#197: Buying Tilapia and the Claw

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So, how is it the I had never heard of tilapia until 2008? I’d heard of tuna, cod, swordfish, salmon, etc. but never tilapia. Now, of course, since 2008 I’ve eaten seventy pounds of the stuff.

Do we really need the world gourmand? Perhaps a gourmet and a gourmand both have refined palates, but the gourmand enjoys the food more?

While shopping for tilapia (which I bought) and chicken breast (which they didn’t have),  I managed to knock over the < Febreze© display and miss a rather important text message from my wife.

I had to take the kids to IKEA, to buy a coffee table that we were hoping to turn into a desk for Hudson.  We barely made it there.  And, we barely made it out.  We finally did buy the coffee table, and ended up witnessing two very unlikely events (both due to my daughter)

Yes, that is a photo of David Lawrence’s headshot at Fuddruckers.  STOP STARING AT ME!  I’M TRYING TO EAT!

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6 thoughts on “#197: Buying Tilapia and the Claw

  1. Wow Dan, hilarious story!!! I am the biggest klutz and can definitely relate to knocking over the Febreze…just found your show today, will be going through your archives for a while!!!

    Ryan
    In The Cinema
    “a beat-driven folktronic duo”
    http://www.inthecinemamusic.com

  2. I really didn’t enjoy Ikea at all before, particularly the hassle of having to get your car and reverse it into the loading bay. Did this once with a large van that I was unfamiliar with, with an 8 month pregnant wife and that’s about as much fun as with the kids! But now our nearest Ikea has been designed with parking underneath and enclosed parking outside and you can wheel your trolley up to the car. A revelation! Still can’t get the damned stuff in of course though, because of course we wait to buy those extra bookcases etc until we have 2 kids in the car!

    I have never heard of any of those words you mentioned, or the fish species. But then why do I think that Americans speak proper English anyway, like whot I do 🙂

  3. There is no such thing as tilapia. You have NOT been eating tilapia. You have been eating VARIOUS TILAPIAS. Yes, the name “tilapia” is applied to almost 100 different species of fish! So, you cannot be specific, and honestly, you have no idea which exact fish you have been eating, though the GENUS of all of them has been TILAPIA. Unless they were lying about that.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilapia

    I also liked the part about them (fish farmers) turning all the female fish into male fish by using massive doses of testosterone, because otherwise they would be overwhelmed by tilapia.

    And a gourmand, as I understand, is like gourmet+glutton. A glutton who eats only the finest foods. Won’t touch Cheetos, but gorges himself on caviar.

    Great show.

  4. I was unfamiliar with, with an 8 month pregnant wife and that’s about as much fun as with the kids! But now our nearest Ikea has been designed with parking underneath and enclosed parking outside and you can wheel your trolley up to the car.

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