So I Picked Up Some Litter In The Ditch Today...

[Rick-o]

...At my small biz. I often find trash that has either blown in or tossed out by brain dead motorists on my property. At first glance, it looked like a plastic grocery bag had blown into the ditch. I wheeled over to the shoulder, jumped out and grabbed the bag, but it was full of...something. Heavy and kind of squishy.

I expected the worst, and placed the bag in the bed of my pickup, and drove to the back of the property where the woods rolls down into a marshy swamp. Opened the double bag to find a whole mess of freshly cleaned smelt! No smell, bugs, or other nasties (thank goodness). I must have been right behind the damned litterbug. I walked over to a tree stump and dumped them out for the lucky raccoon or other creature of the forest to enjoy. I'm sure they gorged themselves.

Now I have a craving for a big mess of battered smelts!! :yum:

[mikebw]

Gotta admit, I didn't have a clue what a smelt was.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smelts

[Rick-o]

Believe you me, they's good eatin'!!! :yum:

[decay]

he who smelt it dealt it

[kap]

The wildlife is grateful to you

[Racer X]

Rick-o wrote:


Now I have a craving for a big mess of battered smelts!! :yum:

Sounds like they were battered already.

[D-Rod]

You didn't know what kind of fish were smelt? Why old rotten ones are smelt. :devil:

[IronMac]

Mmmmm...smelt

[mstudio]

IronMac wrote:
Mmmmm...smelt

Yeah, I agree. It's been a very long time since I've had smelt. I have some great memories of my youth smelting with my father and brothers in Lake Michigan "on the rocks" just south of downtown Chicago. I was always excited about being able to go out at night to fish. Good times.

[haikuman]

Smelting and Snipe hunting the daze of our yute/youth *(:>*