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Why don't restaurants just serve whatever fake grouper they're serving as what they really are?
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1-21-2008 @3:04PM peggy said... because then ey wouldn't be able to charge as much!
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1-21-2008 @3:58PM Cigarlady said... This happened in Charlotte NC, where cheaper fish was being substituted for grouper and red snapper. Most of them were seafood/sushi places, that knew exactly what they were serving, but said people were more familiar with the names red snapper and grouper as opposed to tilapia and so that's why they lied. They still charged top market prices.
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1-22-2008 @10:56AM David said... This trick has been around for years in Florida. I know of several folks who would take copper pipes and used them to punch out "scallops" from the wings of rays that would be caught by mistake. The Snowbirds/Yankees never knew the difference.
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