Fatty Fish near Downtown Silver Spring to cook at home

[Anonymous]

I'm an admitted foodie looking for a source near downtown for sustainable
low mercury, non-gmo fish. Yes, maybe that's too much to ask! I don't
think so. I mean to cook at home. Please help.

I was told I need to increase my consumption of fatty fish, and
don't know where to start. I'm thinking in addition to Whole Foods.
Obviously I know about them! I usually think of them as Whole Paycheck.

If you have specific fish you recommend, and any places where
it's good, I would be so appreciative...

Thanks in advance!

[Anonymous]

Monterey Aquarium has good info:
http://www.seafoodwatch.org/seafood-recommendations

Greenpeace does a report card of retailers:
http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/wp-content/uploads/legacy/Global/usa/planet3/PDFs/Carting-Away-the-Oceans-VIII.pdf

[Anonymous]

Trader Joes.

[Anonymous]

Thanks so much! This is an awesome place to start for a newbie!

[Anonymous]

The easiest answer to your dilemma is to consume more small forage fish: sardines, kipper, sprats, anchovies, herring, and the like. They are budget conscious. Check out any ethnic market.

[Anonymous]

Trader Joes in not a good choice for fish as it is all frozen. There is a fish market (Cameron's???) on 16th Street between East-West HWY and Georgia Avenue. Also try H-Mart the asian supermarket on Georgia.

[Anonymous]

We buy frozen fish at Trader Joe's.

[Anonymous]

Mackerel if you want oily fish. We pan fry it outside.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Trader Joes in not a good choice for fish as it is all frozen. There is a fish market (Cameron's???) on 16th Street between East-West HWY and Georgia Avenue. Also try H-Mart the asian supermarket on Georgia.

Most of the "fresh" fish at whole foods or anywhere else was frozen at one point. It's flash frozen on the boat, then thawed and on ice at whole foods. Trader Joe's is a shockingly high quality source for sustainable fish (and non-sustainable also, so do check the Monterey site and pick carefully.)

[Anonymous]

Frozen Sockeye salmon from Costco. It's frozen in individually-wrapped fillets, so only pull as many from the freezer as you need. And as a decades-long Alaska resident, it's actually really good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The easiest answer to your dilemma is to consume more small forage fish: sardines, kipper, sprats, anchovies, herring, and the like. They are budget conscious. Check out any ethnic market.

But you need to know how to prepare them and actually like them.

There's something to be said for personal preference. I like anchovies on pizza, but the smaller bony fish can be a pain to make unless you fry them. Salmon, swordfish, trout, and tuna are tastier for me.