https://www.saltshaker.net/20080405/noted Casting a little flavor (and a few aspersions) on the world of food, drink, and life Tue, 25 Aug 2020 16:59:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://www.saltshaker.net/20080405/noted#comment-194705 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:35:48 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20080405/noted#comment-194705 […] It was the age of Pisces, not Aquarius, or at least the weekend, and what better way to celebrate the start of this zodiac sign than a seafood dinner? It sort of set the tenor for the evening, and made it pretty clear what we were up to. Still, it wouldn’t have been a typical Casa SaltShaker weekend without a few requests for reservations that included “I don’t eat any kind of seafood, so could you just prepare a different menu for me?” Not happening, sorry, just come another weekend, or if you can’t, well, you’ll just have to dine elsewhere or suck it up and try something new. Actually, I’m amazed, week in and week out, how many people don’t eat any kind of seafood – and not because of allergies, but they simply won’t eat fish, shellfish, or anything related – and often, in conversation, it turns out they’ve never actually tried any – reminds me of the conversation in this post. […]

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