How long can I keep haddock?

I'm sure that will be fine - but why don't you ask the fishmonger in the shop? Enjoy your dinner party.

Bear in mind that it might have been caught a week ago, albeit well chilled with ice.

I think you will be fine, but some folk are funny re fish.

Only you know your friends and their picky ways/ or not.

Go for it.

Did you buy from a fishmonger or supermarket?

Will a fishmonger be open on Good Friday?
You would need to know how long it has been kept chilled/frozen.

If you are buying from a supermarket it should be fine if it goes straight into the fridge, they are generally fastidiousness about freshness.

Fastidious not fastidiousness

Yes, it will be fine for a couple of days in the fridge.

The fishmonger should be able to tell you the 'use by' date.
It should be fine as I expect they will be getting in quite a lot of fresh fish for Good Friday.

Until it smells and feels slimy.

"Benjamin Franklin famously said that guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days."
But whether that means 3 days since the fish came out of the sea, or out of the freezer, I don't know.

Smoked haddock will keep longer than unsmoked, chickenlegs.
Are you doing that dDelia recipe with breadcrumbs, parsley and Parmesan?

As long as it was fresh in on Friday it should be fine on Saturday.As Jalima said check that the fishmonger will be open on Good Friday.

chickenlegs didn't say she was going to buy the haddock from a fishmonger. Supermarket or frozen will be just as good anyway and at least have a 'use by' date.

I haven't seen a fishmonger for years!
However the supermarkets these days do good fresh fish.
Had haddock in herby crumbs from Waitrose last night, looked yummy but tasted of nothing.

When I say "fishmonger" I mean the people (men or women) who work behind the fresh fish counter at Tesco, Morrisons and Waitrose in my area. There's a fresh fish counter at all of these supermarkets and the staff are all very knowledgeable...

I am going to buy it at Waitrose tomorrow now that I have reassurance. I will check with the person behind the counter that it's ok to keep until Saturday. I'm trying to leave all of Saturday free for cooking - and panicking .....

The recipe is one a friend gave me after she made it some years ago. Very simple - you coat the fish with a clove of garlic crushed in mayo, the pile on a mixture of bread crumbs, parsley, lemon juice and rind. Put on baking tray with some cherry tomatoes on the vine, sprinkle all with olive oil and cook for 15 minutes at 220.

Thank you for all your help.

The recipe sounds fab chickenlegs. Do you mean bacon rind? I'm going to try the garlic over crushed in mayonnaise trick next time I do crumbled fish.

Yum! What time I shall your dinner party, and how do I get to your house???

That should be "garlic clove ..."

"Is" your dinner party!! Bloomin' iPad!

Fish doesn't keep as long as meat but haddock – fresh or smoked – should be fine if stored in the fridge for 24 hours. Seafood, on the other hand, should be cooked/eaten the day it is purchased.

rosesarered One of the reasons I moved from London to Darlington in North-east for a brief three years (en route to emigration) was the wonderful covered market with its fabulous fish stall (and butchers and greengrocers).

gk I would think chickenlegs means lemon rind! Can't see any reference to bacon!

Really absent that was one of the reasons you moved North......for a fish market? Must admit that was never on my list when we considered a move.

Oxford has a brilliant covered market ( I expect there are those on GN who know it well) but as we always go in by bus ( parking in Oxford is a nightmare) I have never fancied bringing back fish or meat.

When I read the OP I immediately though 'as a pet?'.