Wrong, wrong, wrong

March 6, 2008 at 9:29 am (bleeeuurgh, damn lies, food)

Who’s with me on this?

23 Comments

  1. Ben said,

    March 6, 2008 at 9:36 am

    No. I adore whitebait…

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  2. betty said,

    March 6, 2008 at 10:41 am

    If ever I’ve seen them served up, they all face the same direction which freaks me out. Their little eyes stare up at me imploringly … “Save me! Save me!”

    NOOOOOOO. I’ve got to have a bit of a cry now. I’m scared.

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  3. Caroline said,

    March 6, 2008 at 12:14 pm

    I’m soooo with you!
    Wrong. Very very wrong.

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  4. Istvanski said,

    March 6, 2008 at 1:59 pm

    Whitebait is a Meditaranean (sp) delicacy. I first tried it as a toddler when my aunt cooked it for me.
    Delicious and not wrong at all. Honestly woman, what’s the matter with you? It’s just minature fish, deep fried and plenty of lemon, mmmm…

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  5. Mel Murphy said,

    March 6, 2008 at 4:13 pm

    Yeah … but what’s it taste like? I was born on the coast in California and we eat virtually anything that swims in the water. :)

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  6. disgruntled said,

    March 6, 2008 at 4:56 pm

    It tastes like crunchy fried salt. Mmm, put like that, I quite fancy some

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  7. Billy said,

    March 6, 2008 at 5:25 pm

    Pork scratchings are worse. They have hair on them.

    Whitebait can be battered and that gets rid of the eye problem.

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  8. flutter said,

    March 6, 2008 at 6:43 pm

    Ew.

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  9. Bela said,

    March 6, 2008 at 7:26 pm

    Ooooh, I want some *now*! I adore whitebait. Sorry.

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  10. Fat Roland said,

    March 6, 2008 at 7:34 pm

    Yeeugh, how cold you post that? I absolutely HATE lemon.

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  11. Jane Henry said,

    March 6, 2008 at 7:52 pm

    You’ve just given me a horrible flashback to a Greek wine tasting and fish night in Crete. Basically it was drink as much cheap and horrible wine as you like and then you won’t notice how much of the scary fish eyes and bones you are crunching. I woke up in a square as they were packing the chairs away, then had to chase round the resort from my even drunker friend who had gone off with a Frenchman with designs on her body.

    The hangover still haunts me…

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  12. globus said,

    March 6, 2008 at 9:21 pm

    whitebait’s ok but calamari is better. plus globus doesn’t like eating anything that can look him in the eye mid-munch like dat.

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  13. thickmike said,

    March 6, 2008 at 11:53 pm

    I think that your sea bass is a bit on the small side but it probably depends on the pretentiousness of the restaurant – did you complain?

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  14. AlphaDogMa said,

    March 7, 2008 at 1:52 am

    Love the little fishies. Heads and all.

    I had them on Naxos, at a dinner graciously hosted by the family in charge of the B&B where I stayed. I was the only guest who ate (glad to know the dish’s name: whitebait) to the delight of my hostess who then tried to broker a marriage between me and her HOT HOT HOT son. Or else she wanted me to help him caulk the communal shower stall. Hmmm….

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  15. wilber said,

    March 7, 2008 at 5:32 pm

    nice

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  16. bootsie said,

    March 7, 2008 at 5:34 pm

    ewww i am SO with you!

    my father frequents the slimy “delicacies” and the whole house smells appalling.

    seriously. i have to eat in the garden.

    i guess its not what you’d call the usual family set-up, but there you have it.

    anyway, i AM WITH YOU MY FRIEND.

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  17. Steve Kane said,

    March 7, 2008 at 7:03 pm

    Whitebait! I haven’t had whitebait for ages. Ooooh yum!

    Reminds me of a little anecdote about Peter Mandalson: He was once out on the campaign trail and trying to prove he was down wit da common man by hanging out in a fish ‘n’ chip emporium. He ordered some chips then pointed to the mushy pees and said, “And some avocado dip, please.”

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  18. corgimom said,

    March 8, 2008 at 2:40 pm

    ‘Twouldn’t be my first choice, but I’d probably at least try it…but not before staging a little drama with several of the fishies.

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  19. Mangonel said,

    March 9, 2008 at 1:13 am

    HANG ON ONE COTTON-PICKIN’ MINUTE! THAT’S NEMO! Right there! Underneath main fishie’s tail! ARGH! Eeeuw! Pftui!

    That’s just sick, that is.

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  20. Axe Victim said,

    March 11, 2008 at 11:58 pm

    Wrong! I love Whitebait but according to Hugh Fernly doodah’s new book it’s endangered. Who would have thunk it?

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  21. rockmother said,

    March 17, 2008 at 11:56 pm

    Mmmmmmmnnnn…….yummy yum yum yum. I LOVE Whitebait.

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  22. Clive said,

    April 3, 2008 at 6:30 pm

    Me! I am!

    I couldn’t be more if it were white dog poos.

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  23. paola said,

    April 9, 2008 at 8:21 pm

    Delish. I like biting their heads off…

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