tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84583728741122880862024-02-18T22:01:47.440-08:00Gabe the Fish BabeGabrielle Stommelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00051736686181433773noreply@blogger.comBlogger168125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8458372874112288086.post-59310302103997370362012-02-13T09:56:00.000-08:002012-02-13T09:56:44.596-08:00Conger Monger.<div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><b>Back in </b></span><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=d59y4fiab&et=1109201272719&s=1&e=001l2JQ6DmHC5c1J7OMIIWn9ZqucZr9HptBDl-1i_Md6WY9i4wtAEUX7kzFel7LZnnOMJ8zYDp_WsWwc7EBtqIf8FiPlgRP86sQ-ltEO5Th_UErtbb6M7fRYOZaeRi9_gTsc5Jx-C4TDG8GkWFUtSyc5uGBsKVUqmZwVhS1I-M4ngM=" linktype="1" shape="rect" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;" target="_blank" track="on">Chapter 9.X.IIVXXX</a><span size="3" style="font-size: 10pt;"> of yesteryear's News from the Yard, I describe the elusive </span><strong style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=d59y4fiab&et=1109201272719&s=1&e=001l2JQ6DmHC5cf30lhZCObS7ybLcfugM_t79-AY1iM1TaXTxmuob2ih8py9pQQK8mjoNrGnzWv0KnYcEhkYUpcABkMHRVjXHrmMGuFCbZH_kVn7y9w5oG8qTCiKDXBKGCz-n6DVqnsBDc=" linktype="1" shape="rect" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;" target="_blank" track="on">catadromous</a> </strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>eel</strong> and it's disgusting larval children, otherwise known as <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>elvers</strong></span>... </span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>L</strong></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">ike a crazy, suit-wearing bum, off the wagon and preaching apocalypse in the streets, I'm back on the scene spreading the word of eel. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The MIGHTY CONGER is a <strong>non-gross</strong>, underutilized species found in abundance right here in our own waters!</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
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</b></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;"><b>I</b></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">t is considered NORMAL to eat CONGER in fancy-pants Europe and Argentina! </span><br />
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Boca Junior Cheerleaders y el Gran Bistec:</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" /><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ARGENTINA KNOWS WHAT'S UP.</b></td></tr>
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</div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Conger</strong></span> is mild and sweet. It pairs nicely with suttle flavors. If you are still stumped, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">substitute conger in any mackerel recipe</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"> for glorious results!</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>D</strong></span>id I hear somebody say CONGER isn't mainstream enough for the their customers? </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">Rachael Ray broils her own to make <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>homemade unagi</strong></span>. Lets face it, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"> b </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 800;">A ship that stays in the harbor is safe, </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 800;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 800;">but that isn't what ships are made for.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Gabrielle Stommelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00051736686181433773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8458372874112288086.post-5300082396658902732012-02-06T11:46:00.000-08:002012-02-06T11:46:06.562-08:00Fish Farm in a Garbage Can.Up in the South Bronx lives an ambitious couple of ex-bankers who are farming what they have come to call <a href="http://www.dnainfo.com/20120118/manhattan/raising-trashcan-tilapia-is-latest-trend-urban-farming">Bronx Best Blue Tilapia</a>, right in their own garbage cans!<br />
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Garbage cans, Rasta MAN!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Christopher Toole and girlfriend Anya Pozdeeva started said fish farm inside their apartment in Riverdale, NY in 2010 but had to re-locate when neighbors became suspicious about what the hell was going on up there on the 14th floor. Now located near Hunts Point, the couple invites Bronx school children to come and help raise fish and farm mint as well as basil using fish waste. The kids even get to take their bounty home to eat.<br />
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The Bronx Best Blue Tilapia program is raising awareness about eating healthy and knowing where your food comes from in a part of NYC where this mindset is sadly lacking. Hopefully in time this project will become huge and will employ and feed many South Bronx residents in need!!<br />
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Another fish farm success story is that of <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-fish-farming-20120129,0,5847757.story">Meir Lazar</a> in the suburbs of Baltimore, MD. He is growing up to 100lbs of tilapia per year and all of the herbs and veggies he and his family can eat via hydroponics from the tanks. He wants to show the world that any old fool can pull something like this off.<br />
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</tbody></table></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">J</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">ust the other day Captain Scott, owner of the F/V Dragon Lady actually invited me (me?me!) to board his fishing vessel and scope the winter Jonah Crab scene. </span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;">D</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">uring the frosty months large commercial lobster boats like the F/V Dragon Lady stay a little closer to shore targeting Jonah Crabs. By a little closer to shore I still mean about 60 miles out there. These guys are tough as nails and cool as hell. Put it this way, if the apocalypse came down upon the earth I would REALLY want to be on their team. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">J</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">onah crabs are not worth as much $ as lobster and they are more precious than lobs. They don't live as long once harvested from the water. Chefs like to use the picked leg and body meat of the Jonah Crab in salads, crab cakes, spring rolls and other crazy inventions.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">ALL BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPHY BY THE TALENTED MOLLY SUGAR.