A Fishy Morning

So it is about 9 am and I have already been up since 3:30. Today was my management class' field trip to the Fulton Fish Market!!! Therefore, please excuse any gramatical errors or confusing sentences.

Fulton Fish Market supplies 30% of all fish to New York restaurants. It is an incredible facility with sooooo many seafood goodies! It was very exciting to walk around and see all of the fish varieties. My management teacher, Steve, said that I looked as excited as Cinderella at her ball (that could be depressing that my "ball" is a smelly fish market, but I'm just gonna take it as positive).

We walked down the entire length of the building admiring each fishermen's catch of the day. All of the men were surprisingly friendly to us and were excited to answer our questions. Here are some pictures that give much better detail of our experience:

Every fishing company had piles of freshly caught fish waiting to be bought, fabricated, and enjoyed

I have come to LOVE raw tuna such as this. My mouth may have started watering at the sight....

Look at all the scallop options!!! All of them were sooooo fresh!

There were all kinds of crab: live crab, lump crap meat, frozen snow crab legs, etc. This crab was particularly feisty. I think he will make for a delicious meal...

We couldn't go 2 feet without seeing various kinds of oysters and clams. It makes me squirm thinking about the unlucky individual who has to shuck all of those shellfish...

This is a new fish for me- Strawberry Seabass. I wanted to buy them just for the name :)

There was a room off to the side with all of these men just filleting fish. And let me tell you- they were so fast!!! I just learned how to fillet a fish this year, so I am still very slow. These guys were experts as they sped through about 20 fish each in the few moments we were watching them work. I was amazed.

There was this one fish I liked a lot with a bulging eye and the nice fisherman let me hold it with a hook for a picture!

My classmates and me as we came to the end of our tour. It was a fantastic experience that I am so happy to have been apart of. We left the market, boarded the bus, stopped for bagels (duh), and headed home to recoup from our early waking hour.

Happy Eating!!!