Thread: Re: Fish wings?

Sqwertz wrote:
> Pete Fraser wrote:
>> I was watching a TV show a few days ago.
>> There was a suspicion that a bar owner had been murdered
>> because he didn't serve "fish wings" frequently enough.
>>
>> What are fish wings?
>> There seem to be several southern restaurants with the name:
>> Fish[,] Wings <conjunction> [Things | Thangs | Thans | Thingz |
>> Thangz], but it's not clear what they serve.
>> A couple of Google hits suggested they might be fish
>> cheeks or collar (perhaps Hamachi).
>
> Maybe somebody in rec.food.cooking would know. Here's a post from a
> few years ago:
>
>> Actually, you can buy "fish wings" here. In fact, "wings" from the
>> iconic barramundi. They're basically the bit including the
>> pectoral
>> fin and the adjacent "belly flap" on each side of the carcass after
>> cutting off the head and taking off the fillets. They're pretty
>> good
>> chewing, but I wouldn't buy them. They're worth cooking if you
>> catch
>> your own barra (which is good fun too :-).
>>
>> Cheers, Phred.

The wings with which I'm familiar are skate wings. The skate is of
the ray family, with "wings" on each side. Skate was very popular in
England but has really suffered from overfishing. It's a very tasty
fish.

Dora

On Jun 2, 11:48 am, "Dora" <limey...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Sqwertz wrote:
> > Pete Fraser wrote:
> >> I was watching a TV show a few days ago.
> >> There was a suspicion that a bar owner had been murdered
> >> because he didn't serve "fish wings" frequently enough.
>
> >> What are fish wings?
> >> There seem to be several southern restaurants with the name:
> >> Fish[,] Wings <conjunction> [Things | Thangs | Thans | Thingz |
> >> Thangz], but it's not clear what they serve.
> >> A couple of Google hits suggested they might be fish
> >> cheeks or collar (perhaps Hamachi).
>
> > Maybe somebody in rec.food.cooking would know. Here's a post from a
> > few years ago:
>
> >> Actually, you can buy "fish wings" here. In fact, "wings" from the
> >> iconic barramundi. They're basically the bit including the
> >> pectoral
> >> fin and the adjacent "belly flap" on each side of the carcass after
> >> cutting off the head and taking off the fillets. They're pretty
> >> good
> >> chewing, but I wouldn't buy them. They're worth cooking if you
> >> catch
> >> your own barra (which is good fun too :-).
>
> >> Cheers, Phred.
>
> The wings with which I'm familiar are skate wings. The skate is of
> the ray family, with "wings" on each side. Skate was very popular in
> England but has really suffered from overfishing. It's a very tasty
> fish.
>
> Dora

That was "My name is Earl", a comedy set in a trailer park. I'm sure
"fish wings" was intended as some sort of joke about the hillbilly
food served at the Crab Shack.

Although, I could imagine some kind of fish nuggets prepered and seved
like Buffalo wings.

B

"bulka" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> That was "My name is Earl", a comedy set in a trailer park. I'm sure
> "fish wings" was intended as some sort of joke about the hillbilly
> food served at the Crab Shack.

I considerd the possibility that it was a joke, but there
appears to be several restaurants with "fish wings"
in the name. Perhaps they just forgot the comma.

I tried calling:

Fish Wings & Other Cuisines, Norfolk, VA
but their phone had been disconnected.

Fish Wings & Things, Union Springs, AL
where the nice lady discussed the menu and
agreed that their name was missing a comma.

Perhaps the joke is just a riff on the perpetually
missing comma.

Pete Fraser wrote:

> Perhaps the joke is just a riff on the perpetually
> missing comma.

Pork wings, OTOH, do exist:
http://www.farmlandfoodservice.com/p...wild_wings.pdf

-sw

Pete Fraser wrote:

> Perhaps the joke is just a riff on the perpetually
> missing comma.

Pork wings, OTOH, do exist:
http://www.farmlandfoodservice.com/p...wild_wings.pdf

-sw

"Sqwertz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:h05vmv$vvh$[email protected]..

