I cooked up some smelt for supper today (which is always a delight), battered lightly with olive oil and flour, and served alongside rice, broccoli, onions, and zucchini (and on my plate, an ill-fitting chipotle sauce that I regretted). I like smelt not just from childhood fish fry nostalgia — fundraisers for the local volunteer fire department — but also because smelt is a healthy under-fished creature that one can eat not having to worry that you’re destroying the environment. It also helps that it’s one of the cheapest fish you can eat — this pile cost us three dollars, making it a pretty inexpensive meal.
I also dropped off some artwork for my backpiece at my tattoo artist’s today… It’s a sort of Hellboy-ish space-going secret u-boat base under Antarctica Third-Reich with UFOs, occultism, and giant robots piece. I will share pictures of the tattoo itself when it gets started in couple weeks, but this below should give you an idea of the direction it’s going. I can’t wait to get started, although it’ll be odd because this is the first tattoo on me that I can’t easily see! We are of course being very careful to make it a sci-fi theme because I don’t want anyone to think it’s a Nazi tattoo!
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I’ve never even heard of smelt; must be a cold water fish. Mullet’s the cheap stuff here and I may have had it tonight, wasnt actually cheap but was so nice to not be the food preparer/cleaner. :)
Oh and Stormtroopers are the scariest things, ever. :\ Now robot Stormtroopers?! Star War’s attempt wasnt half as scary even as a kid than those that sport the iron cross and swastika.
I would really love to see you update that cooking blog again! Your foodie pics always look amazing and I would love to see some of the recipes!
I second the call for more recipes!
with the exception of my very first (small) tattoo that you drew me back in the day, i have left my back alone…mostly because i won’t be able to see it! i’m getting my piece drawn as well and started in the new year.
i’ve never tried smelt. does it have a lot of bones? i don’t know why it freaks me out!
The spine pulls out really easily, so it’s effectively boneless. It’s really nice, very mild, totally odorless.
Is the new back piece going to be in the same style as your chest piece? By that, I mean the solid, 100% coverage, painting like tattoo. I had never seen anything like that until I had seen your chest piece, and it’s just amazing. Either way, i’m looking forward to the tattoo!
Yes, very similar style, and by the same artist (Shane Faulkner) who has done almost all of my tattoos.
damn!
when you said how easy it is to pull the spine out… i was hoping you meant nazis!
are you back into running BME/IAM?
Glad to see Atomic Robo in the mix :D
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