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| - You know, last fall when I first got turned on to COS, I was duly impressed. I loved the daily emails and scored some great product. THEN, at the end of the shrimping season, they sent out an email advertising the last of the Charleston shrimp for the season and asked for pre-orders. I ordered 6 lbs and went to pick them up.
1. They were heads-on. Hey, I'm a Charleston girl, so that doesn't freak me out, but it does turn what seems like a great price into a hey-maybe-not-so-much-a-deal deal.
2.Then, they were rather small...not nearly the count they claimed in the email blast.
3. Lastly, they were mushy and gross. I ended up throwing away the last two bags in my freezer as they just weren't good.
Okay, I considered that an anomoly, and kept shopping there. One day I went in to see what was good and purchased a piece of black grouper, thinking I would cook it with a crispy skin. I paid about $32, so it definitely was a treat.
1. I got it home and it smelled very fishy and felt "slick". I washed it thoroughly and then smelled and felt it and judged it to be safe, but was leery.
2. No crispy skin to be had. IT WAS NOT SCALED. It is nearly impossible to scale a piece of filleted fish. THat is just sloppy and lazy not to scale a fish before you clean it. I had to settle for pan sautéing and throwing away the skin.
3. It just didn't taste great (probably due to the fact if was not fresh), so we threw most of it away.
The worst part? I sent a reasonable email to them describing my experience and never got so much as a acknowledgment. That. Is Inexcusable.
I used to tell everyone about COS. Well, I still do. It's just a different story.
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