what to buy for a seafood platter?

Dunroamin

gutboy wrote: »

since when did salmon not come from the sea?

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I could make a joke about when it comes from a river but I was just making the point that "seafood" doesn't normally include fish. If the OP wants to do this that's her choice but the difficulty would be knowing where to stop.

carlamarie_2

thanks everyone youve all given me some great ideas (some ive had to google as ive never heard of before )

i did consider the m&s £80 platter but i decided to give it a try myself and see if i could come up with something similar/better

my plan is to get it from a wet fish shop, there are a couple in my city so im going t to visit them with a final list of what i want and see if they can comply

thanks again everyone

amy888

you some times get more when you put it together yourself. Shops charge more just for having ready made/put together.

carlamarie_2

that was what put me off the m&s one! it has a 3 tiered (cake?) stand with it, but ive seen a huge platter plate for £10 which i think would be better and easier to store afterwards too

Peckle

Just an idea - I did this many years ago. I got bowls/dishes/plates of various sizes and used the leftover Blu-tak from Christmas to assemble a sort of pyramid like shape. I then covered it really neatly in cooking foil - to make like a silver mountain. I then put it on a tray to make transportation easy!
I moulded a rim on each level - which meant that I could have a layer of each different seafood item, going around the outside of the pyramid, without having to fill in the central area (saving on amount of each sort of seafood). I then sort of 'iced' the pyramid with fronds of dill and lemon.
It worked really well and made a great centrepiece. Hope this helps.