captainjaroslav

I think this is entirely possible, depending on what kind of Alaskan salmon it was. When I lived in Seattle, where salmon is taken very seriously, the Copper River (Alaska) salmon season (fishing for wild salmon on this particular river is legal for something like one month per year) was something people waited for all year round and would pay dearly for, despite very good salmon from more local sources. It's my understanding that some salmon have more of those Omega-3 whosawhatzits and thingies as well that are supposed to be so good for you.

Hey, look at me, I just upgraded my account and this is my first post! Yay! I'm not sure if this has already been mentioned, but I have a theory about the particularly poor quality of grocery stores in the Md. suburbs. Is it possible that beer and wine make up a substantial amount of the profit for some of the more high-end grocery stores? Certainly it must make some difference, so, if you are a supermarket chain and have to choose between establishing a new store in a state where you have to give up all the profit from wine and beer and one where you don't, which would you choose? I moved out here from Seattle, which is somewhat of a grocery shopper's paradise, about a year and a half ago and I have been slowly learning how to find the things I need to do what I want to do in the kitchen, but it has been tough. OTOH, even in Seattle I would drive all over town to get the right groceries for a particular meal. What I haven't found yet around here is a) a good source for low-priced Mediteranean groceries (but there have been some suggestions on this thread already that I haven't gotten around to checking out yet) and b) a real BUTCHER that is in my area (I'm now in Hyattsville). There are butchers and there are meatcutters and they are not the same thing. While I enjoy getting my meat from a butcher in general what I've really been trying to find lately are casing for making my own sausages. (I may repost this as a separate topic actually, because I have a few other questions about sausage making.) I've never been able to find casings for sale at a supermarket meat dept. Well, that's it. That's my first post. I hope it's up to the high eGullet standards. I'll have to get a picture and a signature up for myself soon. -John