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Re: The Food Thread - Fish Stories

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neoplacebo wrote:
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https://www.getthecoast.com/massive-832 ... te-record/

832 lb bluefin
I remember reading something quite a while ago that said some tuna sell for $60,000 or more. Not a bad day's work.
"At the first bluefin tuna auction of 2019 in Japan, a 612-pound fish sold for a record $3 million."

In the US the same 612 lb tuna would bring about $6,000 for the whole undressed fish.

I can't explain why the radioactive Japanese tuna sell for so much more than Gulf and Atlantic tuna.
:shock: I can't see any way in hell one fish is worth 3 million. No way can enough edible tuna be gleaned from it. I estimate the loss on that fish to the buyer was in excess of 2.75 million.
Sadly too many fishers involved, there's nothing for the record books if there's more than one reeling it in.

https://brobible.com/sports/article/832 ... d-florida/

"In order for a fishing record to be certified it needs to have been caught by one fisherman. The vast majority of recreational and serious anglers on the planet know this. It’s just part of the game. The same is true for Big Game fishing tournaments where there are typically designated anglers.

The reason this 832-pound Bluefin Tuna caught in Destin isn’t a new state fishing record is because the listed angler is “whole team”, meaning that everyone on the boat took turns fighting the fish."
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That's a beautiful fish. I'd almost feel guilty eating it.

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GoCubsGo wrote:
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To stay on topic, here's FOOD for thought......virtually all of us here that were teenagers in the late 60's and early 70's know the sound of rock and roll guitars. What most people don't realize is that a lot of those tones were actually distortion from the guitar amplifiers. The Beatles and most other English bands used Vox amplifiers equipped with Mullard tubes. Mullards break up nicely when overdriven but had those amplifiers been equipped with RCA or Amperex or Telefunken tubes, the sound would have been noticeably different and our own definition of what sounds "good" would also be different. An EL34 Mullard tube that sold for around $3 in 1965 will cost you about $200 or more now depending on how it tests for emissions and transconductance. I use Dutch made EL34's.
How about posting an audio clip of your guitar work? Along with a food recipe, of course.
And the best way to roll a spleef.
Back when I smoked, I used one of those little rolling gizmos. Then when I toured Guatemala in the late 70's I picked up a little clay pipe, which AFAIK I still have. No rolling, no paper required. It's pretty cool, hand-made with a little scary face on the bowl end.

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Tue Apr 26, 2022 11:24 am
That's a beautiful fish. I'd almost feel guilty eating it.
"almost" maybe for the 1 minute it takes to blacken the top and bottom.

I love those tuna martinis or tutinis or what ever they are called.

Best of all is butchering one just pulled out of the water and picking the meat off the bones with your fingers.
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I'm having green beans and white potatoes with a nice piece of pork seasoning, corn bread with butter and milk. It would cost a thousand dollars at a trump dump.

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I had steamed French green beans and asparagus last night, with some rib eye steak.

Yum.

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Just watched a great video from PBS/American Experience: The Poison Squad.

Anybody else seen it?

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The shortage of baby formula is getting a lot of coverage. Lady O said she had no idea so many women had no boobs. Anyway, the New York Times had an article about in in which it appeared they went out of their way to find a person to interview who would hold up the Southern California cultural stereotypes. Kinda like reporters after a tornado looking around until they find the one who'll say "Gollee, it sounded just like a freight train."

From the article
In Oceanside, California, north of San Diego, Darice Browning was recently despondent after failing to find formula for her 10-month-old daughter, Octavia, who cannot eat solid foods. “I was freaking out, crying on the floor and my husband, Lane, came home from work and he’s like, ‘What’s wrong?’” Browning said, “and I’m like, ‘Dude, I can’t feed our kids, I don’t know what to do.’”

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The shortage of baby formula is getting a lot of coverage. Lady O said she had no idea so many women had no boobs. Anyway, the New York Times had an article about in in which it appeared they went out of their way to find a person to interview who would hold up the Southern California cultural stereotypes. Kinda like reporters after a tornado looking around until they find the one who'll say "Gollee, it sounded just like a freight train."

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In Oceanside, California, north of San Diego, Darice Browning was recently despondent after failing to find formula for her 10-month-old daughter, Octavia, who cannot eat solid foods. “I was freaking out, crying on the floor and my husband, Lane, came home from work and he’s like, ‘What’s wrong?’” Browning said, “and I’m like, ‘Dude, I can’t feed our kids, I don’t know what to do.’”
More idiocy being talked about ....

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The shortage of baby formula is getting a lot of coverage....
The view from Fortune:

America is running out of baby formula because 3 companies control the market and babies aren’t that profitable

Near-monopoly "capitalism", ain't it grand?
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Vrede too wrote:
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The shortage of baby formula is getting a lot of coverage....
The view from Fortune:

America is running out of baby formula because 3 companies control the market and babies aren’t that profitable

Near-monopoly "capitalism", ain't it grand?
Not near, but full on monopolies. They all work together.
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Re: The Food Thread - Can't afford the fish

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Grouper at the local fish market is $37/lb.
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Re: The Food Thread - Can't afford the fish

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Grouper at the local fish market is $37/lb.
That's outrageous robbery. We haven't seen anything close to that - I bought halibut this morning for the same $19 it's been for a long time. We did go into a high dollar store in high dollar Del Mar a month or so ago and found some prices in the upper 20's to low 30's, but $37 - damn.

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Grouper at the local fish market is $37/lb.
That's outrageous robbery. We haven't seen anything close to that - I bought halibut this morning for the same $19 it's been for a long time. We did go into a high dollar store in high dollar Del Mar a month or so ago and found some prices in the upper 20's to low 30's, but $37 - damn.
Grouper has been in the low 20s due to quotas. Maybe this has to do with fuel.
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I'm guessing there's gonna be a lot of wasted grouper until the price adjusts a bit. I wouldn't buy it.

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I'm guessing there's gonna be a lot of wasted grouper until the price adjusts a bit. I wouldn't buy it.
I didn't. Mullet was $1.79
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I'm guessing there's gonna be a lot of wasted grouper until the price adjusts a bit. I wouldn't buy it.
I didn't. Mullet was $1.79
How do you cook the mullet?

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I'm guessing there's gonna be a lot of wasted grouper until the price adjusts a bit. I wouldn't buy it.
I didn't. Mullet was $1.79
How do you cook the mullet?
Most people fry it, but I don't fry much of anything these days. Exceptions being fish fry parties.
Poached, baked, saute, grilled.
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billy.pilgrim wrote:
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O Really wrote:
Fri May 27, 2022 11:43 pm
billy.pilgrim wrote:
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Fri May 27, 2022 9:21 pm
I'm guessing there's gonna be a lot of wasted grouper until the price adjusts a bit. I wouldn't buy it.
I didn't. Mullet was $1.79
How do you cook the mullet?
Most people fry it, but I don't fry much of anything these days. Exceptions being fish fry parties.
Poached, baked, saute, grilled.
Smoked! 🐟
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