gefilte fishlets?

[tsuki-no-bara.livejournal.com]

does anyone have any idea where i can find gefilte fishlets? (they're like the cocktail weiners of the gefilte fish world, if you're unfamiliar.) shaw's doesn't have them and neither does the whole foods in fresh pond, and aside from the stop&shop off 28 i'm not sure where else to look. (can you tell i'm very brand loyal in terms of grocery stores?) i have a car so i'm not limited to greater davis.

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[cerridwynn.livejournal.com]

A year or two ago I discovered that the Stop and Shop in Lexington has a much better selection of Passover foods than any of the more local grocery stores. You might want to try there. (Or perhaps call first?)

(That was also the grocery store where i finally found schmaltz, after trying 7 or 8 stores in Cambridge, Somerville and Arlington...

[anotherjen.livejournal.com]

Hmm, maybe I'll call them and see if they have the frozen kind. Thank you!

We save our schmaltz in the freezer when we make roast chicken.

[tsuki-no-bara.livejournal.com]

lexington! thank you! i knew there were other towns i should try but i couldn't think of any that are relatively close to me. my parents live out in metro west and i asked them to look for fishlets for me last year, and they couldn't find them either. and i didn't want to drive way out there. lexington is much closer. :D

I'm looking for the frozen kind

[anotherjen.livejournal.com]

I'd try Lexington or Belmont. If you want to drive a bit further, Newton or Brookline. All those towns have sizable Jewish populations.

Not to carp on the subject - while you're at it, if you see the gefilte fish that is sold frozen, that you have to cook yourself at home, just for the halibut, can you bring me back one or two? I'll reimburse you and give you a little present besides. Or just tell me where you found it. I have a sinking feeling that I'll have to go to Brookline, and I don't know if I want it that badly.

Re: I'm looking for the frozen kind

[magid.livejournal.com]

The only place I've reliably seen it is in Brookline at the Butcherie.

Re: I'm looking for the frozen kind

[anotherjen.livejournal.com]

I just called the Stop & Shop in Malden (after Googling a bit for ideas) and they do have it! So I'm off to get it. I'll look and see if they have the little jarred kind too, if I remember.

Re: I'm looking for the frozen kind

[anotherjen.livejournal.com]

I found it at the Stop-and-Shop in Malden!

Re: I'm looking for the frozen kind

[tsuki-no-bara.livejournal.com]

i work in belmont center and will try the shaw's out here on the way home. i never think of belmont as having any kind of jewish population, because all i know is the mormons. and i don't think i've ever seen frozen gefilte fish anywhere, but now i'll have to look (just for the halibut, HEEE).

Re: I'm looking for the frozen kind

[busylilbear.livejournal.com]

i don't have frozen gefilte, but god i loved your puns.

Re: I'm looking for the frozen kind

[anotherjen.livejournal.com]

Aww, thank you.

[spacehawk.livejournal.com]

The Butcherie?

[tsuki-no-bara.livejournal.com]

it's my last resort, because going to the butcherie the day before the first seder makes me cringe in anticipation of crowds of people with the exact same procrastinatory habits i have. it might not be as bad as i keep thinking, tho....

[anotherjen.livejournal.com]

You don't have to go to Brookline! Go to the Stop-and-Shop in Malden and look in the Kosher foods section.

[anotherjen.livejournal.com]

I found them! They DO have them at the Malden Stop & Shop on Rt. 60. I would have got you a jar, but they were $9, and if you didn't show up for some reason, well, they weren't going to get eaten. I also got my frozen gefilte. :-)

[tsuki-no-bara.livejournal.com]

a jar of fishlets was NINE BUCKS? holy cow. i think it's worth it, tho. i'll go tomorrow, thank you! (and i'm glad you found the frozen stuff. :D )

[anotherjen.livejournal.com]

I know! I re-read the sign a couple of times to make sure I got it right. I don't understand why it's so expensive.

[thespian.livejournal.com]

I was at the Star Market in Quincy Center tonight, and found them. Also posted proof to my twitpic feed (mostly so I'd remember to post about them when I got home ;-) ).

http://twitpic.com/4lcimk

(they were $6, I think? lots of the other gefilte was on sale for $3.89. I love this time of year, when the Manischewitz Chocolate Macaroons are 2/$5)

[busylilbear.livejournal.com]

Maybe market basket? They always have a great random selection of stuff.

[ron_newman]

Market Basket had no gefilte fish of any kind when I visited this morning. Their Passover selection is pretty limited (or perhaps depleted).

[tober.livejournal.com]

You could just cut up regular-sized gefilte fish patties into cocktail-sized pieces. I realize it wouldn't be quite the same but it would be pretty close.

(also, not that you asked, but I'll give my unsolicited opinion that Rokeach "Old Vienna" gefilte fish is far far better than Manischewitz)

[nurrynur.livejournal.com]

There was quite a large selection of Passover food at the Star Market in Dedham near 95. i believe they had frozen gefilte fish as well.