Hey gang. I was out on Friday and I'm playing catch-up today.
Crab feasting is not just for summer was my story this past Sunday. Most crab lovers already know this, but September and October are some of the best hardshell crab picking months of the year. Local crabs are fatter and heavier than summer swimmers.
Anyone make it to the Kennett Square Mushroom Festival? I was hoping to check out the cooking demo by Ilan Hall, the "Top Chef" winner from last season, but never made it that way. If you went, what did you think?
I did finally stop in the new location of Janssen's Market - it moved into the old Food Source location in Greenville. It's so much more roomy and easier to get around, but some of the old charm of the store was lost in the move. I do like that they switched around the produce department and the check-out lines. Janssen's is really expensive - it always amazes me to see people do full-on grocery shopping here. (This is Greenville, though.) But it is a place I go for fresh herbs - the selection is hard to beat - and for imported cheeses and some specialty items. (You can always find Greek yogurt and demi-glace.) I like the Brandywine chicken salad - it's got grapes and walnuts in it, but I don't think I'll be buying too many other prepared foods. Maybe I read this wrong, but I'm pretty sure cooked flank steak was $24.95 a pound!
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Although I no longer live in the area, I still love to stop in at Janssen's for many things. Where else can you buy creme fraiche? buffalo mozzarella? And like you said, the herbs are the best. If one shops judicously, you can do okay there.
Some new items in their repertoire: peppadews --- a spicy, sweet little pepper which I stuff with boursin as an appetizer and portobella mushrooms stuffed with a delicious crab mixture. Oh, and fancy little cupcakes and cakes that are almost too pretty to eat.
Maybe one day we can be so fortunate that all of us are able to do "full on" shopping at Janssen's. The ones that do now probably don't realize how blessed they are!
All I wanted to eat on my birthday was Janssen's chicken fingers and mac and cheese....hands down, all time greatest comfort food. When I went into the "new" Janssens, I couldn't find either one of these items in the prepared foods case. Very disappointed. I was going to opt for the almond coated chicken when I realized it was $12.95 a pound. Rediculous.
Speaking of mac and cheese....my husband is a connoisseur of this dish and said he had the best he has ever had yesterday at Hanks's in Chadds Ford.
Janssen's prepared food prices are pretty much the same as those of Food Source, whose location they took over in Greenville. I can get a meat and side dish there for two of us for dinner for $15-$17. I make a salad to go with this and have a meal.
I do not look at the per pound price, but the cost of our dinner.
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