Rachael’s Brand Smoked Fish

When we went to the Big E this year, one thing we missed seeing in the Massachusetts building was a booth for Rachael’s. We ran into them the year before, and had a really good bagel with cream cheese and lox for lunch.
Rachael’s operates a big mail order facility on the end of a street that’s located in what can only be described as a residential neighborhood in Springfield. I thought my GPS was broken when it took me there.
The business occupies two austere block buildings — the retail store and the warehouse. Although Rachael’s is primarily a mail order business, they do offer walk in sales– so be sure you look for the door that says «Cash and Carry».
When you walk in you’ll see a sales counter and a refrigerated case.
Rachael’s sells all types of salmon, sliced or not, salted or not, salmon pieces and ground salmon. They also sell White Fish (whole and salad), trout, sable, mackerel, herring, all kinds of cream cheese spreads, Hebrew National deli meats, Empire Kosher sliced turkey and chicken, and non-​kosher frozen stuff like mussels, scallops, and shrimp.
I paid around $ 20 for 8 oz of hand cut smoked salmon, 8 oz of kippered salmon salad, and 8 oz of whitefish salad, and we just tried all of them at a family breakfast today.
The smoked salmon was very good –cut thin with great taste and no stringy things or waste in there. The kippered salmon had a stronger taste than I expected but it was still very good. My big surprise was the whitefish salad. Traditionally, this has been my least favorite food in this genre, but this was a very good version –it was creamy and somewhat milder than I have had previously. It was very very good.
All in all, I was pretty impressed with the products I bought. If you live in an area that doesn’t sell these kinds of food, their mail order business looks like a real solid option.