why do peolple keep the eyes on fish?

What?!

It would be rather unnerving to me to be served a fish with empty holes where his eyes used to be. It would also seem weird if the chef swapped out the eyes for something else....say, cherry tomatoes, brussel sprouts, marbles, buttons or milk duds.

Regarding the fish smell in the market, many people choose their fish by the look and smell.

It is indeed to scare people megz, as well as to freak them out.

Don't let anyone convince you otherwise, you and I are in on the secret.

Whenever I see these atrocities, I wait until no one is looking, and remove the eyes myself, putting them in this little vial I carry around for just this purpose.

When I get home, I add them to my collection.


Welcome to A2k, hope to see more of you.

Chai, do you take them out and look at them late at night? :wink:

yes

why do you ask?

It's just nice to know I'm not the only one that does that.

I have to say when a whole fish is prepared for me - I freak out just a bit. I am more used to filets. So when the whole thing is plopped down in front of me - I am a little taken aback by those eyes. It would have been worse without the eyes though I must say. I was in Albania for a summer one time when my host put a plate before me with the whole fish. I honestly did not know how to eat it. I figured it out - fine - but I was with a younger girl who was in college at the time...who looked at me with horror - and then began giggling - hysterically. I was so embarrassed. We are just not exposed to that as much here in the United States.

I was of the understanding that fresh fish did not smell fishy...so if it has a glass cover over it to keep it from being smelly - I wouldn't buy it. Ew.

mismi

did you take the eyes out and roll them around between your fingers?

I like to squinch my own eyes shut really tight and put the fish eyes where my own eyes would be if they were open.

then, I can see everything the way the fish would.

I'm going down to the fish market later.


I may be gone a while.

I carry them with me, and if someone cuts me off in traffic, I throw fish eyes at them.

They're biodegradable, so it's not considered littering.

What a bunch of wingnuts!
The fish's eyes should be clear. If the eyes are cloudy, it was probably harvested more than five days ago and is beginning to get old.

I don't throw my fish eyes.

they have become part of me.

I would no sooner throw my fish eyes at someone than I would remove my spleen and serve it to someone at brunch.


hmmm...you can live without your spleen, can't you?

The spleen is an essential part of the reticuloendothelial system. Chai lost hers when she was still in her teens.

well, then maybe I would remove my prostate and service it with a nice mango sauce.

for desert, we would have tapioca pudding.

I couldn't imagine fish without its eyes, it's customary here in Norway for the firstborn son to suck out the eyes of the fish. I don't know if you've ever tried fish eye but it's really not that bad.

Chai - I will try it next time one is laid out in front of me....what kind of case do you put them in? Contact?

coolwhip....I'm....I'm feeling so attracted to you right now.

are you an eldest son?



(oh please please god, let him say yes)

I yam.

ohgod ohgod ohgod ohgod.....

I am so dropping dys like a hot potato. I regret having taken out my prostate for him.

do you appreciate the experience of an older woman coolwhip?

I mean of course in the way knowing what annuities to buy and which is the best month to buy a new car.



do you.....eat rotten shark fin too?

no, don't tell me, I don't think I could stand it.

Hey! What happens in my cellar stays in my cellar.