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', 'Arial MT Condensed Light', sans-serif; font-size: small;">You know what? </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', 'Arial MT Condensed Light', sans-serif; font-size: medium;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', 'Arial MT Condensed Light', sans-serif; font-size: small;">At this point I'll just have a hot dog.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', 'Arial MT Condensed Light', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Y</strong></span>ou may not know it, but <strong>YOU</strong> have the power to stop this madness. <a href="http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/sos/spsyn/pg/silverhake/" linktype="1" shape="rect" style="color: blue;" target="_blank" track="off">Whiting is not overfished and overfishing is not occuring!</a> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', 'Arial MT Condensed Light', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">Just sayin'... Utilize</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', 'Arial MT Condensed Light', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"> a species that is not under intense criticism and conflict every five minutes and you will never have to bite your tongue again. </span><br />
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</tbody></table>Gabrielle Stommelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00051736686181433773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8458372874112288086.post-85020262413151458352012-01-23T10:56:00.000-08:002012-01-23T10:58:15.828-08:00WHAT THE HELL is a HAGFISH?Get you barf bags ready because hagfish are super disgusting and gross! Ever wonder why they are so incredibly repulsive? Start with a bonafide raunch-dawg name like hagfish, end with the rancid slime these creatures omit and you will start to get the picture.<br />
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These oversized sea worms are jawless, they are a close relatives of the lamprey aka shark sucker. Their mouths contain rake-like teeth which they use to ravage shrimps, mollusks and fish. Hags will even eat dead fish. GROSS! Some commercial fishermen can stand the hags because they feed on coveted money-making groundfish stock.<br />
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Hagfish are the most primitive of all vertebrates, both living and extinct. Nasty ass hagfish are true <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovecraftian_horror">Lovecraftian</a> horrors of the sea.<br />
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</tbody></table>Hag-sters are an important animal for researchers because they haven't evolved in more than 300 million years. Save a spot for the hagfish at your family reunion this year because we are all living ancestors of the hagfish.<br />
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The rudimentary eyeballs of the hagfish leave it nearly blind, at least they have highly functional barbel smellers which they use to navigate and stalk their prey.<br />
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Hagfish are a by-catch of the New England ground fishery yet nobody around here dares to eat them. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagfish">I read</a> that in Korea the chef will keep a live hagfish in a tank and bother it with a stick every once in a while to collect the fibrous slime that it produces as a defense mechanism. Their slime is used dishes <a href="http://ewewgross.blogspot.com/2006/03/hagfish-slime-scones.html">they way an American chef might use egg white</a>. Hey, I don't make this shit up! <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb2EOP3ohnE">Click here</a> to watch a fascinating hagfish slime-ing video.Gabrielle Stommelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00051736686181433773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8458372874112288086.post-78785123611441274302012-01-18T08:32:00.000-08:002012-01-18T08:46:06.829-08:00Scorpaenidae or DIE!!!<span style="background-color: white; border-image: initial; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', 'Arial MT Condensed Light', sans-serif; text-align: left;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>E</strong></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">ver try to make bouillabaisse without</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>scorpionfish</strong></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">? It's like trying to go on family vacation in the Bahamas without rum:</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Absolute goddamned torture. </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px;">Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse...</span><br />
<strong style="font-size: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Somebody get that </span></strong><br />
<strong style="font-size: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">parrot a stiff drink!</span></strong></td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>C</strong></span>onsider your dry spell over 'cause <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=d59y4fiab&et=1109072574772&s=1&e=001vmNMTGQGSoez_lAxiNtou3jU-gwRk5BvA4rXj3ryw7ZUrj2x6O3DEcjHlH4Qh_oZ7La0Ms1SBYAL1IRmrt_9vnLjt_sXP7EAchWcej0oPE-AGYA0IUA2TF-oL1XHSRmK" linktype="1" shape="rect" style="color: blue;" target="_blank" track="on">scorpionfish</a>, <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=d59y4fiab&et=1109072574772&s=1&e=001vmNMTGQGSoez_lAxiNtou3jU-gwRk5BvA4rXj3ryw7ZUrj2x6O3DEcjHlH4Qh_oZ7La0Ms1SBYAL1IRmrt_9vnLjt_sXP7EAchWcej0oPE-AGYA0IUA2TF-oL1XHSRmK" linktype="1" shape="rect" style="color: blue;" target="_blank" track="on">lionfish</a>, and believe it or not <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=d59y4fiab&et=1109072574772&s=1&e=001vmNMTGQGSoefUL2ooiu-y1eScjRXP2zw1lRwAbK4zBHpyviCySwSd9jctRsN0224OMGVeNMA2KWiHJGjO5QBMHlN3VXn0HUDH0CKr6FCkcm_7snFSE3HumUH3a0Jwq5U" linktype="1" shape="rect" style="color: blue;" target="_blank" track="on">SEA ROBIN</a> are all <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=d59y4fiab&et=1109072574772&s=1&e=001vmNMTGQGSoe4HY8AkgRjxBVOTz8326t1W7RN7khFOppe3XxNgP-hc8FDPSd0qll7uvUPLs4bCJ-khmelErGGWKjTpxk0S6R1mJK1rJjpHtfcx3BV-iWjs1rrKCDPvILoFL8WU1YcLCs=" linktype="1" shape="rect" style="color: blue;" target="_blank" track="on">Scorpaenidae</a>! Yup, those gross-looking flying fish that croak like frogs when you catch 'em are not only clogging up nets and hooking themselves across the world, but they are also delicious. Even my grouchy old fisherman father agrees that the firm, tender tail of a weirdo sea robin is well worth eatin.'