Seafood Vendor Gifts

Oyster Vendor

"Noooo, nothing I'd really call fresh. Freshish maybe."

"Is the fish fresh?"

"The menu just says fried fish, but may I give you a more compelling, surprisingly lyrical description?"

'I think the salmon is thoroughly smoked.'

"The fish sticks here are very good."

"I thought we agreed you weren't going to work at home."

"It's not the social stigma. It's the mercury."

Peter's Pitas - now with pickled peppers.

"My family has been fishing these waters for nearly 40 years. . ."

Mac's Bait and Sushi Shop

'I cleaned over thirty fish today.' - 'That takes guts.'

"Wild-caught, farm-raised, lab-grown, beach-found, or aquarium-harvested."

"I want some long, thin square ones - for chips..."

The Jolly Green Giant Squid

Your lobster was off!

"Grass...Grass and more damn grass... What I wouldn't give for a lightly poached Dover sole with a garlic infused tarragon sauce."

"... Oh, don't worry, I won't 'overcook it'... I hope you like, sushi."

"It's probably just seasonal."

"And how is last week's tilapia tonight?"

"The lobster dinner is thirty eight dollars, or for ten dollars extra you can have him returned to the sea."

Artisan hot dog stand has pigs tethered to it.

'Do you want me to get the fish bone out, or not?'

'Looks like a good day fah haulin' lobstah, eh, Pauley?...Let's just say it became a good day fah drinkin'...'

'Why do I need to clean the fish? -- Didn't you just take them out of the WATER?'

"What do you suggest...the tuna fish or the peanut butter and jellyfish sandwich?"

Selfish shellfish - 'You kids share your food and stop being shellfish!'

Sea weed harvest.

'Fancy a liquid lunch?'

"No, my consomme was perfect, but my husbands calamari is a little underdone."

"Out with the old fish, in with the new."

Prawn Cocktail Please

"How's the salmon?"

Civilized Salmon

'Diver caught scallops - is that a description of what happened or a compound adjective'