Crikey.

Yeah. I heard this one the way home, too.

Dr. Ian Malcolm: God creates dinosaurs. God destroys dinosaurs. God creates man. Man destroys God. Man creates dinosaurs...

Dr. Ellie Sattler: Dinosaurs eat man. Woman inherits the earth...

"Chesapeake Ray"? No, No, No!

If you want to market a fish into oblivion, you need to give it a catchy name. Remember how popular patagonian toothfish used to be? Of course not. That's because you never tried it until it was Chilean Sea Bass. Now it's a threatened species.

Hell, the Brits now apparently love their col-an and chips, when they used to hate the stuff when it was pollack.

But you're going to have to do better than 'Chesapeake Ray'. Sure, it's a step up from 'Cownose Stingray', but it's still got a long ways to go. How about these?

Chesapeake yummifish
Atlantic butterswimmer
Boneless white flatfish
North Atlantic white flatbass
American thunderfish

C'mon. Usually, nobody can hype completely useless shiat like Americans can. I'm disappointed in this effort so far.

Mentat: Crikey.

Came for this.

Them rays is good eatin'. Well, except for the sting. Unless you like hot stuff.

dahmers love zombie: Dr. Ian Malcolm: God creates dinosaurs. God destroys dinosaurs. God creates man. Man destroys God. Man creates dinosaurs...

Dr. Ellie Sattler: Dinosaurs eat man. Woman inherits the earth...

Wooo!

/must go faster
/must go faster

unyon: If you want to market a fish into oblivion, you need to give it a catchy name. Remember how popular patagonian toothfish used to be? Of course not. That's because you never tried it until it was Chilean Sea Bass. Now it's a threatened species.

For that matter, we eat beef instead of cow and pork instead of pig. And Whiskered Landbass instead of kitten.

So what does stingray taste like? I figured it'd be sort of like a cross between something like a white-fleshed tuna and a crab...anyone had any?

I'll take a stack of sea pancakes and a side of squat lobster please!

Sweet; I love oysters so it's only a matter of time.
Then, plankton.

Fins? NOT!

Scales? NOT!

Kosher? NOT!

Count out the Israeli exports.

I worked in a fish prossesing pIant snd those are a bear to skin.
/barbed hooks in the fIesh and aII.

Who the hell eats sharks out of the Chesapeake Bay?? I've lived near and fished in the bay since I was a kid, and I've never heard of anybody purposefully fishing for sharks in it, let alone eating them. This isn't Japan for Christ's sake.

I smell BS.

New Problem: Humans eat stingrays, so sharks can't. New Solution: Sharks eat humans.

SusanIvanova: unyon: If you want to market a fish into oblivion, you need to give it a catchy name. Remember how popular patagonian toothfish used to be? Of course not. That's because you never tried it until it was Chilean Sea Bass. Now it's a threatened species.

For that matter, we eat beef instead of cow and pork instead of pig. And Whiskered Landbass instead of kitten.

I would so order a plate of whiskered land bass.//

Eat this!

Abstruse: So what does stingray taste like? I figured it'd be sort of like a cross between something like a white-fleshed tuna and a crab...anyone had any?

I've had skate, but I don't think it's quite the same. I really enjoy skate, it has an interesting texture and a mild taste.

There is an awesome fish and chips place in Old Town Alexandria that serves ray. I may try it next time I go. Apparently, it is not entirely de-boned, and the bones are edible.

Was going to suggest they call the stuff "bacon of the sea." But a quick Google search finds that the name is already taken.

Smitty: Humans eat sharks, so sharks can't eat stingrays, so stingrays eat oysters. Solution: Humans eat stingrays

ever since they added "lizard spock" ,,, i've lost track.

Stingray goes in the basket. Basket goes into the oil. Stingray gets cooked by the oil. Our oil.

I can't believe nobody posted this yet.

russkie247: I can't believe nobody posted this yet.

We didn't all go to Bovine University, you know.

Came in here for that russkie247

unyon: "Chesapeake Ray"? No, No, No!

If you want to market a fish into oblivion, you need to give it a catchy name. Remember how popular patagonian toothfish used to be? Of course not. That's because you never tried it until it was Chilean Sea Bass. Now it's a threatened species.

Hell, the Brits now apparently love their col-an and chips, when they used to hate the stuff when it was pollack.

But you're going to have to do better than 'Chesapeake Ray'. Sure, it's a step up from 'Cownose Stingray', but it's still got a long ways to go. How about these?

Chesapeake yummifish
Atlantic butterswimmer
Boneless white flatfish
North Atlantic white flatbass
American thunderfish

C'mon. Usually, nobody can hype completely useless shiat like Americans can. I'm disappointed in this effort so far.

Apparently I've been doing it wrong. Anyone need a pantry full of Wolf Brand Chili and a freezer of Sea Bass?

PenguinTheRed: Who the hell eats sharks out of the Chesapeake Bay?? I've lived near and fished in the bay since I was a kid, and I've never heard of anybody purposefully fishing for sharks in it, let alone eating them. This isn't Japan for Christ's sake.

I smell BS.

I don't know what kinds of shark you have up there, but the sharks I catch in the Gulf of Mexico are delicious.

Hmm, I catch southern stingrays all the time. I've actually seen stingray wings for sale in Whole Foods too (who farking buys that?). Maybe its time to try the by-catch. Mullet is not bad fried and many consider it a "bait" species.

You know how you go to that cheap seafood restaurant and you get those double orders of scallops, and you are oh-so-amazed at how delicious, yet cheap they are?

Yeah, its stingray.

Just thought you should know.

/taking away your happiness post by post since 2003

Last time I tried to eat a shark it was terrible though. Bonnethead, didn't bleed it out right apparently.

