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Whitefish Salad at Good Morgan's Fish

"It's so good because we make our own mayonnaise"

And it is. Even my scared of fish daughter ate some. All of their stuff shows similar care. If you wanna have actual gefilte fish (i.e., not outta a jar), they will grind the fish for you and wrap the bones separately. If you are even more lazy, Good Morgan makes it for you. And if you are a traditionalist or nostalgic, Good Morgan makes true gefilte fish, that is a fish fillet stuffed with ground fish.

Delightful Rugelach
Last week, my wife and I were inquiring of certain delightful items at Delightful Pastries on Lawrence, as to their flour content. The woman behind the counter said she'd get the baker. We expected an older, well Eastern European looking man. Out came a twenty-something woman with a vague accent--long story short, she's Polish by birth, raised in South Africa, educated in New York, and learned in French pastry. It is her family that bought the former Lawrence Pastries a few years back. While we were shopping macaroons, we asked about the rugelach, which we had learned to love from our last visit. It turns out these have no antecedent in Polish baking, but she enjoys baking them. These are by far, the best rugelach I have had in Illinois.

Good Morgan Fish
2948 W. Devon Ave., Chicago
(773) 764-8115

Delightful Pastries
5927 W Lawrence Ave
Chicago, IL 60630
(773) 545-7215

Rob,

Is Good Morgan a full on fish market? If they've got a good selection, it might beat the trek to Dirk's from my house.

I'm thinking they go light on the shellfish, among other scaleless critters, no?

stevez wrote:Rob,

Is Good Morgan a full on fish market? If they've got a good selection, it might beat the trek to Dirk's from my house.

They have a variety of fish, ocean fish and lake fish, but to be honest, I have only bought their prepared foods*. Given their overall high quality, I would be willing to try.

The grinding your gefilte fish tip came from a friend BTW.

Pudding z owocami-wisnie at Avenue Food Mart


Also know as pudding with cherries or cherry cake. Actually a babka, or yeast cake, in a aluminum round mold. I'm no baker, so maybe I should not say this, but I always feel that yeast cakes are cheating a bit. Those little microbes do all the hard work to make the cake fluffy, light and moist. And $3.69. Get two!

Avenue Food Mart is near the top of my favorite Polish supermarkets. It is one of many new school supermarkets that have opened in Chicago in recent years, combining the best of ethnic markets with the scale and presentation of a supermarket. Like any Polish market worth its salt, it has a great selection of deli meats. I swoon over the six or so kinda headchease, including ones dedicated just to tongue or just to ears even if I would never order. I do frequently get the turkey, the various hams, the Hungarian salami, and different cheeses. They offer two versions of pickled herring, in winegar [sic] and oil. With value, they weigh and price the herring, then add a good amount of onion garnish. There is Amish organic chicken and really fantastic sour pickles--maybe the best I have had in Chicago. It is a place worth seeking.

Avenue Food Mart
6850 W. Belmont
Chicago, IL
773-286-0606

Vital Information wrote:Pudding z owocami-wisnie at Avenue Food Mart

Also know as pudding with cherries or cherry cake.

Yum, yum. Just to be precise "Wisnie" translates as "sour cherries," not simple "cherry." "Czeresnie" is "cherries."

Binko wrote:

Vital Information wrote:Pudding z owocami-wisnie at Avenue Food Mart

Also know as pudding with cherries or cherry cake.

Yum, yum. Just to be precise "Wisnie" translates as "sour cherries," not simple "cherry." "Czereznie" is "cherries."

I just wrote what was on the label

yes, Good Morgan is a kosher fish store, so you won't find any bottom feeders there!