Easter Candy is Evil

[Capt Jack]

thats how you tell if theyre fresh at the store. if it smells like a fish, its not fresh fish

odd, but its a good rule of thumb

[Snowflake]

two more bought at Safeway this morning for the candy bowl at my desk. Our office is small, but the consensus is a definite thumbs up on Robin Eggs.

It's 9:30, is it too early?

[katiesue]

It's never to early for Robin's eggs.

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by katiesue

It's never to early for Robin's eggs.

That was all the validation I required, they're open and oh so yummy......

Not even close to Easter and not even close to being a good for me diet food.... oh well, could be worse, could be pizza!

[Jughead P. Jones]

Originally Posted by thecorndogwalker

Peeps -they never go out of season, but they stank when they come back up.. blah!!!

Yeah...that delightful image makes me just rush right out to the store to get me some Peeps.

[BarTopDancer]

mmmmmmm creme eggs for breakfast.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Capt Jack

thats how you tell if theyre fresh at the store. if it smells like a fish, its not fresh fish

odd, but its a good rule of thumb

A better test is flesh firmness. If you slightly press your finger into the flesh it should spring right back. If the indentation holds, that isn't good. Smell can be covered in several ways (but if it is there that isn't good). And don't necessarily use the smell of the entire establishment as a guide, the smell at the fish market generally isn't from the contents of the display cases.

[Prudence]

I'd better stock up on creme eggs for the weekend if I'm going to keep reading this thread.

[Capt Jack]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

A better test is flesh firmness. If you slightly press your finger into the flesh it should spring right back. If the indentation holds, that isn't good. Smell can be covered in several ways (but if it is there that isn't good). And don't necessarily use the smell of the entire establishment as a guide, the smell at the fish market generally isn't from the contents of the display cases.

good call. I'll remember that. I been having a massive craving for a really good halibut or shark steak.

[Alex]

Unless you watched it come out of the water took it immediately home and cooked it within minutes of still being alive you won't get really good halibut.

I thought I had had really good halibut until I had it that fresh and realized I'd bee wrong all my life. It is amazing how quickly halibut declines to a still good but significantly less good state.

The rate of decline varies quite a bit from species to species (red salmon holds much longer than pink or chum salmon, for example)