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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / November 2005Whitebait OT
Before telling this story I need to explain about whitebait. They are a New Zealand delicacy, tiny little fish caught in shoals with nets in certain seasons, usually near river mouths. I have seen Chinese whitebait but don't like them as much as the New Zealand variety. DH is addicted to these expensive fish and cooks them himslf by frying them in batter as fritters. Last night DH took a pottle of frozen whitebait out of the freezer and ran some hot water in the sink. The plan was to put the pottle in a container and set it in the hot water to gently defrost the whitebait, it takes about an hour. When I heard the screams I arrived in the kitchen and beheld a horrendous sight. DH had gone off to shift the garden hose and forgotten the running tap. Water was [pouring over the sink and down the cupboards like Niagara Falls. In the almost boiling water were the whitebait being chased by DH with a strainer. The cooked whitebait were swimming in the cutlery drawers, all over the floor, some were stuck to the sides of the cuboards and a lot went under the frig and stove. If I had done it I'd never have heard the end of the matter. The cats were fascinated and would have joined in the fun except we know how much cats like water. I kept wondering what a stranger would have thought coming upon the scene cold turkey. Two people with strainers, flapping madly around a kitchen full of water. Did we eat the whitebait. Yes!!! Bev > Before telling this story I need to explain about whitebait. > They are a New Zealand delicacy, tiny little fish caught in shoals with [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > DH is addicted to these expensive fish and cooks them himslf by frying > them in batter as fritters. I don't like fish, but frritters. Mmmmm. > Last night DH took a pottle of frozen whitebait out of the freezer and ran > some hot water in the sink. The plan was to put the pottle in a > container and set it in the hot water to gently defrost the whitebait, it > takes about an hour. WTH is a pottle? > When I heard the screams I arrived in the kitchen and beheld a horrendous > sight. DH had gone off to shift the garden hose and forgotten the running [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > and a lot went under the frig and stove. If I had done it I'd never have > heard the end of the matter. I hope your kitchen did not suffer any serious water damage. Particle Board does not do welll when wet. > The cats were fascinated and would have joined in the fun except we know > how much cats like water. I was expecting this to be a cats eating DH's pottle story. :) > I kept wondering what a stranger would have thought coming upon the scene > cold turkey. Two people with strainers, flapping madly around a kitchen [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Bev A pottle is like a punnet of something - it can be made of plastic or cardboard and comes in varying sizes, usually fairly small. The kitchen has dried out. We left the drawers out in the sun all day. It may be that B & C found the odd whitebait but they seldom get a chance to scoff the lot. Some of their catfood has whitebait added as an ingredient. Bev >> Before telling this story I need to explain about whitebait. >> They are a New Zealand delicacy, tiny little fish caught in shoals with [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] >> >> Bev > A pottle is like a punnet of something - it can be made of plastic or > cardboard and comes in varying sizes, usually fairly small. The [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Bev What's a punnet? >> A pottle is like a punnet of something > > What's a punnet? LOL - I haven't a clue! These folks must be from NZ :) >> A pottle is like a punnet of something - it can be made of plastic or >> cardboard and comes in varying sizes, usually fairly small. The [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > What's a punnet? At risk of cutting in too close first go, I Googled "Definition: Punnet" and was told by the Planetary Computer System as follows: a small light basket used as a measure for fruits wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn - Definition in context In the present thread's context, "smallish fish-worthy container" is likely right IMHO. Maybe containing approximately 'arf a litre - a /pint/ container, I reckon. Maybe such as we take chop suey home in around here. Just speculating, of course, at this point. Confirm/correct, svp?  