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The K Chronicles
Random observations from my trip to Barbados.
By Keith Knight [2008-01-30]
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  • There's something about the West Indies

    I lived there (Virgin Islands & St Martin) for 19 years. You can't take it home, and you can't change it either . . .

    -- vaporland
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    Tuesday, January 29, 2008 06:12 PM

  • Dolphin

    Yup, it's a fish, too. As a kid growing up in Florida, I had the exact opposite experience when I encountered mahi-mahi for the first time. We knew about dolphin. Along with tarpon, redfish, and snook, it's one of our premier gamefish and, like redfish and snook, is tasty as well. (Even though they are related to herring, you wouldn't want to eat a tarpon. Come to think of it, I don't care much for herring either.)

    But yeah, it doesn't take a real stretch to imagine the horror of middle America (or even left coast America, apparently) on encountering Flipper on the menu. Thus, we use the Hawaiian name for the fish.

    -- Leif N.
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    Tuesday, January 29, 2008 08:40 PM

  • Yup, Mahi-Mahi is just a marketing gimmick

    The fishes name is dolphin (Coryphaena hippurus). It is a beautiful and tasty game fish. When I was growing up in North Carolina, you could get it on the menu as dolphin. They started calling it mahi-mahi after too many people wanted to know if they were eating "Flipper."

    -- ekwhite
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    Tuesday, January 29, 2008 09:04 PM

  • Ekwhite

    The speared fish looked to me like a goldfish?

    Keith Knight is a linguist, naming the goldfish, Goldfish?

    Then he smiles and gulps Goldfish down with a shot of rum?

    Cartoonist are wolfish.

    -- bebop-o
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    Wednesday, January 30, 2008 03:23 AM

  • Awesome K

    Sums up nicely. I love your work. This and Waylay two major reasons to come to Salon.

    But what do you mean by middle-aged British Cougars?

    Peace,

    Xy

    -- xychro
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    Wednesday, January 30, 2008 05:56 AM

  • Cougars

    My understanding is that they're well heeled white women out for a good time with the locals (island love)...

    -- BillyFla
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    Wednesday, January 30, 2008 07:28 AM

  • About Mahi Mahi

    Just thought I'd throw in that the word isn't made-up, but Hawaiian. (For what it's worth).

    -- xychro
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    Wednesday, January 30, 2008 08:53 AM

  • Cougars

    I don't think they have to be well heeled, or white. Just middle aged and looking for some young love; usually at bars or on vacation.

    Revere the Cougar!

    -- dr_becht
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    Wednesday, January 30, 2008 09:14 AM

  • Banks Beer

    Keef -- Did you try some Banks Beer while there? Did you bring home a case? When can I come over?

    -- Michael F
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    Wednesday, January 30, 2008 09:25 PM

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