Where to get conch....?

Native dude

In west palm beach... Looking to find good quality conch, preferably not canned.... Any suggestions?:huh
I've been dying to make a jamaican curried conch recipe a friend told me about..:dance

divn4$

Turks & Caicos (fresh)

Publix (frozen)

Native dude

Frozen can't be too bad I suppose....?
I guess most conch would be frozen for transport at sometime or another.

Permit Rat

There's a fish monger in Stuart (Tausha's Seafood on A1A in Golden Gate) that usually has conch....allegedly fresh. Years ago I would find it in Winn Dixie and do not know if it was previously frozen, but it seemed to be very good. I never had any complaints.

Swamplizard

If you have a Restaurant Depot in your area they carry it fresh

conchydong

I believe pretty much all conch comes in frozen and then it is thawed for sale by the pound unless you buy the 5 lb box which is still frozen. Since conch doesn't have blood, it freezes well anyway.

Permit Rat

Swamplizard wrote: »

If you have a Restaurant Depot in your area they carry it fresh

They sell actual food in these stores? I always thought it was just restaurant supplies. Their website makes no mention of food.


I remember when a 5 lb. box of frozen conch sold for about $25.00. Loooong time ago and no matter, I couldn't afford it back then either. Well, in those days it was still legal to take them in the Keys.

testerman28

Penn Dutch has it in Sample Road store and in Hollywood.. i am sure it was flash frozen before and they can run it through a chopper for you as many times as you want

Swamplizard

Yeah they have a massive walk in freezer and carry about everything you could want even whole sides of beef one of the best places to buy seafood

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Caicos seafood product is always shipped frozen and thawed at point of sale. Still a very good product.

Florida Bait

Publix has it most of the time, but you have to ask for it. I'm guessing that unless you're getting it in a meal at a very good restaurant, most of it will be imported frozen. And anything "fresh" was probably sitting for hours in the sun and on a dock in the Bahamas. Seen it too many times with conch and lobster.

Baits Out

conchydong wrote: »

I believe pretty much all conch comes in frozen and then it is thawed for sale by the pound unless you buy the 5 lb box which is still frozen. Since conch doesn't have blood, it freezes well anyway.

Yes. That is what a butcher at Publix told me a couple years ago.

Next time I will buy the whole box . . . with a multi-year supply to make Scungilli:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/mario-batali/scungilli-alla-sorrentina-recipe.html

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Conch ain't got no bone!