Week of June 9, 2025 - Small World Seafood Update
Hello everybody!!
Time is speeding up again. Now Father's Day is coming up this weekend and pretty soon after that, July 4th! Wooooosh...And the seafood fest continues!!!
In honor of the dads out there, including those who act as dads to kids not their own, we salute you! Having an older male figure in your life that you can depend on to help you and guide you through life is as invaluable a mother that can comfort and nurture you. Passing forward wisdom is in our DNA. If you are a man who has some, pass it on to a younger person who needs it. And they all need it.
There is something called the Dunning-Kruger Effect that I absolutely love. It is a graph with 'confidence' on the vertical axis and 'competence' on the horizontal axis. The graph line moves sharply up to a peak quickly before descending just as sharply to a low that turns slowly upward over time in a rising fashion. Having loads of confidence without experience is manifested in the big early peak name 'Mount Stupid'. This is where one can be so super confident of an outcome. More than you should in reality. The low point reached after dropping off this peak is termed 'the Valley of Depair'. The point where one realizes that things aren't as easy as one thought. But as one grinds to try to balance confidence with newfound competence, the upward arc is called 'the Slope of Enlightenment'. This is where experience informs expectations and confidence is more reflective of one's ability. You become more capable and more confident at the same time. To me, it's a dad curve. And as a dad, myself, I find it extremely important to help the young bucks around me understand how to navigate this without giving up..The valley of despair is a nasty place to get stuck in...
Anyway, let's feed the dads! First up, to match the inportance we place on mothers, we have Chilean seabass fillets!!! Blast frozen by us in whole fillets ranging from 1.2-1.7lb each! These fillets are absolutely gorgeous!
Second up, is blast frozen King mackerel steaks! These went over so beautifully las time, we really wanted to do them again! Cut through the bone, these steaks are perfect for preparing in a sauce, a curry, etc. Plus, they grill up incredibly well!
And how about more skate cheeks this week! These little nuggets are so damn good and tasty. Super just simply dredged and pan fried or popped into a soup or chowder..Tastes like a cross between scallops and crab meat! What's not to love?
Also on the menu, more hamachi kama! This is the collar of the yellowtail. You roast it in the oven or pop it on the grill. Honestly, everyone who has it for the first time is blown away! Better than chicken thighs...
We have more fresh lobster claw and knuckle meat! Lobstah rolls, baby!! From Nova Scotia and just fantastic!
We have more fresh Venezuelan Jumbo lump crab meat! From the same blue crab we find around here..This stufff is the bomb!
For special items, we got a small shot of wagyu boneless ribeye steaks averaging 14-16oz each! We blast froze them and vac packed them! Super nice marbling. This is not A5 grade with a ton of fat. this is beautifully marbled grass fed and hay finished meat that is tender and so uniquely flavorful!
Oh, and we have smoked pork/beef hot dogs from El Camino so no worries there...
We have Faroe Island salmon and Hokkaido scallops. Both fresh or blast frozen. Both sushi grade. We have more branzini butterflied. More Black Cod fillets. More lobster tails from South Africa. More head on wild Red Argentine shrimp. More wild rock shrimp...
You see? How much fun we can have?
PEI mussels are the shellfish of the week....Pair with Settentatre Pasta Co's organic fresh spinach linguini for cheapest meal ever!! Not quite sure about oysters yet ... We have labneh and smoked fish..So many good things..
Plenty of crab meat, shrimp, etc....
I know, I know..Lots of words...
Anyway, as usual, I have to thank all of you guys for being in our lives. What an incredible community we live in...
Robert Amar
Small World Seafood
Owner