Who actually buys all of the fresh seafood out of the case at Whole Foods?

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Anonymous wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong, aren't the whole fish at Whole Foods already descaled with the bones cut out? It's not hard to prepare and cook when that is already done. Just stuff it with herbs and butter or olive oil and bake it.

Really? If that’s the case I should try it!

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Anonymous wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong, aren't the whole fish at Whole Foods already descaled with the bones cut out? It's not hard to prepare and cook when that is already done. Just stuff it with herbs and butter or olive oil and bake it.

Really? If that’s the case I should try it!

I buy whole Branzino there. I ask them to descale and clean it. They weigh it, then they descale it. There's a good recipe on NYTimes about how to oven roast branzino but it's pretty simple.

The jumbo lump crab cake there is also really good, very little filler and I bake then broil that for a quick and easy dinner.

[Anonymous]

I used to before I understood that most "fresh" seafood is thawed frozen seafood. So now I mostly buy it frozen unless I'm in a rush.

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Anonymous wrote:Ha! I was just wondering this about the prepared foods section at Whole Foods as I stood there waiting for my deli meat to be sliced today.

It's A LOT of food. Do they sell that much?

I went to a Harris Teeter once when they were closing up the prepared foods/salad bar. There was a ton of food there. An employee lined a shopping cart with a heavy duty garbage bag and methodically dumped every bin out.

They use their unsellable and unusable food for energy through Divert, Inc. So that’s where it went because it wasn’t useable (no one could pick it up and deliver it to a shelter, the shelter had no needs that day, the food was on it’s last use by date, etc)

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For those who haven't tried whole fish, you are missing out. I am the opposite in that no matter how I cook filets they taste bad. But no matter how I cook a whole fish, it is delicious.

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Anonymous wrote:Guys! You haven’t read The Secret Life of Groceries? You should. It’s a fascinating dive into grocery stores and it begins with the author working at the Whole Foods fish counter!

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/11/07/931348023/secret-life-of-supermarkets-shines-a-light-on-bountys-dark-side

Oh, thanks for this! I heard about this book on an episode of Acquired (about Trader Joe’s and keep meaning to look it up.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm impressed if that many people are buying whole fish super regularly. Whole fish is so intimidating to me.

Whole bronzini is one of the simplest and bets ways to do fish. Ask them to scale and tail (clip fins for grilling) and slather it with olive oil, salt, and pepper, Put lemon slices and rosemary in the cavity and grill for 5, flip, 5 more.

Done. Serve with crusty bread and a salad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Guys! You haven’t read The Secret Life of Groceries? You should. It’s a fascinating dive into grocery stores and it begins with the author working at the Whole Foods fish counter!

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/11/07/931348023/secret-life-of-supermarkets-shines-a-light-on-bountys-dark-side

I stopped reading at our price at the supermarket keep decreasing as the quality keeps improving.
What a difference 5 years makes.

[Anonymous]

I buy the giant shrimp when they are on sale. The lobster mac and cheese was decent but modified it a bit.
Their crabcakes are average for the price. Fresh market is better and they almost always have a deal running. Faidley's and Jerry's seafood still reigns.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I used to before I understood that most "fresh" seafood is thawed frozen seafood. So now I mostly buy it frozen unless I'm in a rush.

Same.

[Anonymous]

WF cooked salmon you can get as your protein for the entree + two sides is really good.

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WF says if it was previously frozen.
I got great swordfish there Thursday. We rarely eat it so I am glad it was delicious.