No, that's the beautiful part. When wintertime rolls around, the humans simply freeze to death.

Shostie: Yeah. I heard this one the way home, too.

This bit was funny, though:



You aren't selling any calling them Patagonian Toothfish? Just call em "Chilean Sea Bass" and get some hot NY chefs to whip up recipes with them!

Well, we've all been eating rays or skates marketed as scallops for sometime. A circle punch is used on the rays wings to make nice little scallop shaped meat. It does taste very similar. This is especially true in Chinese restaurants.

/or so I've heard

Is this the famous ray, or the original famous ray?

russkie247: I can't believe nobody posted this yet.

Thank you for posting that. Came here expecting it and now leaving happy.

Nuclear Monk: I'll take a stack of sea pancakes and a side of squat lobster please!

Don't know what a "squat lobster" is, but I dig the time stap on your post:

2009-11-11 11:11:25 PM

Dig the elevens, man!

bmfderek: I don't know what kinds of shark you have up there, but the sharks I catch in the Gulf of Mexico are delicious.

The only sharks I've ever caught in it are sand sharks less than three feet long. The most common thought I've had when I've boated one is "Crap, I was hoping that was a flounder," followed by "I wonder if I can get my rig back without losing a finger." Never once has the thought "I'll bet that would be delicious" occurred to me.

Nakito: Is this the famous ray, or the original famous ray?

NYC pizza references make me hungry.

Igor Jakovsky: Well, we've all been eating rays or skates marketed as scallops for sometime. A circle punch is used on the rays wings to make nice little scallop shaped meat. It does taste very similar. This is especially true in Chinese restaurants.

/or so I've heard

That wasn't stingray.

unyon: If you want to market a fish into oblivion, you need to give it a catchy name. Remember how popular patagonian toothfish used to be? Of course not. That's because you never tried it until it was Chilean Sea Bass. Now it's a threatened species.

Dolphin is sold (and is popular) through most of the U.S. as "Mahi Mahi", because people don't want to eat Flipper... even though it's not -that- kind of dolphin and all.

Always thought that was kind of funny.

I hate to admit it, but I'm unfamiliar with this meme. What's this "sting ray" you keep talking about? Is it an old Space Ghost reference, like his "spank ray" and "tickle ray"?

AtomicPenguin: unyon: If you want to market a fish into oblivion, you need to give it a catchy name. Remember how popular patagonian toothfish used to be? Of course not. That's because you never tried it until it was Chilean Sea Bass. Now it's a threatened species.

Dolphin is sold (and is popular) through most of the U.S. as "Mahi Mahi", because people don't want to eat Flipper... even though it's not -that- kind of dolphin and all.

Always thought that was kind of funny.

AKA Dorado.

There's nothing like catching one, and then filleting it on the boat and grilling it 5 minutes later.

Fresh as fresh gets.

Abstruse: So what does stingray taste like? I figured it'd be sort of like a cross between something like a white-fleshed tuna and a crab...anyone had any?

I haven't had sting ray, but I've had skate, which is supposedly very similar. It is a nice meaty white-fleshed fish, sort of scallopy, sort of sharky -- and shark can be good, too, unless you get the gristly part.

AtomicPenguin: unyon: If you want to market a fish into oblivion, you need to give it a catchy name. Remember how popular patagonian toothfish used to be? Of course not. That's because you never tried it until it was Chilean Sea Bass. Now it's a threatened species.

Dolphin is sold (and is popular) through most of the U.S. as "Mahi Mahi", because people don't want to eat Flipper... even though it's not -that- kind of dolphin and all.

Always thought that was kind of funny.

Mahi Mahi isn't -any- kind of dolphin at all. Nope. Just a fish. It has gills and all.

bmfderek: AtomicPenguin: unyon: If you want to market a fish into oblivion, you need to give it a catchy name. Remember how popular patagonian toothfish used to be? Of course not. That's because you never tried it until it was Chilean Sea Bass. Now it's a threatened species.

Dolphin is sold (and is popular) through most of the U.S. as "Mahi Mahi", because people don't want to eat Flipper... even though it's not -that- kind of dolphin and all.

Always thought that was kind of funny.

Mahi Mahi isn't -any- kind of dolphin at all. Nope. Just a fish. It has gills and all.

Read much?

AtomicPenguin: even though it's not -that- kind of dolphin and all.

The Slush: Abstruse: So what does stingray taste like? I figured it'd be sort of like a cross between something like a white-fleshed tuna and a crab...anyone had any?

I've had skate, but I don't think it's quite the same. I really enjoy skate, it has an interesting texture and a mild taste.

There is an awesome fish and chips place in Old Town Alexandria that serves ray. I may try it next time I go. Apparently, it is not entirely de-boned, and the bones are edible.

I thought sharks and rays didn't have much in the way of bones.

EdgeRunner: I hate to admit it, but I'm unfamiliar with this meme. What's this "sting ray" you keep talking about? Is it an old Space Ghost reference, like his "spank ray" and "tickle ray"?

A Stingray is a type of fish. One killed Steve Irwin, aka The Crocodile Hunter.

GoSurfing: You know how you go to that cheap seafood restaurant and you get those double orders of scallops, and you are oh-so-amazed at how delicious, yet cheap they are?

Yeah, its stingray.

Just thought you should know.

/taking away your happiness post by post since 2003

Heard about the phony scallops 30 years ago but had forgotten about it until reading this article. Thanks for posting.

whatshisname: A Stingray is a type of fish.

Ha! Shows what YOU know! I checked the Google, and it's actually a type of car. And there weren't any fish on Space Ghost. You're thinking of Aquaman.

Solution: Lou Dobbs as a reincarnated Kraken devours all remaining life

/just throwing that drunken gem out there