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| Whole Foods Market in Paramus has the best seafood counter in northern New Jersey (2018 photo). By Victor E. Sasson Editor |
You'll find some of the freshest seafood at Whole Foods Market in Paramus -- and some of the highest prices, too.
I was looking over the wonderful fish display on Tuesday and noticed wild-caught Gulf of Mexico shrimp for $16.99 a pound.
I just happened to be carrying the sales flier from Fairway Market in Paramus and pulled it out to show the Whole Foods fishmonger.
Fairway has wild-caught Gulf of Mexico shrimp on sale for $7.99 a pound through Sept. 5.
Fairway calls its shrimp "jumbo," while Whole Foods says there are 16 to 20 shrimp in a pound. They could very well be the same shrimp.
Whole Foods does have wild bay scallops from Mexico on sale for $7.99 a pound, a discount of $4 a pound -- as part of a "Madness Sale" that ends today.
Wild-caught, meaty hake fillets from the U.S.A. are $5.99 a pound, a savings of $3 a pound. I've tried these and they are terrific eating.
Whole Foods also has a sale on Jersey Fresh peaches at $1.19 a pound -- about what I paid on Monday at Costco for large peaches that were distributed by a New Jersey company, but appear to be from South Carolina.
Image via WikipediaI also noticed Whole Foods' naturally raised rotisserie chickens now are $8.99 each -- up a dollar -- but you can save $3 by buying two for $14.98. I rate this chicken tops in North Jersey.
On the coffee line at Whole Foods, I said to the woman in front of me, "This store should give out more free samples."
She agreed, and said that's why she likes shopping at Costco. I told her she'd find great free samples, especially cheese, at Jerry's Gourmet and More on South Dean Street in Englewood, and not to miss Balthazar Bakery on that same street.
This morning at H Mart in Little Ferry, I picked up two dozen black figs from California for $7.99, and the ripe one I ate after breakfast was like sugar.
I had a cheese omelet filled with pesto, accompanied by the Korean supermarket's stewed tofu in red-pepper sauce, and cabbage and radish kimchis.
I went to Fairway for convenience yesterday, the first time I had been there in nearly 6 months. I picked up the Gulf shrimp on sale. I had a little bit of a tough time peeling them, not sure if they had been frozen or what the deal was. They came out nice in the Shrimp Fra Diavolo I made. I also picked up a pack of the Murray's drumsticks that were on sale. I still have the same feelings about the store itself and just can't warm up to it at all.
ReplyDeleteOf course, the ad doesn't say whether they are fresh or previously frozen.
ReplyDeleteDo you bother deveining them?
I'm planning to go to Fairway on Saturday for the shrimp.
I didn't even bother deveining them and to be honest the vein wasn't visible at all like in some of the frozen shrimp I have bought from Asia.
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