</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Think of the incredible appetizer you could create with the tasty flesh of </span><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=d59y4fiab&et=1109072574772&s=1&e=001vmNMTGQGSofdUF7gE7Y7jA6wBtFKU5JqkxKc_snZ-PLRVseeTt37TrS75NjdyEx33VGBZpa2az3LB3EHgAwqdINspYvgGGfk0f29Qiks8lr7d5pBOKoe2c0GW_Md5BJnI3g-DdNhO2DWSUIiFsPu_NQIFsNn8CTANEbw17tlyH-ws9cRBYqleAv-keYdXDTCHHWREANcnHnjBjuGvM46McF5YMBq9fb2OdcX72nRM9OvPe18K5JrzhmA_rVNmFQMEQ5783DB8PcaPqScINgcaqffDIjsq3XWjMGiDAYJLc5c3OcoYOLuRQktugcmtS_DpZNgQY05eJj-S6CGcqhU9VE4jPp9Z7DDxvd9uoqj9zDMipcTwKMHlORZxJJ4up5OGoH0AGESo2XKZ-gPCvzJrCtKlXPlRpFvo0zueuEOpZp_3kguDlfJT0firgaHuOgvJxwS_9mFBManSnuYOUz-_JglkoDbpD-RncTMXAjVK_vhY0A4z1rPDjD9t_ZSRJfUV_k3D4QQC6xE82ST19tNnpySJANMZ1uh9j01PYnZN2URm9ct4vmrnx7Pjox77n7RO6QF4CvKBPSisfq7MU6H05iP99F4sXyeC3-JaWBLP3OrKX_1xFYX1u8AonmhPHWcd45vAWlWcGhfTDhUy7B0vpoVaeoyro7rs0NIl2yzUTMYKAhM9WR87qZICxgj1iLnNdquUybs_QJQ-P7OLPjLjttx7UgH0I1OMzlvyU16uPdF8_Crp1TQLgUa77UltDG3nE_nWuqb2uBzdrTuf4Tmy7gwyo-KUTetP4y8fjF22pDSDnJGzbLy5Lu83hGRVxMnig3hZ135Lrb-9xgZz-mKGYhGXAwf_z7ETR2MzzkxCg3-yI9GZe0F-Zb0W0ig6vx-QnbyX3bw3wvBya2WUa0BYIiyP3F5TKzM2c3gkqgi85knKphEJuSccJENg1XpDLcb" linktype="1" shape="rect" style="color: black; font-size: medium;" target="_blank" track="on">that creature's</a></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> tail.</span><br />
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</div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sea robin sushi? YES, PLEASE! Watch this <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=d59y4fiab&et=1109072574772&s=1&e=001vmNMTGQGSodKkwdFg2JfqT6HRRMXB1oWfEfb_Fev6ATomHGOtco030DrXUFchi6tuKysgmX9-iryJ8FVHp3vNrZJpel5i01aWOHZO2qivy1yUdlWkaK7mmlVyOeAvTXFnVtPv3MEBQCTsO82oWdjyfVcZc9ZMAMf-8LQDbiaor4=" linktype="1" shape="rect" style="color: black;" target="_blank" track="on">semi-boring video</a> about filleting, preparing and serving lionfish, <strong>or just read on for the spoiler</strong>... </span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>-</strong> The narrator's favorite lionfish preparation is <strong>CEVICHE</strong>. Yes I said ceviche, which of course is served raw. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</strong></span></div></div>Gabrielle Stommelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00051736686181433773noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8458372874112288086.post-33722169423248557362012-01-14T17:33:00.000-08:002012-01-14T17:34:36.446-08:00Iki Jime: Delaying Rigor Mortis, One Fish at a Time.Ever since my buddy Yuji invited me to check out <a href="http://www.trueworldfoods.com/">True World</a> fish warehouse in Jerz I have gone hog-wild with the <a href="http://www.journalarchive.jst.go.jp/jnlpdf.php?cdjournal=fishsci1994&cdvol=68&noissue=sup2&startpage=1343&chr=en">ike jime</a> research. I can't get enough of these flesh preserving, taste enhancing Japanese fish handling techniques. Most American Fishermen already know that when you bleed 'em on board, you make more dough. Fish is a limited natural resource, and the Japanese know how to handle their fish. They like to eat seafood in the freshest condition possible and fishermen who use iki jime techniques to kill their prey receive the most money for each single piece.<br />
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</tbody></table>Ike Jime literally means "spinal cord destruction" and it is the practice of a non-stress death and bleeding of fish on board fishing vessels. I have seen charter fishing videos where the fishermen and mates are literally kicking still-alive codfish around on deck. This is disgraceful! I understand that with trawlers and in bad weather, performing an iki jime fish execution might be a challenge. That said, I do believe that for hook fishermen, long liners and trap fishermen iki jime is a viable and progressive way to make more money by implementing free techniques! Here is an <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YofCpoXkx2Q">interesting short video</a> of two chefs going through the process of iki jime. Ike jime should be preformed at the time of the fish's death.<br />
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Iki Jime involves severing the brain of the fish. The best way to do this is puncturing the brain from inside the fish's gill plate. You always want the fish to remain as intact as possible, however, if you want you can through the spinal cord behind the eyes of the fish. Always be careful not to puncture the heart. Once the head stuff is over with, sever the tail of the fish, just like the diagram below. Insert the wire into the spine. Bleed the fish in a bucket of ice slurry, aka ice with sea water. Now you know what to do. Go practice on some cod this winter!<br />
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Although it may seem gruesome, execution by way of hole-through-brain and wire-through-spinal cord is the most humane method out there. Ike jime is totally in style too. <a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/luckypeach">Lucky Peach</a>, the super awesome new food mag by David Chang and Anthony Bourdain just did a good article about ike jimi, which is still in stores.<br />
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I could go on about iki jime for days, and I will. For now, check out this <a href="http://www.mylureshop.com/p/1185392/yamashita-ika-shime.html">ike shime squid killing tool</a>. Be sure to watch the video at the bottom of the page where the squid turns all shades of brown pre and post mortem.Gabrielle Stommelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00051736686181433773noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8458372874112288086.post-89508374417942153262012-01-09T14:44:00.000-08:002012-01-09T14:44:59.194-08:00Clupea Harengus means Herring. OH JOY!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><b><span style="font-size: large;">Creamed Herring</span></b> sounds like a GOOD TIME to you? <span style="font-size: large;">That is super!</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;">F</span>or relaxation purposes, I enjoy smoking a nice big herring. I pretend that I am in <span style="font-size: large;">Norway</span> and I dive into a pile of <a href="http://www.seafoodsource.com/newsarticledetail.aspx?id=4294999883">kippered herring</a> which gets my blood flowing straight towards magnetic North. In the Philippines they eat it their<i> clupe harengus</i> dried whole with eggs and garlic, <b>extra-extra garlic</b>. Sometimes herrings come in a jug floating around in juices of red wine. Whatever! Herring is high as a kite in Omega-3's, which is good for your noggin. Eat sh*t-loads of it and use you newly formed braincells to stop copying recipes and think up your own 2012 herring-vention!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">H</span>erring is a <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anadromous">anadromous</a>, mid-water species which is caught around the world but also in the North Atlantic by trawlers. Some small scale fishermen continue to harvest the tricky way using a purse seine. They have to do it at night when the fish use their highly evolved eyeballs to stalk drifting zooplanktons. THAT SOUNDS OLD SCHOOL, DOESN'T IT? BALLER.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">G</span>uess what else is baller: Herring is a wicked well-managed fishery that is not overfished and <a href="http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/fishwatch/species/atl_herring.htm">overfishing is not occurring</a>. Ever heard of whitebait? Those are baby herrings. Fry them and skewer them, you might make some new friends.<br />
