The Fish Market: I’m Stuffed!

Posted on 12 October 2007 under Fish, Food Destinations, Shopping

Mary and I are always hearing great things about The Fish Market. The market itself isn’t far … just south of the Ohio state line on M-24 (Telegraph Rd.) Her brother David always has something from The Fish Market whenever we’re at his house for a meal. He may even have cocktail shrimp on the table when we’re not having a meal … the market’s products seem to be a staple that way. Besides this though, owners Steve and Denise Gale live right here in Luna Pier not far from us, and Denise is on the Mason Consolidated School Board, where John attends high school. And when we had our wedding reception in June 2005 and ran short on electric roasters for the pierogies and sausage, Denise brought her own roaster to us so we’d have enough food ready. But I’ll tell you what, standing in The Fish Market yesterday trying to determine not only how to take the best possible photos, but also figuring out what to take home for my lunch, I found myself drinking in all the great smells of all the excellent foods in the place. It’s not a fishy smell whatsoever … rather, it took me back to the time I lived in Norfolk, Virginia … the wonderous smell of the open ocean …

Amongst all the freshwater and saltwater fish and seafood the market offers, and many that are already prepped for meals, I selected the Lobster-Stuffed Salmon. There’s a reason I did this. One year for our anniversary, we were given a gift certificate for a restaurant in Monroe. That evening, one of the specials was Lobster-Stuffed Salmon. It sounded good, so I went ahead and ordered it. Unfortunately, there was far too much sage in the lobster stuffing … so much that I could barely taste the lobster. And then the lighter flavor of the salmon was completely overpowered. I ended up not finishing the dish. But as it was such a great concept, by the end of the week I’d developed my own Whitefish-Stuffed Salmon, replacing the sage-based stuffing with one that includes cornbread and Hollandaise sauce.

So when I saw these Lobster-Stuffed Salmon pinwheels in the freezer case, I got a bit curious. There’s a little bit of green in that stuffing … not a severe overdose of sage. The stuffing is smooth, not chunky, and the salmon has an even pink color to it. At about 1″ thick and 3″ in diameter and $3.90 each, I decided two would do the trick for a nice lunch.

When I got home, I preheated the oven to 425 degrees F and cooked the pinwheels for 20 minutes as per the instructions on the price label. It also says to spray the baking sheet, but as I have the Lincoln by Wearever non-stick baking sheets from GFS Marketplace I didn’t need to. I then plated them on an inexpensive ($2.99) square black plate from IKEA on top of some nuke-ready Uncle Ben’s Long Grain & Wild Rice.

I almost didn’t eat the rice.

The Fish Market’s Lobster-Stuffed Salmon pinwheels have such a great balance of flavors, you could probably serve them in a used oil pan from an old Chevy and they’d still taste great! Even though I cooked from frozen, the Alaskan wild salmon was tender and flaky with a seriously-fresh flavor. The lobster stuffing was moist and delicious, perfectly complementing the flavor of the salmon. And this is me here, someone who really doesn’t like lobster.

The Fish Market does Lobster-Stuffed Salmon right. If that restaurant had simply bought these pinwheels and served them, the Chef there would have been better off, and maybe we’d be inclined to go back.

Too bad Mary doesn’t like a whole lot of fish seafood yet. She’s learning. But until she comes around, trips like this to The Fish Market are all mine.

Gee, that’s too darn bad …

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