"Dan Logcher" > wrote in message
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> Musashi wrote:
> > "James Silverton" <not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not> wrote in message
> > . ..
> >
> >>"Musashi" > wrote in message
> >>news:1%ibh.6247
> >>
> >>
> >>>I find the meats at Whole Foods excellent, as well as the Bell
> >>>& Evans
> >>>chickens they sell.
> >>>As to the fish section, they make an effort but I could do
> >>>better.
> >>>I find their variety is good but the freshness is mediocre.
> >>
> >>IMHO, their salmon is often pretty good but I am suspicious
> >>because they are prone to the usual supermarket dodge of cutting
> >>off the heads of trout "for convenience" (makes it impossible to
> >>check freshness by looking at the eyes!) I am generally
> >>compelled to buy trout at what is the most expensive store in
> >>town: Balducci's.
> >>
> >
> >
> > I find Whole Foods' Salmon better than Supermarkets, and well labeled
> > with a variety (they will mark it Chinook, Coho, Sockeye, etc)
> > but not quite "top notch". I give them credit for having a "whole fish"
> > section
> > though, as well as carrying imports like mediterranean seabass, which is
> > identical
> > in appearance to Japanese seabass (suzuki).
> > I'll have to check out Balduccis.
> > Buying Trout at stores is never a "fun" thing for me because you really
have
> > no
> > choice but farm raised rainbows. Although once in a while I'll see
steelhead
> > filets
> > (raises my suspicions) and Arctic Char. In the case of trout, I prefer
the
> > ones I
> > catch.
>
> They stock one of the local lakes in my town with Rainbows and sometimes
salmon.
> I tried fishing it one year and not even a bite. I do much better with
sal****er
> fishing.. plus you can't eat lake trouts as sushi.
>
> --
> Dan

We have several large reservoirs about an hour north of where I live.
Last Saturday I caught a 5 pound Brown Trout. My biggest actually.
Beautiful pink flesh, very similar to Atlantic Salmon.
But you're right, no sushi or sashimi.
M