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</div>Gabrielle Stommelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00051736686181433773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8458372874112288086.post-18615954853498805392012-01-07T07:18:00.000-08:002012-01-07T07:34:12.308-08:00$736,000 Tuna Time in Japan<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Kiyoshi Kimura</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">, president of the<b> Sushi Zanmai </b>restaurant chain was Japan's Big Sugar Daddy this past week when he purchased the worlds most expensive Bluefin Tuna at Tsujiki Market in Tokyo. The <a href="http://articles.boston.com/2012-01-05/business/30594021_1_bluefin-tuna-bluefin-fishing-conservation-of-atlantic-tunas">593 lb beast</a> was caught off the coast of Northern Japan in an area called Oma. Oma was ravaged by last years Tsunami. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">W</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">atch this awesome video where a very pleased fish cutter uses what appears to be a samurai sword to divvy up the fish. Prepare yourself for some dramatic Japanese hooting and hollering!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Tunas, like sharks and mackerels are <a href="http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/bluefin-tuna/">WARM BLOODED</a> fishes. The warm sanguini regulates their body temp making it possible for them to travel throughout a diverse range of water temperatures.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">EVER WONDER</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">how the experts grade tuna? Check out this <a href="http://www.ledafish.com/tuna.htm">informational link</a> about tuna quality grading systems.</span><br />
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</div>Gabrielle Stommelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00051736686181433773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8458372874112288086.post-86772880087089197132012-01-05T12:30:00.000-08:002012-01-05T12:30:49.441-08:00An Arm and a Leg for a Scallop.<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Did somebody say <b>SEA SCALLOPS</b></span><b>?</b> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">In this day and age prices are at <b><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2011/12/30/ns-scallop-prices-high.html">RECORD HIGHS</a>.</b></div><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">V</span>arious factors have contributed to this <b>gnarly price spike</b> which will be passed along allllll the way to YOU the consumer. Limited supply of local sea scallops have pushed the price skyward and interestingly enough, the lasting effects of the tsunami and earthquake in <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Japan</span> have made them a less aggressive contributor to the US Market.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">B</span>y now you must be really tired of me bitchin' and carryin' on about high prices, natural disasters, climate change and saving the most endangered species of all, the fishermen. I don't blame you, I can be a real pain in the ass.<br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">J</span>ust don't let this itty-bitty price-y thing-y get you down. The scallop cloud has a huge silver lining: local scallop fishermen are getting paid well for their harvest and WE LIKE THAT because we want them to stay in business.<br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I</span>f you find yourself in the shits, buy lobsters instead! Lobbie-Lobs are cheap right now, but remember <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Scallops Are Great</span> and you should continue to eat them too.Gabrielle Stommelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00051736686181433773noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8458372874112288086.post-37536345464388224732011-12-30T07:41:00.000-08:002011-12-30T07:46:07.613-08:00SCOMBER SCOMBRUS - Atlantic Mackerel<div align="left" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">T</span>he year flashes before our eyes and another round of impossible resolutions invade our thoughts. <strong style="font-size: 16px;">I'm gonna work less than 80 hours a week, I'm gonna stop eating lemon merengue bon-bons at 4am, I'm gonna stop biting my co-workers when they piss me off...</strong> </div><div align="left" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><br />
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<div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">These are impossible resolutions! Get over it and r</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">esolve to accomplish something you can really stick with this year:</span><br />
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</div><div align="center" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">SO, what fishery is local, in season and not desecrating the environment?</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><strong>THE EASTERN ATLANTIC MACKEREL FISHERY OF COURSE!</strong></div><div align="center" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><strong><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">They shine like silver and are stiff as a board when they are fresh.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> </span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">N</span>ot only are the Atlantic Mackerels NOT being overfished, their population estimates are currently <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=d59y4fiab&et=1109017023154&s=541&e=001XroPhGyhEuDp-WvoeWoqbs_aui0T6SfWbGFpbtu7iVdHhngZ1YA-KUii-vicVRxcdsuyRJ819L-2JnH0ms9Dd0vu-J8JAO5jvwoE4S_528mbaK8liqSDhSwZMLRWunmiTuiOScJLIVJIm2fQw8BL6QfAr4hgUDFsLpfxFKZZF6w=" linktype="1" shape="rect" style="color: #333333; font-size: 16px;" target="_blank" track="on">267% OVER target level</a>. For those of you who suck at math, allow me to clarify: That is A <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=d59y4fiab&et=1109017023154&s=541&e=001XroPhGyhEuAN6irmaTh3LLDYT7rSU8wKJ5smkVa45-6KJ2dUQxKJq8hzay_XTB0f8Sv1IamMEvSk-acS1Kpov-FSkD2OZUkrK0p7kqjILwpbE4WQBMnoPNzLH78olYJrTDNYrwDceALRAnxcM8areAM8WDZcUKU7" linktype="1" shape="rect" style="color: #333333; font-size: 16px;" target="_blank" track="on">SHITLOAD</a>!