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HEB has whole, gutted but unscaled Red Snapper for $11.99 per pound. That seems like a good deal considering all you have to do is fillet it and take it off the skin or scale it and cook it whole and you pay 1/2 the price for fillets.  My Dad never filleted anything. We gutted and skinned catfish and ate them whole.  We gutted and scaled bream and bass and ate them whole.  It seems like a no brainer to buy the whole gutted snapper and then just fillet or scale it.  If you have purchased whole snapped from the HEB, how is the freshness?

I'll gut your mom's snapper. 

Why fillet or scale it? Why not stuff it with lemon and score it with skin on?

gotta scale it, my man...otherwise can’t eat that delicious crispy skin.

btw, i scored your scaly mom with the skin on...

Check the eyes of the fish.  If they are even kind of cloudy, don't buy it.  If they are clear, then the fish should be fine to eat.  With respect to the price, yes, $12.0 per pound for fresh red snapper is a great deal.  However, if you are buying the fish whole, even gutted, you aren't getting just the filet, so it's not really $12.0 per pound of what you eat...you will have to do the math after estimating the weight of the head, spine, etc.  

 

man i've rarely seen fresh snapper at HEB.  your best bet is 99 ranch or HMart to be honest.  it'll be fresher and cheaper than HEB.  and they'll scale it for you.

the eye clearness is a good test, as is the redness of the gills.  third test is smell.  heb does a great job of time stamping and quality control so i'm sure it's good.  its easy to skin a snapper.   no need to scale it.  

16 minutes ago, thrillhammer said:

the eye clearness is a good test, as is the redness of the gills.  third test is smell.  heb does a great job of time stamping and quality control so i'm sure it's good.  its easy to skin a snapper.   no need to scale it.  

I think people like crispy skin of fish. Scaling is better.

18 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

I think people like crispy skin of fish. Scaling is better.

to each his own.  i dont like skin on fish.  that's there the fishy taste comes from.  

I made this last weekend. Very easy

 

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18 hours ago, gsoda3 said:

man i've rarely seen fresh snapper at HEB.  your best bet is 99 ranch or HMart to be honest.  it'll be fresher and cheaper than HEB.  and they'll scale it for you.

Tip:  HEB will also scale the fish for no additional charge.

PRO TIP:  They will also fillet it if you want.

If it has a Gulf Wild tag, you can see where and when it was caught. And you should always have the house scale the thing for you. Unless you have experience,  it's fins will make you bleed and throb in pain, plus a snapper's scales are about the size of a guitar pick,  it's not like scaling a trout with a butter knife, have to put in a little work.

Is that the Hill Country Fare snapper?

5 minutes ago, Deej said:

Is that the Hill Country Fare snapper?

Mi Tienda. You have to make snapper Vera Cruz with it. 

1 minute ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

Mi Tienda. You have to make snapper Vera Cruz with it. 

The Hill Country Fare snapper is Gasper Goo.

8 hours ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

Mi Tienda. You have to make snapper Vera Cruz with it. 

see, now you got me wanting to make the Rick Bayless version again.  legit.

On 4/16/2021 at 12:14 AM, millhouse said:

Figured this was a steel shank thread by title alone

Huh, funny I thought it was a Vic thread...whole-gutted is his jam

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