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lindag

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In N.J., I've only been able to get frozen grouper at Wegmans. However, my crappy Shop Rite supermarket has small vac packs of ground bison meat and venison in the tiny Organic meat case.

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KennethT

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7 hours ago, Katie Meadow said:

I'm surprised grouper isn't available in NY, since it is an east coast fish. Not even Citarella? Never seen it sold in northern CA, that's for sure. Grouper is a favorite of mine; whenever I go to Atlanta to visit my daughter I eat a lot of it, both red and black. So good! I'll be there in the fall for several weeks. Of course my twin grand-daughters are the main draw, but east coast fish is definitely a perk when it comes to visiting the south. 

I wouldn't be surprised if Citarella had grouper, but I'm sure it would be a lot more expensive than WF and it's a bit out of my way to go there on a regular basis.  Plus, I like having everything frozen - it gives me more flexibility.  Sometimes I wind up getting home from work later than I originally expected so we wind up ordering in otherwise we'd be eating and cleaning up at bed time.  Buying it "fresh" (possibly previously frozen) means it needs to be used ASAP so it gives me less leeway.

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5 hours ago, KennethT said:

I wouldn't be surprised if Citarella had grouper, but I'm sure it would be a lot more expensive than WF and it's a bit out of my way to go there on a regular basis.  Plus, I like having everything frozen - it gives me more flexibility.  Sometimes I wind up getting home from work later than I originally expected so we wind up ordering in otherwise we'd be eating and cleaning up at bed time.  Buying it "fresh" (possibly previously frozen) means it needs to be used ASAP so it gives me less leeway.

 

I have ordered grouper from Citarella.

 

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So I started the lamb shanks. Nicely pre-trimed. But in the packet I used the size differential was way off. So I now have one perfectly cooked and another I have to finish before reheating them for lunch. Crock pot only option and not able to use house, The flavor great. Just a timing issue I wanted to avoid, At first look they did not seem that different but the amount of flesh on Mr Big was way more.

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8 hours ago, heidih said:

So I started the lamb shanks. Nicely pre-trimed. But in the packet I used the size differential was way off. So I now have one perfectly cooked and another I have to finish before reheating them for lunch. Crock pot only option and not able to use house, The flavor great. Just a timing issue I wanted to avoid, At first look they did not seem that different but the amount of flesh on Mr Big was way more.

That's a wildly (get it!) reported issue/problem.  I don't know if they have plans to do anything about it.

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31 minutes ago, heidih said:

In getting ready to place my 2nd order I noticed alll the sausage products are "uncured". Is that just the recent "health trend" against nitrates?

 

Quite a few of Wild Fork sausages labeled "uncured" are well and truly fresh sausages (Italian sausage, bratwurst, etc.), not cured in any way and need to be kept refrigerated or frozen until used.

 

Edited to add that others, like the kielbasa, are indeed cured with celery powder or the like.  I guess you gotta check the ingredients to be sure.

 

 

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42 minutes ago, blue_dolphin said:

 

Quite a few of Wild Fork sausages labeled "uncured" are well and truly fresh sausages (Italian sausage, bratwurst, etc.), not cured in any way and need to be kept refrigerated or frozen until used.

 

Edited to add that others, like the kielbasa, are indeed cured with celery powder or the like.  I guess you gotta check the ingredients to be sure.

 

 

Thanks. I assumed that the ones I wanted were fresh. Just the "uncured" was not something I am used to in a non dried sausage. Jumped to a conclusion - never a good plan. I am eyeing the freezer space I can use - so many temptations on their site.

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A lot of products that use the nitrates in celery juice have weaselly words in their label like "no chemical nitrate added" or some such. Or " naturally cured".

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34 minutes ago, gfweb said:

A lot of products that use the nitrates in celery juice have weaselly words in their label like "no chemical nitrate added" or some such. Or " naturally cured".

Yes I started noticing that at Trader Joes a number of years ago. I think I am back in ordering mode now though I bought a favorful sausage elsewhere today so the snausages are for future WF. They have ground elk again!  

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1 hour ago, heidih said:

Yes I started noticing that at Trader Joes a number of years ago. I think I am back in ordering mode now though I bought a favorful sausage elsewhere today so the snausages are for future WF. They have ground elk again!  

They usually have ground elk. It's one of the regular things I get there.

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32 minutes ago, KennethT said:

They usually have ground elk. It's one of the regular things I get there.

They were out when I started my order yesterday but back today. You can ask for an alert when an out of stock item returns. 

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