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Grocery Shopping

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liuzhou

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13 minutes ago, KennethT said:

Bitterness?  I always think of it being a sour agent - less sour than lime juice and more fruity.  It also withstands cooking while lime juice needs to be added at the end.  Sour tamarind is very common in Peranakan food - it's practically in everything!

 

Yes sour rather than bitter. My bad.

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liuzhou

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One thing I like about food shopping in China is the freshness and nothing gets fresher than fish and other seafood. Almost always sold live even for home delivery. This just turned up my door half an hour ago.

 

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It's a river bass and there was water in that box but the fish was flapping about so much, 99% of it has been sprayed around my kitchen It has now been refilled and he or she has calmed down a bit.

 

Will cook tomorrow. Been invited out tonight.

 

P.S. I do have a video of the fish flapping, in case anyone doubts my tale. I can't seem to upload it at the moment - China's embarrasingly disfunctional internet again.

 

 

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On 11/1/2022 at 10:55 PM, JoNorvelleWalker said:

 

My most recent Whole Foods order was delivered to the wrong address.  And yes, the driver took a picture to verify delivery.

 


This happened to me during a small snow storm. I called the driver, messaged him and got zero response. He still got my 20% tip and I had to haul bags from my neighbors place to mine which made me extremely uncomfortable.  I will never use Whole Foods via Amazon again. 
 

 The picture I was sent was of cement stairs. 

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7 hours ago, liuzhou said:

One thing I like about food shopping in China is the freshness and nothing gets fresher than fish and other seafood. Almost always sold live even for home delivery. This just turned up my door half an hour ago.

 

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It's a river bass and there was water in that box but the fish was flapping about so much, 99% of it has been sprayed around my kitchen It has now been refilled and he or she has calmed down a bit.

 

Will cook tomorrow. Been invited out tonight.

 

P.S. I do have a video of the fish flapping, in case anyone doubts my tale. I can't seem to upload it at the moment - China's embarrasingly disfunctional internet again.

 

 

That's so cool. But I'm surprised the styrofoam container didn't weep water through it.

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1 hour ago, KennethT said:

That's so cool. But I'm surprised the styrofoam container didn't weep water through it.

 

The fish came to me in a tightly closed plastic bag of water inside the styrofoam, but I took it out of the bag for the photograph otherwise you wouldn't have seen it.

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44 minutes ago, liuzhou said:

 

The fish came to me in a tightly closed plastic bag of water inside the styrofoam, but I took it out of the bag for the photograph otherwise you wouldn't have seen it.

At first I was quite puzzled by this until I turned my mind back to a time when my husband and I raised tropical fish as a hobby. This is exactly how we transported them from the pet store to our home. But we also saw shipments coming into the pet stop and that's exactly how they arrived - in sturdy plastic bags inside Styrofoam containers. 

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The local bacon doesn't seem to be salted, very smoky and mostly lean.  What is the cure on it....just smoked??  

 

I have to add salt to it when adding to recipes. 

 

Today at the carnicería it was 160p per kilo or 3.70 USD per pound (if my math is right).  I haven't been to US in 2 years and probably haven't bought bacon there in 4 years.  

 

 

 

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@gulfporter 

 

Wow.

 

the strips on the L and the R , and a bit on the middle slice

 

have segment fat , if you will

 

5 segments on the R

 

reminds me of the ' money muscle '

 

and a full pork shoulder 

 

said to be extra tasty .

 

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TicTac

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Wasn’t sure where to put this and was too lazy to research the merits in starting a new thread (mods feel free to do so if you wish!) but I wanted to share some of the offerings from my favourite Japanese fish monger who recently opened a location not 10 minutes from my house!  Figured you folks might enjoy….

 

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(practice your hand stands)

 

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picked up collars and some king salmon and belly for tonight.

 

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1 hour ago, TicTac said:

picked up collars and some king salmon and belly for tonight.

 

What kind of collars?  And how will you prepare them?  

The fish place that I signed up with for a weekly pick-up has had ahi tuna collars available as an add-on item but I haven't taken the bait yet 😉

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1 hour ago, TicTac said:

Wasn’t sure where to put this and was too lazy to research the merits in starting a new thread (mods feel free to do so if you wish!) but I wanted to share some of the offerings from my favourite Japanese fish monger who recently opened a location not 10 minutes from my house!  Figured you folks might enjoy….

 

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(practice your hand stands)

 

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Wow! Nice selection especially the baby squid, sea urchin and all that tuna. Not a place I'd risk walking in with my credit card 😋.

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2 hours ago, rotuts said:

@TicTac 

 

wow  lucky you.

 

shudder to think what a tray of uni goes for ..

 

but   ...

pics are high res'ish - zoom in (you can ID most of the fish that way), $65 CDN....so about $4.50 USD 😛 (or at least it feels like lately!!!)

 

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What kind of collars?  And how will you prepare them?  

The fish place that I signed up with for a weekly pick-up has had ahi tuna collars available as an add-on item but I haven't taken the bait yet 😉

 

Kanpachi - my favourite!  I have not had tuna collars myself - bet they are big!

 

@Senior Sea Kayaker - awesome selection.  Often changes. 

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Turned into this: IMG_4541.thumb.jpeg.6f778b22d8938ed74e4c3669465e121f.jpeg

 

so far my favourite prep for collars - stock (in this case double chicken), sweet and regular soy, smoked duck skin, green onion, last years dried boletes. 

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Today's haul (by delivery service).

 

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Matsutake, chicken's feet and a frozen chicken breast. I have a plan.

 

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Black bolete. Part of plan. These are not cheap and are sold singly.

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Peeled, cleaned shrimp. I usually buy these live, but recently found these which, in my decreptitude, are easier to deal with.

 

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