From Alaska To Eden, NY, Seafood And Other Delicacies

Finding an Alaskan seafood store in Eden seems a bit like spotting a surf shop in Utah.

But it makes sense when you learn that decades ago, Eden-born Ernest Thomas left his hometown for Alaska, where he served as a government fishery health inspector for 22 years. When he retired, he came home determined to share the glories of Alaskan seafood.

The store, Exclusively Alaskan Good (8750 S. Main St. [Route 62], 575-4114) has been open since October, selling king crab, Dungeness crab, halibut, cod, scallops— and, of course, wild salmon. Nonfish Alaskan specialties like elk medallions, caribou burgers and reindeer sausage are there, too.

It’s a family affair: Ernest’s daughter, Adele, has been running the store, while son Gordon will supply some of the wild sockeye and coho salmon sold there from his Shirleyville, Alaska, set-netting operation.

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