SC - RE: Roe

[Decker, Margaret]

> Adamantius wrote:
> snip
> Apparently it is mating season for the Atlantic porgy, a.k.a. the
> Northern scup. I picked up maybe eight of these this morning at the
> rather peculiar, impromptu outdoor produce/seafood market that erupts a
> couple of blocks from my door on Thursday mornings, and it was my
> painful duty to remove the roes from all of them. Unfortunately, my son,
> home from school on some administrative ploy to get the teachers a day
> off ;  ) , wasn't too pleased with the prospect of eating them, although
> he did eat three or four small fish. So, I was compelled to consume the
> roes lest they go to waste. They were particularly unpleasant lightly
> coated with seasoned flour and fried with bacon... . The things we do
> for our children. 
> 
> You poor child. Can this be considered parent abuse ?? I'd be happy next
> time to eat it for you. Margarite 
>