Barney & Clyde by Gene Weingarten; Dan Weingarten & David Clark for February 07, 2024

Adult hood may stink, but old age SUCKS !

I say it all the time; I don’t like fish or seafood. As an adult I don’t scream or throw a fit but I don’t buy it or eat it.

I don’t like fish either, which stinks cuz I live near Boston where there are lots of great fish places. I wish I did, but blah!

Lenten Fish Fry Season is almost upon us.

Fish I like? Think of the three "S"s… Sardines, Salmon, and Sushi… ☺

Oh, and a non-“S”, Pickled Herring…

The closest I have ever come to liking fish was a grilled halibut steak. It was very fresh and prepared by an expert, and I’m told it was an extraordinary example of its kind, and to me it was just bland, watery beefsteak. But at least it didn’t taste fishy.

Funny, this sounds familiar, but I don’t think “fish” is exactly how I remember it :)

Battered and fried and enough tartar sauce they are quite edible, people.

Took me a long time to acquire a taste for seafood that wasn’t a tuna sandwich. In adulthood, I’ve eaten more fish than land animals. Still not my go-to.

As I am dragged kicking a griping into old age, the one benifit is I don’t have to eat liver any more.

Y’all should come to New Orleans. Redfish Ponchartrain from Venezia’s, seared and topped with a crab and crawfish dill sauce, or Trout Meuniere from Mandina’s, or just the thin-sliced fried catfish at Middendorf’s.