5 ms·
I would say this is crazy, but truth be told... if I saw someone selling like super high quality heirloom tomatoes online... I'd probably buy some. But what I'
by swalsh 8y ago
I would say this is crazy, but truth be told... if I saw someone selling like super high quality heirloom tomatoes online... I'd probably buy some. But what I've actively searched out, and have yet to find is someone selling lobster stock. Sometimes if i'm lucky, I can pick up some from my local fish monger... but it's uncommon.
- technofiend 8y agoProbably what's holding that back is shipping cost since stock is mostly water, quite heavy and needs to be sent frozen or at least cooled with freezer packs, further adding to weight. My favorite place for andouille sausage [1] will ship cooled packages but the shipping costs are roughly equal to the product cost. So whenever I drive to New Orleans I take an ice chest with me netting twice the product for the same price. [1] https://www.cajunsausage.com/ https://www.cajunsausage.com/
- swalsh 8y agoThere's a way to make it by reducing most of the water away so you get a 20x concentrate that's quite shelf stable... and probably cheap to ship. Here's an example (https://www.morethangourmet.com/ https://www.morethangourmet.com/) these stocks are quite good.
- technofiend 8y agoI shall bookmark that. Thank you.
- tmountain 8y agoAmateur tomato grower here. One key difference between the flavorless tomatoes you typically find at the grocery and heirloom varieties is that the non-heirloom tomatoes are genetically optimized for shipping durability while the heirloom varieties are optimized for flavor. I'm not saying you can't ship heirloom tomatoes, but they're definitely more prone to bruising, so this is likely an obstacle in shipping them over longer distances.