Suffolk County....Where can I buy???

[scunge]

Where can I buy ? in Suffolk County (eastern Nassau) canned fava beans (not Progresso) as well as lamb offal. more to come thanks

[mcf]

Fairway in Plainview has canned fava beans, not Progresso brand, they're Westbrae Organic, so in the rear half of the store, probably. The new layout is traditional groceries up front, specialty and organic in the rear.

Except for when they're not. :-)

[scunge]

Went to Plainview 's Fairway and yes they did have Westbrae fava beans and on sale for just .99.and much much more stuff as sale items. Some of the products were cheaper than the other supermarket's Drove by Nazar and they appeared to be closed. Will call them first .Anyway THANKS

[mcf]

Great store, isn't it? Especially if you ever need, like, 3500 kinds of olive oil... ;-)

[scunge]

Yes I agree. I still can't get over the variety of products on sale that are usually marked up in other stores.Westbrae, Bob's Red Mill ,Barrilla as well as great ground- in -store (when your waited on) coffee and the cheese's well I regret I didn't buy more.Not too far from that store and also in Plainview is the incredibly inexpensive Johns Farms Excellent fish and if you carefully scan the shelves imported products such as Sicilian sardines in salt ,Arborio rici I bought veal kidneys and would have bought cockles fresh from the monger but didn't want to wait on the line .http://johnsfarms.com/ always crowded

[mcf]

I go to John's for lobster sometimes. :-) It is terribly crowded, though so is Fairway, except on school days from about 3:30 pm on... I try to go at 4 on a weekday.

[mcf]

BTW, I'm not a bread eater, but emarcus, who was first to reply to you, is a food writer who's said that Fairway's bakery makes some excellent breads. The few times I've tried a cake or pie from there, OTOH... not so much. But they seem to have some really popular whole grain health bread there.

[scunge]

Well I do agree with that .My wife and I were both disciplined this weekend not buying any bread ,bagels etc. only to regret it later on having bought a fairly good Roquefort and not the baguette or another crusty loaf .

[mcf]

I love roquefort, but I have it on high fiber Wasa or Ryvita. Or salad, or atop a good steak on occasion. If you are into olive oils, this particular one is very spicy and delicious... there's usually some out at the tasting bar. http://www.fairwaymarket.com/fairway-... Back to favas, I've never cooked with them, but Fairway has fresh ones in season, and I plan to try to learn to use them this year.

[emarcus]

Affirmative. Don't know about their cakes and pies, but between the breads that they make on the premises and the ones that they bring in (Bread Alone, Eli's, etc.) I think they're one of best bread sources on LI. I've also had no better bagels on LI than Fairway's mini bagels.

[scunge]

Anyone KNOW where I can buy razor clams .Andrew Zimmer states that they're his favorite now I'm on a mission Thanks

[mcf]

According to this, Chinatown: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/16/din... And a few other places in NYC. So maybe the Asian markets on LI or in Flushing?

[scunge]

Thank you for that quick response .Years back I'd trek into NYC for foodstuffs would bring a cooler I may try either V&T's in Hempstead or the Mattituck Shellfish in E.Quogue Thanks

[mcf]

I did see a reference to a Wainscott fish market having had them but no longer carrying them, so somewhere out east may have them.

[emarcus]

Scunge where you at? Any good fish store should be able to order them. Asian fish markets may well have them on hand.

[scunge]

E.Moriches I 've been given thought of dropping in on Mastic Seafood .Whadda ya think? ..............or Cor-J ??$$$$$

[emarcus]

I'd give both of them a call and I would expect that Cor-J could certainly get them if they don't have them on hand. Keep us posted.

[coll]

Just wondering, if they did special order them they probably come in some large amount like 10 or 50 lbs. They may not want to be stuck with the remainder. Might even be cheaper to order a lb or 2 online!

[linsue]

Not great pies, try the Jericho Cider Mill for pies (on the border of Jericho and Brookville) or Youngs farm in Brookville . Those are made on the premises. Fairways are shipped in.

[coll]

I am so hooked on Eli's health loaf, luckily I can get it at Best Yet for $3.50 on sale, or $3.95 normally.

I haven't been impressed with much of the bakery dept at Fairway, although I love the mini bagels just because they're so tiny. Because when I'm there, I've gotta stock up on lox, that's my first stop.

[emarcus]

Any Middle Eastern grocery will have canned fava beans. This Turkish place also has halal butcher so might have offal:

Nazar, 1474 Deer Park Ave. North Babylon, NY 631-586-2246

http://long-island.newsday.com/venues...