by Wilbur Kookmeyer » Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:47 pm
When I get to experience a quality of fish that is superior to the daily catch so to speak.
In my job, my passion, I am blessed every now and then to run accross a batch f fish that is extremely superior to what most people will see in a lifetime.
It could be an exceptional Ahi, maybe some Mahi, Ono, Escolar, or Barumundi. Maybe some rock fillet, or some whole cooked crabs in late december, full, and hefty.
Today it was fresh Coho Salmon out of some chilly unheard of river area off one of the islands.
So fresh, so chrome bright, that their backs were an emerald green.
Amidst a few thousand pounds of the regular laymen quality catch were a few hundred pounds of complete gems.
I took pictures, felt them, smelled them, and eventually took one home and ate some of it at it's peak in perfection.
It happens only once or twice a year, but when it does, I remember one of the big reasons why I like my job so very much.
I remember last summer we got a tote of troll kings in off the North Oregon Coast. So fresh and bright that their backs were a chrome blue. Firm, cold, and sweet as hell.
I wanted to get naked and get into the tote with them.
Your electric car runs on coal. Think about it....