Re: water

On 1/6/2009 2:51 PM Nonnymus did a "happy dance", then made these writings:

After all the talk about bottled water, let me confess to one of the most stupid, hair brained, potentially vacation ending, idiotic things I ever did on a cruise. It was a family cruise to the "Mexican Riviera," and we hired a taxi to take us around to see the sights during a port stop. It was getting on toward lunch time, and the family (all adults) was getting hungry, so we asked the driver to stop somewhere he recommended, and offered to buy him lunch as well. He took us to a seafood place, right by the ocean, that had a good mixture of locals and tourists.

My kids ordered the steamed seafood platter, which consisted of about 20# of clams, shrimp, scallops and even 2 whole lobster. Mrs. Nonny wasn't that hungry, so she picked on the shared seafood platter with the kids. I saw that they offered a seafood cocktail, which sounded interesting, so I ordered it.

When it arrived I was a tad surprised to see that their definition of a seafood cocktail varied a tad from mine. Theirs consisted of RAW oysters, clams, scallops and pieces of fish. Yup, raw and instead of typical cocktail sauce, it was served in chilled water with cucumber slices for flavor.

Nothing says, "Mexico" more than raw seafood in plain water to give you the flavor of the country, IMHO.

Well, I ate it. The kids were trying to discourage me, but Mrs. Nonny kept telling them to be quiet and telling me to eat heartily. I did. There was so much raw fish, scallops, clams, oysters etc. that I actually couldn't finish it.

The end to this tale was that I never had the tiniest problem.

The learning lesson, however, is that I'd not do it again, despite Mrs. Nonny's suggestions and encouragement.

Why not? Wasn't the raw fish delish? They usually cure it in lime juice and several spices that will kill any parasites. As for the shell fish, you'd fare far worse in some coastal parts of the US. In New Jersey, all shellfish have to go to a center where they are flushed for a day or two with flowing exchanges of salt water to clean out pollutants. NJ EPA recommends eating cooked fish only once or twice a week due to levels of mercury in the fish.

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