Fish, Fish, Fish!

My boss recently told me that she has been ordering fish through Cheese and Crackers and that is was wonderful. It's not cheap mind you but you're getting quality all the way. She had gotten sushi grade tuna and she raved about it....and this is a woman who knows of what she speaks if you know what I mean...

I had her add me to their mailing list and while the last few weeks have been too busy to try, this week we decided to splurge on some swordfish----wild, line caught with hand gear swordfish no less. It's not cheap but for the quality you get it's actually a bargain. I think the swordfish was the best I've ever had except for some I got in Maine about a half block from where it had been caught that day. This was pretty damn close though. Really, really wonderful fish.

I decided to cook it simply since it was so lovely. It was about 2 inches thick and I usually figure 10 minutes at 400 degrees for one inch thick....so I put it in for 17 minutes and it was perfect. Just salt and pepper and some lemon juice squeezed over it. We served it with some boiled potato slices tossed with sauteed green onions and green and black olives and garlic....and some roasted broccoli. Owen turned his nose up at the fish. We'll get there one day.

We also ordered some Prince Edward Island mussels which we'll have tonight maybe. I adore mussels.

So, if you like fish go to their website and sign up. Bart, at Cheese and Crackers, said that if he gets enough interest he'll do orders for Saturday pick up which would be great. We need a good place to get fish here....it's my favorite thing to splurge on for special meal...so let's support them!!!

Here's a sample email:

Fish for order today for delivery tomorrow:

· Fresh Chilean Sea Bass – $31.99/lb

· Fresh Tuna, #1 Sushi Grade, $31.99/lb (Never Frozen, Sushi Grade)

· Fresh Alaskan Halibut - $28.99/lb

· Fresh Diver Dry Scallops (6-8 per pound) - $27.99/lb (read about dry scallops at the end of this email)

· Swordfish, wild line caught - $19.99/lb (hand gear)

· Sushi Grade Irish Organic Salmon - $19.99/lb (Never Frozen, Sushi Grade)

· Fresh Walleye - $18.99/lb (comes in filets around 1/2 to 1/3 lb per filet)

· Laughing Bird Shrimp - $15.99/lb

· Fresh Dover Sole - $12.99/lb (amazing tender & delicate)

· Fresh Monkfish $18.99/lb (New this week)

Mussels - (Sold in units of 2lbs)

     Mediterrean Mussels $10.49/lb (these mussels are larger and fattier than the PEI)

     Nova Scotia Mussels $4.99/lb

     Blue Hill Bay Mussels $4.99/lb

     Prince Edward Island Mussels $4.98/lb

All Oysters priced per dozen

  East Coast Oysters (significant savings for orders of full cases, case sizes range 50-100)

     Bluepoint $16.97

     Delaware         $19.05

     Maryland $12.29

     Watch Hill          $25.83

     Beausoleil          $27.06

     Blackberry Point  $24.59

     Bras D'or $20.90

     Picklepoints         $30.75

     Forbidden Bay  $23.07     

     Malpeque  $22.13

     Moonstone  $24.59

     Nasketucket       $24.59

     Naked Cowboy  $23.60

     Rappahannock  $28.67

     Stingray          $18.69

     Salt Works Seaside $17.76

     Pemiquid          $26.32

     Wellfleet  $21.88

     Raspberry Points $30.75

     Wiley Point  $27.55

West Coast Oysters (significant savings for orders of full cases (120 oysters per case for all west coast oysters)).

     Chef Creek $18.44

     Midnight Cove  $21.53

     Dabob Bay $18.44

     Fanny Bay $17.41

     Imperial Eagle $17.41

     Kumamoto         $27.06

     Kusshi        $26.45

     Malaspina        $19.46

     Pebble Beach      $19.46

     Cortes Island      $14.95

     Stellar Bay         $22.55