> Pork wings, OTOH, do exist:
> http://www.farmlandfoodservice.com/p...wild_wings.pdf

What a great brochure.
I really liked a couple of language touches:

"One of the most unique..."

"Menuing Ideas"

This trick of gratuitously turning an noun into a verb,
then extracting the gerundic form seems to be becoming common.
I think an old boss of mine invented the technique. It took
a lot of efforting, but he succeeded.

obFood. Those who miss Zax on Telegraph in Berkeley
will be glad to know that the owneres of Zax have opened
a new place (Sidebar) on Grand in Oakland. Based on one
visit so far, I'd say the food and atmosphere (casual) are
excellent, and the prices are reasonable. It looks like it
could a good lunch place also (lunch prices are quite reasonable).
http://sidebar-oakland.com/food_day.html

Pete

Pete Fraser <[email protected]> wrote:

>obFood. Those who miss Zax on Telegraph in Berkeley
>will be glad to know that the owneres of Zax have opened
>a new place (Sidebar) on Grand in Oakland. Based on one
>visit so far, I'd say the food and atmosphere (casual) are
>excellent, and the prices are reasonable. It looks like it
>could a good lunch place also (lunch prices are quite reasonable).
>http://sidebar-oakland.com/food_day.html

Yeah, I'm aware of them but haven't been there yet.
I believe they only have the Zax signature goat-cheese
souffle on one day out of the week. (Why? Why?)

S.

On Jun 2, 2:07 pm, "Pete Fraser" <pfra...@covad.net> wrote:
> "bulka" <working.artists.work...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]..
>
> > That was "My name is Earl", a comedy set in a trailer park. I'm sure
> > "fish wings" was intended as some sort of joke about the hillbilly
> > food served at the Crab Shack.
>
> I considerd the possibility that it was a joke, but there
> appears to be several restaurants with "fish wings"
> in the name. Perhaps they just forgot the comma.
>
> I tried calling:
>
> Fish Wings & Other Cuisines, Norfolk, VA
> but their phone had been disconnected.
>
> Fish Wings & Things, Union Springs, AL
> where the nice lady discussed the menu and
> agreed that their name was missing a comma.
>
> Perhaps the joke is just a riff on the perpetually
> missing comma.


Yeah, there used to be place in my neigborhood advertizing "Chicken
Ribs". Didn't seem like much of a meal.

Pete Fraser wrote:
> "Sqwertz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:h05vmv$vvh$[email protected]..
>
>> Pork wings, OTOH, do exist:
>> http://www.farmlandfoodservice.com/p...wild_wings.pdf
>
> What a great brochure.
> I really liked a couple of language touches:
>
> "One of the most unique..."
>
> "Menuing Ideas"
>
> This trick of gratuitously turning an noun into a verb,
> then extracting the gerundic form seems to be becoming common.
> I think an old boss of mine invented the technique. It took
> a lot of efforting, but he succeeded.

And in reverse, words such as "submittals" (a noun for something you've
submitted). At least that one actually made Wiki, but not any honest
dictionaries.

-sw

"Sqwertz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:h09c9k$8oq$[email protected]..

> And in reverse, words such as "submittals" (a noun for something you've
> submitted). At least that one actually made Wiki, but not any honest
> dictionaries.

I think the OED would normally be considered honest.
But it is listed as US usage.

On Thu, 4 Jun 2009 16:48:10 -0700, Pete Fraser wrote:

> "Sqwertz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:h09c9k$8oq$[email protected]..
>
>> And in reverse, words such as "submittals" (a noun for something you've
>> submitted). At least that one actually made Wiki, but not any honest
>> dictionaries.
>
> I think the OED would normally be considered honest.
> But it is listed as US usage.

I only did "define:submittals" in Google. If it's not on Google, it
doesn't really exist, does it?

-sw

On Thu, 4 Jun 2009 19:13:28 -0500, Sqwertz <[email protected]>
wrote:

> I only did "define:submittals" in Google. If it's not on Google, it
> doesn't really exist, does it?

Submittals in Construction Management are shop drawings, material
data, and samples. Product data submittals, samples, and shop drawings
are ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submittals_(construction)


If it's on Wikipedia it *must* be true, mustn't it?

