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Fresh fish #117777
01/18/2017 09:43 PM
01/18/2017 09:43 PM
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Toronto Canada
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Where is the best place to buy fresh fish - Grand Marche? Skipjacks? Somewhere else?

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Re: Fresh fish [Re: moxie] #117778
01/18/2017 10:01 PM
01/18/2017 10:01 PM
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London,Ontario CDN
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Marigot market early on Wednesday morning

Re: Fresh fish [Re: JMSH] #117779
01/19/2017 07:22 AM
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Rhode Island
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yes marigot open air market on the waterfront. Watch the boats unload their catch, fish all colors.

Re: Fresh fish [Re: moxie] #117780
01/19/2017 07:44 AM
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Wednesday and Saturday mornings. You to be there early.

Re: Fresh fish [Re: Kennys] #117781
01/19/2017 10:45 AM
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Toronto Canada
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Thank-you everyone, Marigot market it will be -early.

Re: Fresh fish [Re: moxie] #117782
01/19/2017 06:21 PM
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We found the Marigot market a bit daunting, as many of the fish for sale, we could not recognize, and had no idea how to cook... There was a big beautiful mahi mahi being sliced up, but it had already been bought (in its entirety) by a dutchman, no others available. :>)
Another time we got very good fish to take home and cook from Skipjacks, 2 species, both were excellent.

Re: Fresh fish [Re: joyfully] #117783
01/20/2017 07:05 AM
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I beg to differ from your statement. The Market supplies all the Restaurants with fish and they do a great job for the people.

Re: Fresh fish [Re: Kennys] #117784
01/20/2017 07:27 AM
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How can you "beg to differ" from that statement. Joyfully was simply stating his/her experience. It wasn't a negative statement at all, just an expression of his/her experience.


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Re: Fresh fish [Re: ib4ut1] #117785
01/20/2017 07:30 AM
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My opinion .

Re: Fresh fish [Re: Kennys] #117786
01/20/2017 12:05 PM
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Being the other half of Joyfully I can say we are certainly not criticizing the fish market in Marigot. But as my husband said, be forewarned, it can be very overwhelming if one is not familiar with exotic fish and how to prepare them. You can buy all the conch meat that you would ever want for example! But we don't know how to prepare it. When we returned to the market a second time we bought a red snapper and cooked it.


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Re: Fresh fish [Re: joyonthebeach] #117787
01/20/2017 03:07 PM
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Thanks and conchs has to be pressured .

Re: Fresh fish [Re: joyonthebeach] #117788
01/20/2017 05:12 PM
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The fishmonger stalls I saw had charts and picture of the fish...to aid identification.
As to preparation, I think I would ask...or use the Internet. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/dine.gif" alt="" />


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Re: Fresh fish [Re: BeachKitten] #117789
01/22/2017 03:01 PM
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I have purchased fish from the Marigot Market for years. The people there will assist you in how to prepare, what the fish is. Get there early because the resto's buy up all the good stuff. We have purchased mahi, snapper, trigger fish, even sardines and of course lobster...some we loved...some not so much. When we can't get to the market, we go to skipjacks market for good fresh fish to cook at home.

Re: Fresh fish [Re: mikentara] #117790
01/22/2017 03:42 PM
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This may sound weird but there has been some great looking whole fish on ice at Carrefour. Today there was fresh snapper, local grouper and mahi. I am particular about my fish (from southern MA) and these fish looked fine.

Re: Fresh fish [Re: boucharda] #117791
01/22/2017 07:31 PM
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Toronto Canada
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Thanks again for the feed back-think we'll go to Skipjacks & Carrefour too.


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