The New Moor Market

[apelike]

I don't really take to much notice of price, it's the vastly superior quality I find there when compared to a supermarket, although I do think the so called markets at Fargate are really overpriced.

 

You must be joking about the superior quality and maybe have never visited some of the stalls. A lot of the fruit and veg sold is grade B as witnessed by the first fruit stall you encounter when you get to the main part. Most market produce is also sourced only once a week so is not as fresh as supermarkets and a lot is also defrosted from frozen on the day. The main advantage to me is getting produce that supermarkets don't sell.

 

I agree about the prices though as there is little difference to supermarkets.

[dutch]

You must be joking about the superior quality and maybe have never visited some of the stalls. A lot of the fruit and veg sold is grade B as witnessed by the first fruit stall you encounter when you get to the main part. Most market produce is also sourced only once a week so is not as fresh as supermarkets and a lot is also defrosted from frozen on the day. The main advantage to me is getting produce that supermarkets don't sell.

 

I agree about the prices though as there is little difference to supermarkets.

 

Exactly, they put all these Chiquita stickers on the banana but anyone can see they are no better than what you buy elsewhere.

[vincentb]

You must be joking about the superior quality and maybe have never visited some of the stalls. A lot of the fruit and veg sold is grade B as witnessed by the first fruit stall you encounter when you get to the main part.

 

I agree - I prefer to go to Sharp's round the corner, rather than the not-so-great stuff the mainstream greengrocers on the market are selling.

 

For good fruit and veg from the market, I think you're actually better off going to the foreign-specialist stalls, e.g. the ones selling asian and caribbean foods, than the ordinary sellers.

[samssong]

I miss the old spice stall that used to sell all the old fashioned sweets from sticky jars as well as ice cream.

[spilldig]

You must be joking about the superior quality and maybe have never visited some of the stalls. A lot of the fruit and veg sold is grade B as witnessed by the first fruit stall you encounter when you get to the main part. Most market produce is also sourced only once a week so is not as fresh as supermarkets and a lot is also defrosted from frozen on the day. The main advantage to me is getting produce that supermarkets don't sell.

 

I agree about the prices though as there is little difference to supermarkets.

 

You should go in a bit further for fruit and vegetables and try Bingham and Browne's. When it comes to meat I just can't find anything in a supermarket that is anywhere near as nice. Supermarket meat is so full of fat. As for fish,the fish we have had from the market tastes as good as the fish you used to be able to get freshly caught at the seaside, whereas I can't even go near the fish counters in supermarkets because of the rancid smell from the fish. By the way I get the fruit and vegetables but my wife gets the meat and fish so I couldn't tell you which stall she uses.

[foxy lady]

You should go in a bit further for fruit and vegetables and try Bingham and Browne's. When it comes to meat I just can't find anything in a supermarket that is anywhere near as nice. Supermarket meat is so full of fat. As for fish,the fish we have had from the market tastes as good as the fish you used to be able to get freshly caught at the seaside, whereas I can't even go near the fish counters in supermarkets because of the rancid smell from the fish. By the way I get the fruit and vegetables but my wife gets the meat and fish so I couldn't tell you which stall she uses.

 

I doubt much of the fish is fresh anyhow. The factory boats are at sea for months on end, and freeze the fish they catch on board. A lot of fish is also seasonal so the shoals migrate and aftect the catch. The fish are moving further north as sea temperatures increase.

 

So much of the fish sold in the UK is actually months old and has been previously frozen. Grimsby has lost virtually its entire fishing fleet and has become a centre for Icelandic boats to offload and sell the catches they made weeks and months earlier.

[smiggs]

I doubt much of the fish is fresh anyhow. The factory boats are at sea for months on end, and freeze the fish they catch on board. A lot of fish is also seasonal so the shoals migrate and aftect the catch. The fish are moving further north as sea temperatures increase.

 

So much of the fish sold in the UK is actually months old and has been previously frozen. Grimsby has lost virtually its entire fishing fleet and has become a centre for Icelandic boats to offload and sell the catches they made weeks and months earlier.

 

A cursory check of the market's website would show you that Smith & Tissington claim their fish are on their stall within 24 hours of leaving the water and Anthony Andrews claims to employ people to go down the docks. It's likely that these fishmongers sell fish in season from nearby ports, most probably Grimsby.

 

What you say is true of supermarket fish - I would never buy fresh fish from a supermarket as it's usually been frozen before it reaches the counter. Much better to buy the fresh fish.

Edited February 24, 2016 by smiggs

[foxy lady]

A cursory check of the market's website would show you that Smith & Tissington claim their fish are on their stall within 24 hours of leaving the water and Anthony Andrews claims to employ people to go down the docks. It's likely that these fishmongers sell fish in season from nearby ports, most probably Grimsby.

 

What you say is true of supermarket fish - I would never buy fresh fish from a supermarket as it's usually been frozen before it reaches the counter. Much better to buy the fresh fish.

 

I would very much doubt the claim unless it referes to a very small percentage of their stock. The amount of fish caught by day boats is minute and would barely keep local restaurants supplied in Grimsby. It certainly couldn't be the case with most fish species which simply are not available in any quantity in the North Sea and others which are not caught all year round.

 

I might believe that they try to get fish to the stall within 24 hours of being landed, but that is an entirely different matter.

 

Actually on reading their claim again..."Their fish is within 24 hours of leaving the water" It doesn't actually say anything.. It is what? gutted and frozen? On a wagon? Bought by them?

Edited February 24, 2016 by foxy lady

[Eric Arthur]

A cursory check of the market's website would show you that Smith & Tissington claim their fish are on their stall within 24 hours of leaving the water and Anthony Andrews claims to employ people to go down the docks. It's likely that these fishmongers sell fish in season from nearby ports, most probably Grimsby.

 

If they mean 24 hours from the boat tying up in Grimsby I might believe that, but it sounds like a very carefully constructed, accurate, but ultimately misleading sales pitch. The trawlers can be out for weeks. It can take a day or two to steam to the fishing grounds, then the same back, and there are only a dozen Grimsby based boats these days anyway so it could be from anywhere, even Norway or Spain, via a cargo plane within 24 hours of landing.

 

I still prefer my fish from a local trader but you could say that their sales pitch is a bit fishy.

[spilldig]

I doubt much of the fish is fresh anyhow. The factory boats are at sea for months on end, and freeze the fish they catch on board. A lot of fish is also seasonal so the shoals migrate and aftect the catch. The fish are moving further north as sea temperatures increase.

 

So much of the fish sold in the UK is actually months old and has been previously frozen. Grimsby has lost virtually its entire fishing fleet and has become a centre for Icelandic boats to offload and sell the catches they made weeks and months earlier.

 

That's why I said,as good as the fish USED to be. In other words it tastes as fresh,to me, from that market as the fish we had fresh from Grimsby in the 1960s whereas supermarket fish doesn't.