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Default REVIEW: Trader Joe's Steamer Clams

Paul M. Cook wrote:
> "Blinky the Shark" > wrote in message
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>> Paul M. Cook wrote:


>>> Very few of their branded prepared foods are good IMO. Their branded
>>> seafood is the worst. I simply will not buy it with one exception and
>>> that
>>> is the 15 count uncooked shrimp. TJ's quality seems to be in decline.

>>
>> I almost got some shrimp there a couple days ago. Have you found issues
>> with their other shrimp, or is the one you mention the only one you've
>> tried?

>
>
> Well it is all farm raised. The cooked shrimp is as bad as most cooked
> shrimp and has a lot of added water. The uncooked is better. The 16 count
> is usually pretty good with ice plump shrimp and hard shells which means
> they were harvested at the right time and not while molting. The 21 count
> is ok but the smaller shrimp are so badly freezer burned it is not funny.
> They cook up kind of mushy and hard to swallow.


I wonder why those are bad and their larger pals are good.


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