E Mart — Local services in Poquoson

E-Mart sells chicken carcass / bones! So hard to find! They sell them for $0.90 per carcass. Chicken carcass is the leftover shell after all the meat has been taken out. This is gold for chicken broth. You can make very nutritious, gelatin-like savory chicken broth with the carcass and bones. This is what goes into the soup stock of Japanese ramen (pork bones and chicken carcass) and also chicken stock for French and American cuisine. I can't debone a whole chicken every single time I need chicken stock, so being able to just get the carcass is rare and awesome. Just put the carcass in a rolling boil for 5 mins, remove and wash clean with cold water. Dump out the old water and gunk, refill with fresh new water and boil the carcass for 4-7 hours on a slow /low boil. Add aromatics if needed. French cuisine adds mirepoix to the chicken carcass and filter out the gunk by throwing away the "boat" of brown froth that floats to the top with the chopped mirepoix and boquet garni. Chinese style stock is chicken carcass, ginger, and scallions for 6 hours. Japanese ramen chicken stock is the chicken carcass, ginger, garlic, scallion, sake, kelp, bonito fish flakes, and dried shiitake mushrooms for 6 hours. Then combine this chicken stock with pork bones that have been roasted in the oven and subsequently boiled into pork bone broth for 7 hours as well. What remains will be nutritious soup stock great for...

My boyfriend and I absolutely love shopping here. We're usually the only white people which is typically a great sign in our mind. Most everything is cheaper than typical grocery store - fresh veggies that are usually about as expensive but twice the amount of a regular store like Kroger. Though sometimes not as pretty or as fresh. Meat of all kinds including things you don't see as often like hearts and liver. Fresh fish market with whole fish that they will clean and cut to your specifications and with a huge selection outside of the typical salmon, tuna, boring that's at every other store. The rest of the aisles are full of ingredients for every asain cuisine you can think of and we love feeling inspired when we go. Friendly staff (though sometimes there's a language barrier). And it's in a rough part of town (I guess) so there's always a cop in the store. Tip: don't buy exclusively white people things while you're here because you'll pay out the...

I love to shop here for a variety of vegetables, Asian and Latino foods. The vegetables are always fresh and well priced and what a variety!! They even carry durian! Luckily it is in it's own sealed refrigerator because it stinks. I love the organic mushroom packs and fresh herbs and you can't beat the prices anywhere. Fresh and frozen seafood is great and there are all kinds of frozen meals for those of us who don't know how to cook great tamales, dim sum, palak paneer or gyoza. Great assortment of dried goods such as noodles, beans, tea, spices and jars of condiments from all over. If you are looking for something specific for a recipe or want to try something new, this is the place! It's also great for ordinary foods such as fresh green beans, tomatoes, apples, onions, garlic, fresh ginger, and lettuce. But if you need fresh rambutan or lychees, this is where you...