Posted on 04/02/2019 12:30:32 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
“OK, Ive never had fish tacos.”
Me neither; I’ll pass on those.
OK, based on that sign - the customer is an idiot. He is wrong and should apologize.
Makes me wonder if he went in there itching to start a fight.
It’s false advertising.
Or maybe he thought it mean “Vern’s Specialty” and Vern is the name of the cook.
Captain Call got right to the point when it came to rude behavior...
The fish that Peter and his fellow apostles of Jesus Christ caught in Lake Kinneret were probably tilapia. However, I usually avoid this species because they are usually raised on fish farms in Third World countries.
I would not patronize this restaurant if the owner did not post the information in English. This customer does not get my support.
“The cashier pointed out that the specials signs in the restaurant are in English and in Spanish.”
Customer was wrong. I speak Spanish though I am a gringo. If the sign were only in Spanish it would be wrong for his business and I would object for my gringo friends that do not speak Spanish. It was in both languages. That customer was wrong.
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Me = hard core libertarian conservative and as such if the owner wanted to display his specials only in Spanish I have no problem. It is his business. However as a businessman he wisely displayed it in both languages.
Ought to be more like him.
Honest question: what do you dislike about tilapia?
I don’t care for the bland cardboard to muddy taste of the farm raised fish. Also, the farm raised variety have less healthy omega3 to omega6 ratios. It may be a tasty fish if caught in the wild but I’ve never had wild caught. I also don’t care much for carp, catfish, shad, nor other bottom feeders. Additionally, its becoming too ubiquitous and crowding out a lot of other good options. I remember when we used to celebrate greater fish diversity...
Supposedly the fish are all a single sex due to hormonal treatment - this keeps the fish all a single generation in a batch - I can’t find the info right now though.
Weird coincidence: Shortly after I posted my question, I looked up "Tilapia" online -- but my wife called me to diner before I read the results.
She served broiled fish fillets, and when I asked, "What kind of fish?", she answered, "Tilapia"!
So -- to emphasize the coincidence, I went back and brought my laptop to the table -- and we all had a good laugh... '-)
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I have to agree with you: if it hadn't been for the lemon pepper she seasoned it with, it would have been virtually tasteless...
It wasn't cheap: four fillets for ten bucks.
But the worst news is that it typically has twice as much omaga 6 as omega 3 fatty acids...
Thanks again; I'm now much better informed on the subject...
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It's time to go crappie fishing! '-)
I totally sympathized with Mike Douglas in that one. That, and the "Smiling Stonewall" as the fast food franchise. Ran into that many a time. Never shot up the place though. :-)
We should tell Captain Call that Adam Schitt is being rude...
Crappie are tasty! I like bluegill (some folks call it ‘bream’) and perch and walleye as well. Bass is OK. I sometimes (maybe every 2 years when in proximity to your state’s southeastern coastline) catch ocean bluefish and cure it with a ‘gravlax blue’ recipe I’ve found online.
But, I would have liked to try smoking it, and I definitely would have tried (and experimented with variations on) the "Gravlax" curing technique, had I known about it then.
Thankfully, 1/4 mile through the woods from our house in Norfolk, MA, was a good-sized pond/lake that was overpopulated with crappie, and boasted schools of bluegill that ran up to 10 inches long! Great fun on ultralight tackle -- and good eatin'! (My two favorite food fishes...)
In the summers, between work and sundown, I usually could catch more than a meal for our family of five...
Curiously, the locals called both species, "Kivvers" -- and claimed they were too bony to eat.
I never argued with them... '-)
Awesome catch!
I had never heard the term ‘kivvers’ but then I never heard the term ‘buhdayahs’ for potatoes until I moved to MA.
Several places in MA sell bluefish pate’ which is quite tasty.
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