OT comment on "lox (smoked salmon) from 1668??"

[Joel S. Berson]

At 8/6/2006 11:24 AM, you wrote:
>Certainly unwashed fleece can be pretty smelly; its "foulness" is a matter
>of opinion, and probably depends on one's familiarity with barnyards.
>  Feces can have a great range of smells,  arising from the diet of the
>beast or person producing it.  It can be distinctly fishy-smelling and so,
>by association, fish can be thought of as smelling shitty.
>AM

OT:  I'm reminded of a teenage male acquaintance whose family had a
summer house on an island off the Maine coast.  When he became old
enough to use a shotgun, he went hunting and proudly brought back a
duck for dinner.  When his family sat down to eat, it tasted fishy.

(Moral, of course:  You are what you eat.)

Joel

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