SignatureWith cordial respect, Rev. Charlene WT Mann (ULC) First Peoples' Church of the Forbidden Truth (A Global Funny Hat Medicine Society affiliate and ICKR Curmudgeonry Licensure agency) >>> A pottle is like a punnet of something - it can be made of plastic or >>> cardboard and comes in varying sizes, usually fairly small. The [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Just speculating, of course, at this point. Confirm/correct, svp? Sounds similar to our bushel and a peck. Jo Ok. A punnet in uk is usually how they sell soft fruits like strawberries or raspberries. It is usually made of thin plastic with air holes, and has a lid (if bought in a supermarket). It can be for as little as 100 g here for blueberries or redcurrents, but often about 250g or 400g for strawberries.These days supermarkets often sell other fruits like this too, so they can make more profit as they are dearer than loose fruits. SignatureSandra > Ok. A punnet in uk is usually how they sell soft fruits like strawberries or > raspberries. It is usually made of thin plastic with air holes, and has a [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > -- > Sandra Okay, we just call those baskets, I think. Most of ours are green. http://www.peakcandle.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/strawberry.jpg Is this what we're talking about here? kili similar. ours in uk are clear colourless solid ones with just a couple of air holes SignatureSandra > similar. ours in uk are clear colourless solid ones with just a couple of > air holes I think we call those "clamshells" Jo > I kept wondering what a stranger would have thought coming upon the scene > cold turkey. Two people with strainers, flapping madly around a kitchen [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Bev If you'd videod it, you could have made good money :-) Jeanette <snip> > Did we eat the whitebait. Yes!!! > > Bev Oh dear. Did the cats get any? SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) A House is not a home, without a cat. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk >When I heard the screams I arrived in the kitchen and beheld a horrendous >sight. DH had gone off to shift the garden hose and forgotten the running [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >and a lot went under the frig and stove. If I had done it I'd never have >heard the end of the matter. Hopefully, you found all of the whitebait. Otherwise, your kitchen will start smelling, er, fishy fairly soon. SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria Yes, I think we found all the whitebait and what we didn't the cats did! But I had to wash everything down thoroughly including all cutlery, cupboard doors etc., even under the stove and frig - ugh, a job I hate - I had to because it woulf have smelled terrible! Never thought to take a pile of photos, lol. A lot of our small fruit come in punnets. Strawberries, raspberries, kiwifruit - however usually it is in small amounts, say a dozen strawberries in a punnet. I suspect the term and use comes from the UK where a lot of New Zealanders originated.. Actually I don't like punnets of strawberries, although some have air holes they fix a band around the punnet so that you can't open it. The fruit on the bottom can go bad and you can't get at it to see. Some plastic containers don't have airholes and the fruit gets damp and goes bad. Bev >>When I heard the screams I arrived in the kitchen and beheld a horrendous >>sight. DH had gone off to shift the garden hose and forgotten the running [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Hopefully, you found all of the whitebait. Otherwise, your kitchen > will start smelling, er, fishy fairly soon. Whitebait must be something like smelt? These are tiny fish that you batter and fry just cleaning them and cutting off their heads. Turn out very crisp and crunchy! This is one of those stories you have to look BACK on to laugh about it!LOL Glad everything is drying out. :) -PatM Visitors to New Zealand have been known to head and tail whitebait. It drives the locals into fits of laughter - why, because you'd be there all day! The little darlings aren't much bigger than a thick needle and around an inch long. Bev > Whitebait must be something like smelt? These are tiny fish that you > batter and fry just cleaning them and cutting off their heads. Turn [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > -PatM > Visitors to New Zealand have been known to head and tail whitebait. It > drives the locals into fits of laughter - why, because you'd be there all > day! The little darlings aren't much bigger than a thick needle and > around an inch long. The first time I went to DP's Uncle Bobby's house, I got taught the REAL way to eat lobster. Where I grew up, lobster is an expensive delicacy, available only at fancy restaurants and usually you only get the tail, already out of the shell. Uncle bobby, being a lobster fisherman, informed me that the real way to eat one is in your back yard, so when you hack it apart with a hatchet and shells fly everywhere, you don't have to clean up after yourself. Meanwhile his wife is slurping out the legs, and his kids are running around with claws and I'm here trying to eat my lobster the way I'd eat one in Ontario, and Uncle Bobby is afraid I don't like it because I'm not "Getting into it properly." --Fil who can eat lobster with the best of them now Sounds like Massachusetts & Maine. We also have lobster rolls, small hot dog shaped buns with lobster salad. Lobster is expensive, but not as pricey as the rest of the US. Suz |
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