The NJ Supermarket Sale topic

[ghostrider]

WHole Foods has been having an extended sale (last week & this) on halibut steaks for $8.99. It's a sale in their world at any rate, I haven't seen halibut elsewhere lately so can't say whether this is a real sale.

But I can say that the halibut is very fresh & quite delicious!

[rooftop1000]

Stop and Shop

lobsters on sale....5.99 lb for 6 to 8 pound lobsters

we are sadley clearing out the fridge before vacation so I had to pass

tracey

[titmfatied]

Carteret Shorprite has Depends products for 9.99 with the Price Plus card. Limit of 4

[MsSumida]

Stop and Shop

lobsters on sale....5.99 lb for 6 to 8 pound lobsters

I find Shop Rites lobsters are usually the 'soft shell' variety or old...make sure you can see, feel and smell them before ou buy 'em

[markk]

No, that's absolutely not true. I've had two recently, a 6 lb. and a 9 lb., and they were hard shell and top-notch, and fresh tasting as can be - sweet and delicious.

http://www.guyarts.com/lobsters.html

Stop and Shop

lobsters on sale....5.99 lb for 6 to 8 pound lobsters

I find Shop Rites lobsters are usually the 'soft shell' variety or old...make sure you can see, feel and smell them before ou buy 'em

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[BryanZ]

Funny story. Picked up a 5 lb. lobster at Stop and Shop. All fine and dandy. The man working the seafood counter, however, could not understand how to kill the thing. First I explained where to plunge the knife in on the back plate at least three times. He still wanted to cut across the beast. Then I took the live lobster in my hands and literally drew with my finger where the cut should be.

He then takes it back to cutting board and tries to cut across the thing. I tell him to go the other way. He does. He the proceeds to try to saw through the shell, even after I had told him to plunge it down. This continues even after he stops and I reexplain the process several times. I offered to go back and do it myself. He declines. Macho egos seem to be suffering at this point. Random poultry stocking clerk comes back and watches. Finally after explaining about five more times he plunges the knife in but doesnt' finish the cut. After I explain it again, he finally finishes the job.

I hate incompetence.

[jesskidden]

Funny story.  Picked up a 5 lb. lobster at Stop and Shop...  The man working the seafood counter, however, could not understand how to kill the thing.>snip< ... I offered to go back and do it myself.

I hate incompetence.

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I know this might sound like I'm trying to be a wiseguy or something but, if you're willing to do the "job" yourself, why would you *want* to sub-contract it out to the Stop 'N' Shop guy in the first place? I would have thought that freshness was a concern when buying any lobster and unless you had a boiling pot of water or a grill going out in the RV....

Or is it just a matter of not wanting to transport a live lobster?

[Cook456]

Funny story.  Picked up a 5 lb. lobster at Stop and Shop...   The man working the seafood counter, however, could not understand how to kill the thing.>snip< ... I offered to go back and do it myself.

I hate incompetence.

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I know this might sound like I'm trying to be a wiseguy or something but, if you're willing to do the "job" yourself, why would you *want* to sub-contract it out to the Stop 'N' Shop guy in the first place? I would have thought that freshness was a concern when buying any lobster and unless you had a boiling pot of water or a grill going out in the RV....

Or is it just a matter of not wanting to transport a live lobster?

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Also sounds like it would have been more humane for the poor lobster.

Edited June 17, 2006 by Cook456 (log)

[BryanZ]

Indeed it would have. I more or less went straight home and cooked it so the time differential was really not that significant. Again, I could have done it myself, and, yes, I should have. It's just easier to have someone do it, kind of like outsourcing basic assembly to China, but if you want it done right, do it yourself.