</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div></div>Gabrielle Stommelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00051736686181433773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8458372874112288086.post-40288239298383333962011-12-27T12:56:00.000-08:002011-12-27T13:00:44.096-08:00COLOSSAL PRAWN GULF INVASION<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqQOx7pKV-pU_XW7Mg8XHsKL59pvUGF3_0PpMsAxk6BHpdTaSP5CBOUW-fOkYFdEIgUrggmTeYiLaD_ZmMjd2CGcUDi-N8RYJ_OXimbKIIsyZXQlqQxommdGbMX0Ks0qbs-i4NnyK8-yRs/s1600/imgres-15.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqQOx7pKV-pU_XW7Mg8XHsKL59pvUGF3_0PpMsAxk6BHpdTaSP5CBOUW-fOkYFdEIgUrggmTeYiLaD_ZmMjd2CGcUDi-N8RYJ_OXimbKIIsyZXQlqQxommdGbMX0Ks0qbs-i4NnyK8-yRs/s200/imgres-15.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">W</span>ithin the murky waterways of the bayou lies a delicate ecosystem of life. Critters (humans included) who call the Gulf of Mex their home have endured some bodacious ravagings from both man and Mother Nature. The latest potential threat to the scene comes in the freaky form of<a href="http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Giant-shrimp-raises-big-concern-as-it-invades-the-2424242.php"> HUMUNGOUS ASIAN PRAWNS.</a><br />
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</div><span style="font-size: large;">T</span>hese colossal asshole prawns feed on pink and brown shrimp as well as crabs and oysters. All of said species are VERY important to commercial fishing in the Gulf. You should also note that these big creeps are disease ridden and contagious to other animals in their environment.<br />
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</span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Oh freaky new prawn, you're as big as a lobster</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>You're a bully, a glutton and I dare say a mobster</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Your color is the darkest of darkish red BLOOD</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Just waiting to strike your next kill in the mud</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">O</span>nly a few of these bastards have been found so far, when they find the 60th idiot prawn they will have enough evidence to believe they are a serious <a href="http://www.gsarp.org/#:content@1:links@2">invasive species threat to the Gulf. </a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">S</span>ome humans believe the new jerks on the block are escapees from aquaculture farms in Central America, others believe they were introduced to the Gulf by some creative geniuses who just like to eat giant prawns more than the native species. Either way, not a great situation.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Heya Lloyd, Whaddaya say we take these invasive prawns down to the bayou and set them free?"<br />
"GREAT IDEA HARRY!"</td></tr>
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</div>Gabrielle Stommelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00051736686181433773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8458372874112288086.post-25876174352433181812011-12-26T12:08:00.000-08:002011-12-26T12:17:32.309-08:008 Fishy Ways to Entertain on New Years Eve!<div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">W</span>hat's more fun than ringing in the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">New Year </span>with a glass of expensive champagne and crisp raw oyster in yer gullet? Nothing really. Even still, it is important to keep the food and drink selection funky fresh while you ball out 'til the ball drops. Here are a few suggestions from my mother Sabrina's kitchen. She is a seasoned entertainer so get with her program and you will not disappoint. </div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">SEE HOW TINY THESE BAY SCALLOPS ARE? THAT'S WASSUP.<br />
also, note the tiny tinnyyyyyyy pieces of bacon. That there is the ratio you are looking for.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: small;">WAH-LAH, pass the Lactaid.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Recognize these guys?<br />
Now stop bein' a fool and add them to your raw bar.<br />
Some purveyors freeze them and sell them by the lb. as lobster legs or lobster spaghetti.<br />
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actually enhances the shrimp's texture. Also, please stay classy and peel and devein the shrimps yourself.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Make sure the fish are wicked fresh and try not to burn yourself during the frying process.<br />
This was the Horse Mackerel at Kyo Ya in the East Village, NYC.</td></tr>
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</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Don't wake up on New Year's Day to the horrific sounds of Wild Pete snoring away on your couch in his hot-dog suit and his new girlfriend puking in your toilet. Give your guests the H20 they need to pass the breathalyzer and GO HOME.</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Keep the clams cookin,' the nog flowin,'</span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">and </span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">the yule-tide Valium close at hand!</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
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On the Eve of the birf of the Baby Jeezus, every saintly church-going Catholic Matron would stomp around the house sweeping the floor, wailing her prayers and waiting for the fishmonger to show up with his wares.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">H</span>aving procured enough seafaring goods to feed her large, round, robust, loud and hungry family La Nonna would then <b>holler and hoot </b>for everyone's attention and begin to cook! MANGIA!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">W</span>ant to tap into your old school Euro roots? Want to channel La Nonna in all of her rotund and bustling glory? Here are my seven fish recommendations to prepare a traditional Feast of the Seven Fishes!<br />
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1) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Baccala</span> - Any respectable Festa is not complete without a large slab of Salted Codfish. Meshes well with tomatoes and katamala olives.<br />
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2) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">SMELTS. </span>Yup<br />
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3) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Clams.</span> They are in season. For twenty bucks you can procure yourself a family license to harvest them yourself, which is always a real good time.<br />
