[NorseViking]

What counts for wet market? Are fish/lobster tanks in the supermarkets ‘wet markets’?

[Delta 21]

Not unless you haul them out of the water, roast all their hair off with a blow torch then commence to try to find edible pieces of meat chopped together with the entrails of the snake and camel your cousin slaughtered on the same table yesterday.

[JonPreston]

Are fish/lobster tanks in the supermarkets ‘wet markets’?

When shoppers reach into the lobster tank and begin eating them raw you'll have a point.

[Hot Tabasco]

Are fish/lobster tanks in the supermarkets ‘wet markets’?

I don't think so. I think the term comes from all the wet entrails from slaughtered animals that are just thrown on the ground........

[trebb]

A wet market is a marketplace selling fresh meat, fish, produce, and other perishable goods as distinguished from "dry markets" that sell durable goods such as fabric and electronics. Not all wet markets sell live animals, but the term wet market is sometimes used to signify a live animal market in which vendors slaughter animals upon customer purchase.

In Italy, they are called "Farmer's Markets" and we shopped them a lot when I was stationed there....best prosciutto and cheeses in the world...along with veggies and such....IMO

[Maceman]

What counts for wet market? Are fish/lobster tanks in the supermarkets ‘wet markets’?

The fish & lobster tanks in my local supermarket are closed. No seafood for you!!