{"id":428,"date":"2006-10-04T03:24:49","date_gmt":"2006-10-04T10:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/?p=428"},"modified":"2010-10-12T12:22:42","modified_gmt":"2010-10-12T19:22:42","slug":"fish-wednesday-snobby-westerner-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/2006\/10\/04\/fish-wednesday-snobby-westerner-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Fish Wednesday, Snobby Westerner Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Salmon<\/a>When you are in a landlocked nation, it is easy to become snobby about seafood – especially if you are from a port city.<\/p>\n

Once, I dined with a fellow immigrant to Austria (he was from Acapulco) at a seafood meal. “THIS IS NOT FISH!” we declared, a bilateral front of West Coast supremacy. “Face it, we’re just too far from the ocean.” It’s a wonder we weren’t ejected from the table. I don’t make a point of engaging in nationalist arm wrestling contests, but it’s proximity to the sea that gives you, um, seafood, you know?<\/p>\n

Between travels and guests and dining out at places without fish on the menu, it’s been hard to maintain the Fish Wednesday groove. And it’s difficult to shop for quality fish in our supermarkets. Most of what we see is farmed fish, which I won’t buy<\/a>. I have to compromise and buy frozen. It’s not the same, but today’s meal of salmon steamed in dill, mustard, and wine, roasted potatoes, and watercress salad wasn’t bad. It’s was no West Coast Fish Wednesday, but it will do.<\/p>\n

See what I mean? Snobby.<\/p>\n

If all goes as planned, next week’s Fish Wednesday will take place in Belgium. Belgium has an actual coast and several fish market towns, so I’ve high hope for doing it up right.<\/p>\n

The Stranger, Seattle’s alt-weekly paper, has an article here<\/a> about a like minded veggie type felled by fish. It’s a fun read even if it leaves this Seattleite pining for Spud at Alki Beach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When you are in a landlocked nation, it is easy to become snobby about seafood – especially if you are from a port city. Once, I dined with a fellow immigrant to Austria (he was from Acapulco) at a seafood meal. “THIS IS NOT FISH!” we declared, a bilateral front of West Coast supremacy. “Face … <\/p>\n


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