Easter Candy is Evil

[Prudence]

I don't think those really count as chocolate - but I eat them any way. And I save the jelly beans for last.

[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?

[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.

[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)

[Ponine]

Not to derail the fish eaters, but I am an avid peep, and Robin Egg consumer.
I need more Robin Eggs.

Who's going to bring Lash a nice new box of peeps to the meet? I wont be there to oblige.

And isnt Lani a big peep fan? Or is that Adrienne? Hmmm...

What else.... oh chocolate covered marshmallow bunnies... eggs.. you name it.

[blueerica]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

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)

I'm still not entirely sure how the thread got this diverted, but I must agree that fish, although it can be good later, is best right after the catch. I haven't had the pleasure of halibut fresh from the water, nor have I had most fish *that* fresh. My only experience is with trout. I'm not much of a trout eater, but having lived on a river, trout that comes directly out of the water, gutted immediately and thrown directly onto the grill is the only, I repeat, only way to do it. Otherwise, it's just gross to me.

And I probably just grossed a bunch of people out by talking about gutting a fish.

[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!