish is considered seafood, trout is fish, trout would be sold in the seafood section of the store. I don't know of any other section it would be sold in. Meat? Poultry? Lake/riverfood?

06-18-06, 07:59 PM	#3
kantonburg DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: BV VA Posts: 5,968	I've always heard trout called fresh water trout. So 'I' believe that to be considered seafood it must come from the sea.

06-18-06, 09:04 PM	#7
heavy liquid Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 222	I always considered seafood as any food that comes from and lives in water, not necessarily the sea per se.

06-18-06, 10:35 PM	#8
Jadzia Moderator Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: Michigan Posts: 15,054	"It's not sea food, it's sea life."

06-18-06, 11:35 PM	#13
X Administrator Join Date: Oct 1987 Location: AA- Posts: 10,122	Do you call it a cow or a steak?

06-19-06, 01:23 AM	#14
dork DVD Talk Hall of Fame Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 9,951	I call it a manatee.

06-19-06, 06:39 AM	#15
AGuyNamedMike DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Fairbanks, Alaska! Posts: 13,609	Forbidden manatee... [/homer] __________________ Groucho - What if, like, we were all living in a mouse neuron man, and what if some mouse neuron in our universe had a universe it. Whoa. Dr Mabuse - You mock, but Sutherland got some fine young stuff off that kind of thing so don't sell it short.

06-19-06, 07:02 AM	#16
davidoflondon Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: London, England Posts: 156	I was on a cruise recently (Florida down to the Gulf of Mexico and back) and while at sea they served soup, burgers, and a wide variety of other foods. So I think the definition of seafood may need expanding. __________________ http://www.livejournal.com/users/davidoflondon/

06-19-06, 08:17 AM	#19
Vibiana DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Living in a van down by the river Posts: 10,933	Seafood to me is any water-dwelling creature that does not have fins and scales. So, for example, the Man From Atlantis would be seafood. __________________ Vibiana hooks up with chicks, she's more of a winner than most of the internet. -- mndtrp "If everyone you know is doing it, the only thing to do is rush into a marriage. It'll turn out great so don't worry about it." -- Jules Winfield

06-19-06, 11:07 AM	#23
DRG DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: ND Posts: 11,342	All I know is our grocery stores have Meat, Poultry, and Seafood sections. No specific 'Freshwater Fish' section. It seems kind of dumb to separate sea fish and lake fish in a section based on some sort of terminology technicality. It's sort of like the Asian food section. Sure, Japanese and Chinese food are different, but the average person is still going to want to look for that stuff in the same area. Most people don't want to have to stop to think about specific food origins just to find stuff at the grocery store.

06-19-06, 06:36 PM	#25
J-Dubya DVD Talk Ultimate Edition Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 4,292	[quote=X]Either you're schizophrenic or you need to get your own login. We don't allow multiple people to post under a single username so please start your own account if you're going to continue posting. Im a schizophrenic.