The Saturday preceding Christmas I got the boys in the car and we headed to Astoria, Queens, NYC for a meal of Greek food. Astoria is the capital of Greek food in NYC and we have a favorite restaurant where we have been going for years.
While talking about the various fish for sale, the waiter mentioned that there were some fish that survived being cooked earlier in the day. They had been dipped in flour and instead of going into the frying pan, the fish were still jumping around, so the owner decided to put them in water to wipe the flour off. I would have thought she would have cooked them and bragged about the fresh fish she serves.
We went to check out these miracle fish and wouldn’t you know it, a few minutes later, the owner came over and gave the 2 survivors to my son. He was so happy. I was mortified. I had not been planning on pets!
Needless to say we drove home with 2 fish in a vase. How they survived that first night in the vase, I have no idea. Naturally we went and bought a fish tank the next day.
And the next week my son added to the tank, I have to make sure he doesn’t spend his college fund on things for this tank, these rescue fish may not live forever! Or will they?
I am of Greek descent and love Greek food. I would love to come to Astoria and try out the Greek restaurants. Your story reminded me of the time we went to Athens and my relative in Greece wanted me to see the fish market. There were small greyish fish still flopping around and I wanted to throw them back in the water so bad! My son used to go to the state fair and every year he would win a goldfish and bring it home!
Have fun cleaning that tank!! LOL
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What a story. You might be surprised how durable some fish species are. Great rescue story behind them too!