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4)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Calamari.</span> GET REAL. You can't do this feast without some squid. I know they aren't in season but buy yoursef some frozen tubes and tentacles. Spice it up!<br />
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5)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">WHOLE ROASTED Mediterranean Branzino: </span>DUH.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If this fish could talk it would say:<br />
"Scale me, Gut me, Stuff me with lemon and herbs." WAH-LAH</td></tr>
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6)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Sardines. </span>They are in season. Make sure they are fresh or your guests will feel like they are eating cat food.<br />
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7) Last and certaintly not least <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">EEL.</span> Eel is the BOMB. Hard to fillet, but you will surely entertain while nailing a spike through its head...<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">HAPPY FESTIVAL-ING!</span></div>Gabrielle Stommelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00051736686181433773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8458372874112288086.post-22936575404754649582011-12-17T16:02:00.000-08:002011-12-17T16:02:40.728-08:00WHAT IN CLAM-NATION?<div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: small;"><a href="http://fuckyeahmermaids.tumblr.com/"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaA6XK_b2n6G89xL1C1Yf2x7zY2ODPgo62jA0O3U81SnADP4bhyphenhyphen-F4RX2HtoWEEBFVrQ2FJyLWlHgWhyxzIx9hpjNlAGsp3iUFUvdAp8OD1EPzCCJ8eJ4NR1I49olctfBGcbhZN6NinNQT/s200/tumblr_lea6r0RHbB1qz7t0xo1_500.jpg" width="151" /></a></span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Size Counts: THE TRUE BREAKDOWN</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">T</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">he smallest legal sized </span><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=d59y4fiab&et=1108958395384&s=1&e=001HiWJhgffYSd3g7zvsq4ePmdiGPYt0LrZqjiTwmYHxlkt0A4sxd7nGkpWk0jOlkFI__Tw5UlrMfXk86URJl5V049_9ty4FKOn9Kn2sU-nQv2JAft1teMjocG4-mIcwl4CzQWmgPLGTsg2vdy7Ks-vUeEh1EQmlBSiX6YuVYlr4k5Vv4jjH_X00xaGwFuJiUtZVtk43LJ1cJhbqoYTsl3CNwMwdH6X1K5m5B32YdiVnB6Ag47viHq93u_bycwlPl6XMRBh1wgLnUk=" linktype="1" shape="rect" style="color: blue; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank" track="on">quahogs</a><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> are one-inchers, the littlenecks. A small step larger and you have cherrystones, topped by the top-necks (aka countnecks) and all the way up to the Large Marge's of the bunch the CHOWDER CLAMS. </span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Quahogs are hard shelled as opposed to <br />
soft shell clams aka steamers.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Q</span>uahogs are filter feeding creatures that purify our coastal areas most abundantly from Cape Cod to New Jersey. Water is taken in through a siphon at which point plankton and other matter is passed over the gills of the animal and into it's stomach. The filtered water is then expelled via another siphon. A large clam can filter about a gallon of water in one hour. What is more sustainable than that? <b>YOU TELL ME.</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maybe you think clams are boring. Guess what? THEY'RE NOT. There are no boring clams. <b>Does this look boring to you?</b> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
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in it's natural habitat.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">At one time, you could <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=d59y4fiab&et=1108958395384&s=1&e=001HiWJhgffYSfy5Al2ipI2oePr8y2WekIl5OPvp-IgrVX8zPERRKpz0BRt8ffdjwim9DvLLuety_3y0xkyJtJfGaPgFvxwfn7FZL3j2XTSgsTljt3NFS-zWVY2mnXh7f9TvxBVm0qE1S2jwdFXTVcxVA==" linktype="1" shape="rect" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank" track="on">pay your tuition at Harvard University</a> with Wampum:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Veritas Clam-neritas Alumnus<br />
Pay us en Wampum-itus</span></span></span></span></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">W</span>hile preparing this seasonal staple I have one piece of advice to you is to KEEP IT REAL.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The competition is stiff out there and the best chance you have at survival is makin' it original. Look at this friggen' guy:</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
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</div><div align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Santa loves a hot clam!</span></div><div align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #333333;"><div>Somebody please give me a HOT CLAM!</div><div>I'm turning into such a fat shit off </div><div>these cookies and milk...</div></span></td></tr>
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</span></div></div>Gabrielle Stommelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00051736686181433773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8458372874112288086.post-59717236870378880702011-12-13T09:35:00.000-08:002011-12-13T09:35:21.032-08:00Cod Damn It.I picked up the <a href="http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20111213/NEWS/112130317">Cape Cod Times</a> this morning and what did I see? Terrible freaking news about scientific research on cod stocks in <a href="http://stellwagen.noaa.gov/">Stellwagen Bank</a>. In 2008 apparently there was a massive explosion of baby codfish in the area and fishing rules were adjusted accordingly. Now scientists are saying that this huge litter of cod gave us false hope that cod stocks were healthy and now (again) because of this, our beloved cods are being overfished. I am always skeptical when it comes to scientific data and the fishing industry. How can they come to two completely separate conclusions regarding cod stocks from the same scientific data they gathered in 2008? Science research of course is funded mainly by environmental groups and as we all know MONEY TALKS. <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2003/10/27/scientists_fishermen_in_standoff/">Trawlgate </a> the scandal of 2000 is another perfect example of scientists fucking shit up for the fishermen because of miscalculated research methods.<br />
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Ask a seafood purveyor at Hunts Point in the Bronx, NY and they will tell you that there is nothing wrong with the biomass index of the cod species. Ask a cod fisherman who lands 113,000 lbs of cod per year and he will tell you there are plenty of fish in the sea. Enviro's point their fingers at fishermen saying that they are fishing the oceans clean. Fishermen don't want the cod to become extinct, that is their livelihood!<br />
