dover sole prices
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i love this fish but even my local Waitrose has stopped selling it when the price went above £25/kilo
so i decided to shop about on the internet - what a revelation
just sourced fresh from the boat dovers at £12/kg - and next day delivery before noon £11.95 up to 10kg in weight
500g lobsters approx £8 each (cooked)
from 1 May - wild sea trout £11/kg
from 1 June - wild salmon £13/kg
from an on the 'quay' fishmonger/shop who buys each day from the boats - no dodgy outfit either has been 'written up' in major 'foodie mags' and national newspapers
so i decided to shop about on the internet - what a revelation
just sourced fresh from the boat dovers at £12/kg - and next day delivery before noon £11.95 up to 10kg in weight
500g lobsters approx £8 each (cooked)
from 1 May - wild sea trout £11/kg
from 1 June - wild salmon £13/kg
from an on the 'quay' fishmonger/shop who buys each day from the boats - no dodgy outfit either has been 'written up' in major 'foodie mags' and national newspapers
Edited by grand cherokee on Tuesday 16th April 11:03
HarryFlatters said:
Maybe try plaice instead, not quite as nice as dover but a heck of a lot cheaper.
from the same source plaice fillets are £13/kg - ok with fillets you get more fish but to me i'd pay the difference for 'dovers'i'm certainly no socialist, but our fishermen are getting truly screwed when i can buy at these prices
what do restaurants pay when they buy say 10kg plus?
Cheese Mechanic said:
Dovers are good, far superior to Lemon sole, we pay a price though.
My tip top fish of all though is Turbot. Again bloody expensive, but does anyone know how the farming projects for this fish coming along?
Farming is going very well, 80% of all our Turbot is farmed probably over 100kg per week. Obviously not as nice as wild but for less than half the price not to be knocked.My tip top fish of all though is Turbot. Again bloody expensive, but does anyone know how the farming projects for this fish coming along?
leedogg3 said:
Farming is going very well, 80% of all our Turbot is farmed probably over 100kg per week. Obviously not as nice as wild but for less than half the price not to be knocked.
Thats good to hear, I take very little notice concerning the organic/environmental hoo haa's there are over food, but I take overfishing very seriously, so fish farming is a good thing in my outlook and to be encouraged. I'd not be surprised if most palates could tell much difference, if any at all between wild and the farmed variety. If its anything to go by I had opportunity to try some very expensive Salmon alongside its farmed counterpart , some years back, yes, there was a difference , nothing like a difference to even to begin to justify the additional cost though.
Great stuff.
leedogg3 said:
Cheese Mechanic said:
Dovers are good, far superior to Lemon sole, we pay a price though.
My tip top fish of all though is Turbot. Again bloody expensive, but does anyone know how the farming projects for this fish coming along?
Farming is going very well, 80% of all our Turbot is farmed probably over 100kg per week. Obviously not as nice as wild but for less than half the price not to be knocked.My tip top fish of all though is Turbot. Again bloody expensive, but does anyone know how the farming projects for this fish coming along?
21TonyK said:
We use Megrim quite a lot, known and sold as Cornish Sole round our way.
Actually I got that wrong, it seems to be the customers around the Midlands that can't be convinced. Many places have tried Megs, Witches, Grey Mullet, Gurnard etc. with no success. Haddock, Cod, Salmon and Bass makes up 90% of our fresh sales.leedogg3 said:
21TonyK said:
We use Megrim quite a lot, known and sold as Cornish Sole round our way.
Actually I got that wrong, it seems to be the customers around the Midlands that can't be convinced. Many places have tried Megs, Witches, Grey Mullet, Gurnard etc. with no success. Haddock, Cod, Salmon and Bass makes up 90% of our fresh sales.leedogg3 said:
I run a seafood wholesaler which supplies hotels/restaurants. Dovers have been all over the place price wise, at the moment we buy at approx £16 per kilo for 20-24oz fish, but this can vary between £13-22 for quality fish. Plaice fillets cost us £6.60kg today.
do the large 'dovers' command a higher price?the ones i'm being offered average 500g
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