Matthew

PS Forté Agent's spill chucker questions wikipedia but not submittals.

--
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On Jun 4, 1:54*pm, Sqwertz <swe...@cluemail.compst> wrote:
> Pete Fraser wrote:
> > "Sqwertz" <swe...@cluemail.compst> wrote in message
> >news:h05vmv$vvh$[email protected]..
>
> >> Pork wings, OTOH, do exist:
> >>http://www.farmlandfoodservice.com/p...wild_wings.pdf
>
> > What a great brochure.
> > I really liked a couple of language touches:
>
> > "One of the most unique..."
>
> > "Menuing Ideas"
>
> > This trick of gratuitously turning an noun into a verb,
> > then extracting the gerundic form seems to be becoming common.
> > I think an old boss of mine invented the technique. It took
> > a lot of efforting, but he succeeded.
>
> And in reverse, words such as "submittals" (a noun for something you've
> submitted). *At least that one actually made Wiki, but not any honest
> dictionaries.
>
> -sw

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/submittal

Ciccio

On Thu, 4 Jun 2009 16:48:10 -0700, Pete Fraser wrote:

> "Sqwertz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:h09c9k$8oq$[email protected]..
>
>> And in reverse, words such as "submittals" (a noun for something you've
>> submitted). At least that one actually made Wiki, but not any honest
>> dictionaries.
>
> I think the OED would normally be considered honest.
> But it is listed as US usage.

'submittal' does sound like a pommy bastard word. what's wrong with
'submission'?

your pal,
blake

blake murphy wrote:
> 'submittal' does sound like a pommy bastard word. what's wrong with
> 'submission'?
Nothing as the S&M crowd uses it!

On Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:18:36 -0700, Golden California Girls wrote:

> blake murphy wrote:
>> 'submittal' does sound like a pommy bastard word. what's wrong with
>> 'submission'?
> Nothing as the S&M crowd uses it!

my submittals are in order!

your pal,
blake

On Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:25:11 GMT, blake murphy wrote:

> On Thu, 4 Jun 2009 16:48:10 -0700, Pete Fraser wrote:
>
>> "Sqwertz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:h09c9k$8oq$[email protected]..
>>
>>> And in reverse, words such as "submittals" (a noun for something you've
>>> submitted). At least that one actually made Wiki, but not any honest
>>> dictionaries.
>>
>> I think the OED would normally be considered honest.
>> But it is listed as US usage.
>
> 'submittal' does sound like a pommy bastard word. what's wrong with
> 'submission'?

m-w.com says it's a noun, but defines it as the "act of submitting".
I guess I need to brush up on my grammer (and spelling).

-sw

On Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:18:36 -0700, Golden California Girls wrote:

> blake murphy wrote:
>> 'submittal' does sound like a pommy bastard word. what's wrong with
>> 'submission'?
> Nothing as the S&M crowd uses it!

Or when the police use it to taze somebody to obtain a DNA sample
against their wishes.

=sw

On Fri, 5 Jun 2009 05:37:31 -0700 (PDT), Ciccio wrote:

> On Jun 4, 1:54*pm, Sqwertz <swe...@cluemail.compst> wrote:
>> Pete Fraser wrote:
>>> "Sqwertz" <swe...@cluemail.compst> wrote in message
>>>news:h05vmv$vvh$[email protected]..
>>
>>>> Pork wings, OTOH, do exist:
>>>>http://www.farmlandfoodservice.com/p...wild_wings.pdf
>>
>>> What a great brochure.
>>> I really liked a couple of language touches:
>>
>>> "One of the most unique..."
>>
>>> "Menuing Ideas"
>>
>>> This trick of gratuitously turning an noun into a verb,
>>> then extracting the gerundic form seems to be becoming common.
>>> I think an old boss of mine invented the technique. It took
>>> a lot of efforting, but he succeeded.
>>
>> And in reverse, words such as "submittals" (a noun for something you've
>> submitted). *At least that one actually made Wiki, but not any honest
>> dictionaries.
>
> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/submittal

Add an S at the end and you have a different word.

-sw