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New stricter regulations on cod fishing is really going to razzle already economically marginalized Mass fishermen. Not allowing them to catch cod could put 90 percent of the codfishing fleet completely out of business. Codfish swim with other species that are caught commercially further complicating matters. Read more about the dilemma in <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/11/us/conflicting-indicators-on-gulf-of-maine-cod-stocks.html?pagewanted=1&_r=3">this article</a> from the NY Times. The fishermen might make it to the endangered species list if things keep going the way they are now...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">FV Nobska my father's cod fishing boat painted by Martha Buckett</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Gabrielle Stommelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00051736686181433773noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8458372874112288086.post-72247015884553368912011-12-12T09:55:00.000-08:002011-12-12T09:57:15.910-08:00Morality of Hunting and Fishing.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I </span>like to fish but believe it or not, pulling a fish out of it's environment bothers me just a little bit. When the fish is laying there gasping at the gills I get kind of queasy. Once I went trout fishing in upstate New York with a farmer guy. He took me to the river up the mountain from his house and when he caught his first trout of the day he snapped it's neck swiftly. I know that putting the animal out of it's misery right away is best, but when I caught a fish and tried to break it's neck I could not do it. My fish was flapping around like a wild beast and I felt really bad.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I</span> eat meat, I eat fish. My father is a commercial fisherman and I sell fish for a living for crying out loud. I love grass-fed organic beefs, I eat <a href="http://www.brooklyntaco.com/">Brooklyn Tacos</a> and I drool over a <a href="http://www.heritagefoodsusa.com/heritage/about_us.html">juicy heritage pork chop </a>from the <a href="http://www.essexstreetmarket.com/">Essex Market </a>on Delancey Street in the Lower East Side. I will even admit that when I am driving up to the Cape from NYC on I-95 I will occasionally scarf a McDonald's burger just because there is nothing else around.<br />
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So, if I eat what I want and do what I want shouldn't I be able to kill, gut, slaughter, whatever, my own animal? <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/monteburke/2010/12/16/on-the-morality-of-killing-big-game/2/">It would seem so...</a><br />
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When I told my mother Sabrina that I wanted to go hunting to see what it is like she became upset. She is an animal lover to the core but she is also an omnivore, which I pointed out to her. Her point to me was that a wild animal living in the woods trying to survive does not need to be the animal that we eat. There are plenty of cattles and porks being raised specifically for eating purposes and why not just eat that. She makes sense there I guess. I will continue to fish and I am going to try hunting but I am still not sure I have the gumption to field dress a deer. Life experiences change us. Before I know it I may become a certifiable vegetarian, only time will tell.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Did somebody say Cod Milt?! <br />
NOW I'M HUNGRY!!</td></tr>
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</div>Gabrielle Stommelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00051736686181433773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8458372874112288086.post-84005555583866897902011-12-08T20:43:00.000-08:002011-12-08T20:44:42.798-08:00Governors Island Harbor School RULES!!!<a href="http://www.nyharborschool.org/">The Harbor School</a> seems to me like the NYC salty seafaring equivalent of the Jack Black movie "School of Rock." The inner city students who are studying and working at this hands-on public NYC high-school learn maritime skills such as boat-building, marine biology and aquaculture. They become scuba certified and boat safety certified. They breed fish and they manage a growing oyster farm of 600,000 oysters. Within 20 years they plan to purify all of NYC Harbor with this awesome bi-valve farm they got goin' on! These juggernaut kids are INVOLVED in their own future and the future of their natural local environment. Are you as impressed as I am? It only gets better. The graduation rate from this high school is a whopping 74% and each student is required to obtain an acceptance letter from a college in order to graduate. Today I had the absolute pleasure of visiting the Harbor School. I spent the day with these <a href="http://newyorkharborschool.org/our-activities/land-maritime-activities/">wicked amazing and dedicated students</a>, the schools founding father <a href="http://www.newyorkharborschool.org/leadership.html">Murray Fisher</a> and a few other interesting fish lovers such as David Isenberg of Woods Hole and <a href="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/author/andrew-c-revkin/">NY Times Dot Earth blogger Andy Revkin</a>. For me the Harbor School is an urban utopia.<br />
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</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">F</span>ishermen and fishermen's daughters love <a href="http://frank.house.gov/issue/Fishing/related-news">Congressman Barney Frank</a>. Now after more that 30 years in the House of Representatives, he <a href="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/28/barney-frank-to-quit-house-after-30-years/">has decided to retire</a>. Barney, a left-handed gay Jewish man knows what it is like to be part of the minority. He has always fought the good fight in Congress for fishermen's rights.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.ecaptain.com/node/4804">In 2009 Barney passed a Coast Guard Reauthorization bill <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">F</span>rank supports non-biased fisheries research, he is adamant that NOAA not pocket any money for seafood research. He also supports socio-economic research in fishing communities and believes that the government must analyze the economic impact that strict fishing regulations have on major fishing towns like New Bedford. Frank has worked hard throughout his career to improve laws in favor of scallopers and ground fishermen in Massachusetts. Barney is a legendary negotiator and get deals done. He has be known to side with other politicians who were looking out for fishermen's rights regardless of their party affiliation. <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/barney-frank-is-fishermens-friend-in-congress/2011/12/03/gIQAmTE0PO_story.html">Losing direct representation of the important fishing town of New Bedford was a major factor in Barney Frank's decision to step down from the House of Reps.</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Barney's <a href="http://www.fishermensvoice.com/archives/0410EleventhHourRally.html">11th hour rally for ground fishermen</a> reported by Fisherman's Voice April 2010.</td></tr>
