SUMMARY OF FINDINGS 



(Hoaston) 



A. Use of Frozen Froces&ed Sea Food (Tables 1. 2) 



Five sixths of all the establishments in Houston said 

 they bought sea food in the previous twelve months. 

 Amoiig buyers of sea food, the majority said they made 

 purchases of sea food ii the frozen processed form. 



Thirty-nine per cent of all thi establishirients said 

 they had bought frozen proces-ed fis h in November. 

 1956; 33 per cent said tKey h.v.d bought f rozen processed 

 shellfish; and 19 per cent said they nad bought por- 

 tions . 



Among institutions (such as sr^hools a;,a hospitals), the 

 Incidence of use of frozen pro^-essed sea food was 

 greater than among public eating places. 



Of the ten cities in the survey, Houston ranked fifth, 

 in terms of the percentage of "in establisnaents buying 

 frozen processed sea food. 



codfish steaks and fish cakes were popular in 

 the Houston s.?hools. 



Codfish filleta were frequently bought in Los 

 Angeles, Omaha,, and New York, while ocean 

 perch fillets were purchased widely and in sub- 

 stantieuL quantities in the Southern and Middle 

 Western cities included ;.• the survey. 



Attitudes Toward Preprepar^tion a.'i.i Quality 

 and Condition of Fish (Tables 5, bT 



A great majority of Houston purchasers were 

 satisfied witr the present prepreparation of 

 fish, s.nd wit,!, the quality and condition of 

 the fish. 



This wa.=; generally true for the t< 

 eluded in f-he survey. 



"ities in- 



preparation (Tables 3 '■<) 



Almost one third of the users of frozen proc- 

 essed fish bought codfis.h fillets during 

 November, 1958, This was the leading Item in 

 Houston in terms of total pounds purctiased- 



Ocean perch fillets were bought by a sizable 

 number of Houston e3t.ublishments; while 



3, Pack.sglng o; Fish (Tables 1, 8) 



Houston e;-tahlJshments most typically bought 

 frozen procf^ssed fish In 5 po;;nd packages. 



't. Met.hods of Preparing and Serving F^s^ 

 (Table 9} 



Frying was 'he most usual method of preparing 

 fish among Houston establishments. The nver- 

 age estab.l] .stjnent served 79 per cent 01 its 

 fish fried. 



