[Groop]Larry Grooism #8

[Larry Steller]

Larry Grooism #8:
The Fish Story
3/18/03

OK, I admit this Grooism isn’t up to my usual
standards of mayhem, but it’s a mildly humorous story
anyway…

Coming home this evening, I knew I had nothing
defrosted for dinner, so I decided to stop by the
neighborhood fish market on the way home and pick up
something to cook. 

I learned a valuable lesson tonight, and that is,
learn the local language!

Okay, I know I live in New Jersey, but the area I’m in
is a heavily Spanish neighborhood, so speaking no
Spanish, I just manage the best I can... 

The store I went to had a sign that said
Pesca-something-or-other (hey, I know that means fish,
Pisces, right?), it had fresh fish on ice in the
window, and (here’s the clincher) the only English in
the store was in fact the words FISH MARKET! Okay, to
quote my buddy Dan, “How hard could it be?” 

However, the fish had no prices marked on them, and
there were no signs anywhere with prices, so I
communicated the best I can with the fishmonger that I
wanted to know what those fillets were, and those… and
how much? 

He said “Red Snapper, $7.99 pound, Flounder, $6.99
pound.”

“Okay, I’ll take 2 (holding up two fingers) fillets.”

Now, I had noticed that the guy before me had had his
fish breaded and fried, but I was in the mood to cook,
so decided not to take the tempting shortcut. To
reinforce this, I said “I’ll take them just like that,
not cooked.”

The guy nodded, rinsed the fillets, sprinkled them
with lemon juice right next to a tub of flour…

“No, wait, no flour, I want to take then home JUST
LIKE THAT, okay?”

“Like this, si!” and with that he tossed my fish into
the deep-fryer, unseasoned JUST LIKE THAT…

OK, I know when to admit defeat! 

My fillets were already cooking, unseasoned though
they were, so I just went with the flow, took home my
unseasoned, uncoated deep-fried red snapper, sprinkled
some Cajun seasoning on them, and a had a pretty good
fish dinner after all, without having to cook! Oh
well!



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-Larry "Mr. Grooism" Steller
Mendicant Second Class

NOTE: I will never again buy a BROTHER office product, nor buy anything from MAC WAREHOUSE or their affiliate MICRO WAREHOUSE, they simply do not stand behind their products or services!

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