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<a href="http://www.savingseafood.org/wbsm/WBSM_2011-07-21.html">Saving Seafood Bob Vanasse Interview with Barney Frank and Dr. Brian Rothschild</a><br />
Click above to hear good old Barn-dawgs stick up for fishermens rights in 2012.Gabrielle Stommelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00051736686181433773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8458372874112288086.post-63340263581766034072011-12-05T11:33:00.000-08:002011-12-05T11:33:48.504-08:00Sleep Deprivation in the Seafood IndustryMany animals go into hibernation during the cold dark months. Most people catch their beauty rest during the night. To me this cycle feels pretty normal, even if some days I don't feel like waking up with the sun.<div><br />
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</div><div>Imagine going into work at midnight and leaving at 7am five days per week. This is reality for fishmongers waking and working during the darkest of hours. Big city fish markets do most of their business at night in order to feed the city the following day. Fishermen in a 9 man crew usually sleep in shifts. Four hours on and four hours off. Ouch. People in the seafood industry tend to be saltier than most but these strange hours and environments still take their toll.<div><br />
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<div>Pretend you are an Apple Computer. Your biological clocks are synching with each other and backing up information under one master clock, sort of like Time Machine. <a href="http://www.nigms.nih.gov/Education/Factsheet_CircadianRhythms.htm">Circadian rhythms</a> are driven by our biological clocks and controlled by factors inside of our bodies such as temperature, hormones, sleep-wake cycles and even genetics. Outside factors like the 24-hour light schedule and seasons have strong effects on our systems as well.</div></div></div><div><br />
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</div><div>Truth be told, most of the commercial fishermen and fishmongers I know rarely ever sleep. To me the sleeplessness is just another sweet reason why this industry is totally nuts and not for the faint of heart.</div><div><br />
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</div>Gabrielle Stommelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00051736686181433773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8458372874112288086.post-79078748607202768352011-12-03T16:48:00.000-08:002011-12-03T16:48:26.801-08:00ONLY NY: Apparel and Art by a FISHERMAN.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">W</span>hen I was a tiny mermy-baby flipping and diving through the beaches of Woods Hole, crying for my Mama and eating fist-loads of sand, I had a summer friend from NYC named <a href="http://micahstudio.org/">Micah</a>.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I</span> always admired Micah's fashion sense, and his love for fishing. Micah used to bring me and my mother fresh<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonito"> bonito </a>that he would extract from the churning waters of the <a href="http://www.falmouthbedandbreakfastassociation.org/index.php/2011/06/house-boats-in-woods-hole-harbor/">Woods Hole Gut</a>. He would <a href="http://www.5min.com/Video/How-to-Cut-Fish-for-Sashimi-1432">fillet the fish sushi-style</a> and we would eat it raw. He loves to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_Jy4dRh334">catch bonito</a> because they always put up a good fight.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">W</span>hen I was 18, right before I moved South America for a year, I went to see Micah in NYC. He showed me the fine fruits that this city has to offer and I knew that this was where I would end up.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">T</span>ime passes and life keeps us busy. Micah and I don't see too much of each other these days, but what a glorious impression he made on me during my formative years. Micah now owns and operates his own successful NYC based street-wear company called <a href="http://www.onlynylives.com/">ONLY NY</a>.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">A</span> lot of his design inspiration comes not only from the streets of NYC, but from fishing and nature. Check out <a href="http://www.onlynylives.com/">his website</a> and you will surely find something to drool over.<br />
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<b>ALL OF THE ART, DESIGN AND APPAREL YOU SEE HERE IS BY MICAH. Enjoy!</b>Gabrielle Stommelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00051736686181433773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8458372874112288086.post-47809678302609105052011-12-02T10:31:00.000-08:002011-12-02T10:31:55.078-08:00TAUTOG-ALOG-A-DING-DONG!<span size="2" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>I</strong></span> tell you from first hand experience that <strong>TAUTOGS </strong>aka<strong> Blackfish</strong> are migrating south for the winter.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;"> </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">NEXT STOP: SOUTH OF LAWN GUYLAND </span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That's Wassup. Don't mess with the spear, ya freaks.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal">Here's Ray Dawg hookin’ a female green crab, the elusive tautog's favorite food.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">I cast my line into the polluted waters hoping to snag something. A tire, a shoe, a poisonous snake? Nothing.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Note the "DANGER NO FISHING" sign across the way.<br />
Fish Babe don't give a shit, not like I am catching anything anyways.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">In</span> the end, the whole 3 day adventure was well worth it. I learned how to tie a fisherman's knot, I learned how to unhook my rig from under a rock and I had much needed lesson in patience. I hung out with old friends and made some new ones along the way. Friends, knots, patience: That's what fishin' and life are all about. In the end who really cares if I caught a fish. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Right?</span> Right.</div>Gabrielle Stommelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00051736686181433773noreply@blogger.com0