Holy S**t!

[silverthorne]

Flounder!

I have found flounder!

I have a bag full of huge ass frozen flounder steaks! (say that five times fast while squealing in delight. Go on. I dare ya.)

I have not had flounder since I left New Jersey for the (ever so) sunny (OMFG, too sunny!!) and totally oceanless sands of Tucson, Arizona.

Like...ages ago.

1982, to be exact.

I loved flounder, okay? I'd GO FISHING FOR DAMNED FLOUNDER with my mom during summer break in order to get me some fresh flounder (which...we never succeeded in accomplishing anyway and would end up in the roadside diner on the way home where there was already flounder waiting and ready to go.)

I have gone without since then because, well, frankly 1) No one did it like that diner and 2) New Jersey to Tucson is an awful long way for flounder to go...and it rarely got there, anyway.

BUT TODAY, THERE IS FLOUNDER IN THIS HOUSE!

And it will be grilled and slathered in lime and lemon and pepper and served with veggies. It WILL BE MY FLOUNDER, and it will be good!

And although I know they are Teh Ebil and will dine on my flounder-happy soul in Hell when I die, I will thank the Dreaded Walmart Gods for their frozen offering and sing their praises and sacrifice Target Employees to their dreaded Maw.

But first?

FLOUNDER, MAN!!!!

Comments

[del-the-psycho.livejournal.com]

Hahah, the funny part is there are a lot of blokes back home who consider squid to be a big ol' delicacy, so no bait from those guys. And they're just damn hard to actually catch. And octopii are too cool to chop up. :(

I figure they're eating imitation crab either because its cheaper, or because they don't know any better. I don't eat it because it's dyed cod. :B Blech. (The real fun came in the time my brother went to a seafood market on the east coast somewhere, and took pictures of what was advertised as King Crab's legs being sold for a CRAZY HUGE price...but any idiot could tell it was actually Dunganess. IT'S NOT HARD TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE, PEOPLE OF THE LOWER FORTY-EIGHT)

Hahaha, they'll start throwing bits of painted and treated eggshells in with the fake crab JUST TO THROW US OFF.

[silverthorne.livejournal.com]

I'll admit to liking fried calamari if it has sauce to be dipped in, but by itself? Nah, the gumming that goes into it just ain't worth it. I don't like it when my teeth bounces off my food when I'm trying to eat it. Fish should not come equipped with their own personal force field, especially after death. Shells are bad enough.

See, that whole 'it's being sold as this other thing over here' is a good way to distinguish people who have actually fished and been around the fresh product before from folks who just...buy it if it looks good. (Hint: with seafood, looks don't matter. In fact, if it looks good, it's been messed with. Or still alive.)

...Sadly, I can see that happening at some point in the future.