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New Civilization News: Hairy Lobster |
Category: Environment, Ecology 3 comments
10 Mar 2006 @ 01:50 by vibrani : hahaha 10 Mar 2006 @ 17:03 by jazzolog : Flying Lobsters I await a theory on how the feathers developed and ways they helped the creature along through millenia. Having lived in Maine for 4 years, and then Long Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts, doing without seafood is a major challenge. Well, they're shipped out here alive, but ain't the same as buying them at the dock and rushing home to the pot all ready on the fire. I tried to convince myself the addiction actually was to the melted butter. I used to say I could dip a wad of paper towels into melted butter, and I'd enjoy every bite. But it didn't work: the craving went on. And for steamers too! O man, I can eat dozens of them at a sitting. But now the mercury problem finally is easing me off the stuff. I used to make do with sushi and plenty of wasabi, but especially raw tuna carries heavy warnings now. 10 Mar 2006 @ 21:57 by jmarc : stick with the small fish and you'll have better luck avoiding the mercury. The big fish eats the fish that ate the fish that ate the fish ad infinitum, and the mercury builds and builds. We've got warnings now in the book of rules you get when you buy your fresh water fishing license, warning against pregnant woman and small children eating the fish. I think it has to do with the coal powered power plants here. The clam beds in seabrook and hampton were shut down for years because of red tide, a totally different thing but still quite dangerous. Still there are pirates that will go dig in these places and sell them as from somewhere else, so you take your life in your hands and yes do play a game of russian roullete. Luckily, lobster isn't affected by red tide. I love steamers too. And raw oysters are really good with a squirt of lemon. Well, I love every kind of sea food now that i think of it. One success story in the fisheries around here is the return of the striped bass. I finally got myself one of them a few years back, fishing off of the jetty at hampton beach. I've never fought a fish as hard as a striper fights, besides maybe a blue fish. But compared to blue fish, striper taste excellent. I've got a cousin who still has the picture maybe of us just back from a blue fish fishing cruise, with us both holding up blues as long as we were tall. The best way to cook them is on the grill, it gets some of the oil out of them. Speaking of blue fish, a good book to read about them is called Blues by John Hersey, the fellow who wrote the book Hiroshima. He talks about blue fishing off of Marthas Vineyard. I'm rambling on, but I could talk about fish and fishing all day. Other entries in Environment, Ecology 20 Apr 2008 @ 17:08: The Redemption Of Spring 18 Apr 2008 @ 10:02: Jeff Goodell Shines The Light On Big Coal 8 Apr 2008 @ 10:03: HopeDance And Waking Up 7 Mar 2008 @ 09:59: Energy Efficiency Makeover: One Homeowner's Story 8 Feb 2008 @ 10:55: Take A Tip From Me 2 Feb 2008 @ 20:35: nobody Knows 30 Jan 2008 @ 10:27: Making The Best Of The Toxic 18 Jan 2008 @ 21:18: The Wilderness 14 Jan 2008 @ 10:16: Societal Speed and Global Warming 23 Dec 2007 @ 12:27: Climate Change and Crop Yields
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9 Mar 2006 @ 23:12, by Jose Overalles