Katy's Smokehouse & Fishmarket ~ Trinidad, CA

It's become a tradition

  for us to stop at Katy's Smokehouse

whenever we are in Trinidad.

Our first visit was 35 years ago.

It certainly has changed

a bit over the years.

They've been here

since the early 1940's.

  

We always stop in for a

small piece of smoked salmon.  

  

In the past the smoked fish

was arranged  in various sizes

on trays inside the refrigerated case.

We would choose our small piece,

 and they would weigh it,

 wrap it in butcher paper, 

and hand it over the counter.

Meanwhile we'd

wince with shock at how

expensive that little piece of fish was.

Now days, it's already vacuum packed with the

price clearly marked.  It's not quite as

fun as the old way, but oh well.

This time we purchased

a can of Albacore as well.

I'm waiting for a special occasion

to open this can of tuna.

It was  rather expensive.

   I hope it's as good as promised.

 I do love the ingredient list.

 The fish monger told us

that most of the tuna

sold today, has been

 repeatedly boiled to remove

the oil for the

omega~3 fish oil pills,

leaving a product that isn't

what it once was.

  Well, no wonder

I haven't liked canned tuna in a long while.

Now, I don't know for sure 

that this info is accurate.

  I'm just telling you

what he said. 

  

In Reno,

 at the Fairchild's Oyster Bar,

 the plates passing by to other diners

 included this little yellow package.

Having no idea what it was,

I was wondering if  it was 

 some sort of Dim Sum bundle....

 I was wrong.

I'm sure everyone elsewhere, outside

of the boondocks would have already

known it was a lemon half wrapped in

a plastic cloth netting for squeezing over

your fish dinners.

But since it was cute and new to me,

I brought it home for blog show and tell.