Frozen Processed Shellfish - Purchases, Attitudes 

 and Practices 



1. Purchases: Species and Type of Pre- 

 preparation (Tables 10, 11) 



Almost one third of the users of shellfish in 

 Springfield bought frozen raw lobster in November, 

 1958. A large number of establishments bought raw 

 shrimp, and raw scallops were also widely purchased. 

 These three items were also leaders, in terms of 

 total quantities purchased. 



Frozen raw lobster was frequently bought in Atlanta 

 and Omaha. Frozen raw shrimp and breaded shrimp 

 were leading shellfish items in all cities of the 

 survey. 



Attitudes Toward Prepreparation; Toward Quality 

 and Condition of Shellfish (Tables 12, I3) 



All but a few pxirchasers were satisfied with the 

 present prepreparation of shellfish, and with the 

 quality and condition of the shellfish which they 

 bought . 



The same held generally true for the other cities in 

 the survey. 



3. Packaging of Shellfish (Tables ik, 13) 



Data on shellfish packaging in Springfield are 

 limited. Frozen raw shrimp was most often bought in 

 5 pound packages, while frozen raw lobster was pur- 

 chased in smaller packages. 



h. Method of Preparing and Serving Shellfish 

 (Table IbJ 



Frying was the most popular way of preparing shell- 

 fish in Springfield. The typical establishment 

 served 59 per cent of its shellfish fried. 



As with fish, frying was the leading method of 

 preparing shellfish in all ten cities of the 

 study. 



D. Portion Controlled Sea Food - Purchases, 

 Attitudes and Practices 



1- Purchases - Type of Prepreparation 

 (Tables 1, I7, 10, igj 



One fourth of all the establishments in 

 Springfield bought portions during November, I958. 



Springfield ranked third among ten cities, in per- 

 centage of establishments buying portions. 



In Springfield, portions were most widely bought, 

 cooked and breaded; and the quantity piirchased was 

 greater than that of any other type of preprepara- 

 tion. 



More than half of the Springfield purchasers said 

 they were currently buying more portions than the 

 year before. Thirty-three per cent said they 

 were buying about the same amount, while 7 per 

 cent said they were buying less. 



This trend towards an increasing use of portions 

 was not so strong in most of the other ten cities. 

 The trend was also notable in Denver. 



2. Attitudes Toward Portions (Tables 20, 21, 

 22, 23, 2h) ~~ 



All of the purchasers interviewed said they were 

 satisfied with the quality and condition of 

 portions. 



Four per cent of the users of portions said they 

 thought the quality of portions was better than 

 that of other frozen processed fish. Another 



