On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:39:06 -0600, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:54:11 -0600, Lou Decruss wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:47:31 -0600, Sqwertz >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>This is Blue Hill Bay (Acme Smoked Fish Company). I get a quart for
>>>$4.39 (it may only be 24 ounces). I eat it year round as well.
>>
>> That's a good price. The Vita was 4.99 for 32 oz. I usually just get
>> a little jar because I'm the only one here who likes it. I find once
>> it's opened it gets mushy pretty quick.
>
>I checked this monring,. It's $4.39 for 28 ounces. It's the pickled
>with wine, not the sour cream version (wine is the very last
>ingredient on the jar). They don't get mushy at all, though.

The Vita I bought is in wine too and I think it lasts longer than the
cream version once it's opened. I have no clue why that is.
>
>> The Polish place we like has barrels lined with plastic vats of kraut,
>> pickles, fish, ETC. I grabbed a few herring filets and it was good
>> but too salty to have more than one at a time. I went for another one
>> two days later and it was nasty. The texture had gone to shit.
>
>Most brined food have to stay submerged in brine. I have learned that
>you shouldn't drink the [real] pickle, kimchi, or sauerkraut juice
>lower than the level of the product.

I'll try to get some brine next time. I get my kraut there too but I
only get what I can eat in a day or so. I don't buy kraut in the
grocery store anymore. I always liked it but once I had the real deal
I don't like in from a bag or jar anymore.

Lou