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Because my life is a never ending series of nothing important.
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A 48 inch pike. While this man looks proud, they’re actually an invasive species that are destroying our lake’s natural ecosystems. People catch and release because no one wants to eat them.
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A blackberry lime sour from Mast Landing brewery. Pink, tart and strangely creamy. Yum!
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Our local pub has started serving Naan flatbreads. Sweet potato, bacon, caramelized onions, blue cheese with a honey maple drizzle. Double yum!
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Our resident fox is coming earlier in the evening to beat the skunks and raccoons to the buffet.
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We’ve had nothing but rain all month and our lawn is really getting torn up by the deer herd. Going to be a lot of yard work in our future.
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River's world..... 
I like how the critters learn the schedule.
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It’s comical. No me wants to eat alongside the skunks…. Timing is key.
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I’ve eaten pike. It was a long time ago. Don’t know what that says about me but it tasted better than bass.
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I’ve never had it, but it’s considered a junk fish up here.
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Pike, ray and gar are completely edible but it takes a LOT of work to make them so…
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But is it worth the effort. That’s the question…
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Depends on one’s poverty level and imagination…
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” A hungry man will not say ‘this steak is too tough’ Cathy hates it when I say that.
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I often wonder why they don’t fish these invasive species and turn them into meals for the homeless. There’s so much hunger in this country is seems a waste…
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It makes great organic fertilizer, I’m sure, but whew, what a smell!
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Tell me about it. Our neighbor spread it on his farm one year… I couldn’t open our windows for weeks.
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That’s what I was thinking they should do with them, make it a sport and don’t throw them back, but make some use out of them. Maybe their skin is good for fashion and their guts for gardens.
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Just like the tegu, open season and a bounty on pike. That’ll get them out with a minimum of damage to native species and habitat. Take note, catching a four foot pike is bound to be a LOT of fun, and no one should feel too bad about it because, noble cause or not, catching fish is fun.
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I suppose something like that will have to be done eventually. We mess with Mother Nature at our….and her…peril.
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Sooner better than later.
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Yes! I recall an old guy talking about carp in our rivers being good for sport but horrible to eat.
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Where is this said fox when the red bitch is around, huh? That naan bread looks absolute delish, as does the drink! Pike, aren’t they edible though?
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They are edible. I suppose every fish is…. but they’re like carp, no one wants to eat them. At least up here.
As for the fox vs squirrel dilemma, that little red witch is too wily to show her face when he’s around.
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Of course she is…🙄
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I’d probably give the drink a try. Somewhere private, though. Can’t have a screaming mob outside my house in the middle of the night, looking for my man card.
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Though it’s pink…. it IS a beer, and was freshly tapped so you might squeak by.
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If you like kool-aid as much as I do, tropical punch, please, then, like me, you may be in danger of having your adult certification revoked. I wonder what’s taking so long.
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Nope. Never could stand the stuff, even as a kid. Though I do enjoy a Hi-C orange now and again.
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There were five of us kids, so Kool–Aid was it. I like Hi-C, too, and don’t get me started on Hawaiian punch. (I’m sure you won’t) 🙂
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Hawaiian Punch and I have history. It involves a large jar of Everclear and is better not spoken of……
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I have heard of that, and all the wonderful things that don’t happen when you drink it.
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It’s a potent brew. When I first moved down south we knew a man who had a still out back in the woods.
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Maybe if they filet the Pike and soak it in that Blackberry Lime Sour it would be yummy? Just asking.
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That could work….
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Or, just a thought here, you could soak your brain in about eight or nine glasses of the pink drink (It rhymes. See how I did that?), until your tastebuds have their beer goggles firmly attached. Then it should be delicious, I guess.
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As an ex waiter/bartender I could tell you what that ‘extra creamy ‘ is but just go ahead and enjoy it!!! (Never drink what you don’t see poured!)
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I saw it fresh from the tap, no worries.
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It was probably creamy thanks to egg white. Classic addition to a sour and proof that your bartender knows what he/she is doing.
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This was a sour beer, not a cocktail.
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Oh. Well…that’s just weird then!
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It was, most definitely. But in a good way…
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Foxy!
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Exactly!
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The cocktail/beer looks refreshing.
Why do a catch and release instead of a catch and dispose of if they are invasive?
Foxes are so pretty; I’m glad that one is being taken care of.
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I don’t know why they release the beasts back into the system to eat all the native fish. It’s like those dreadful jumping carp in the Great Lakes. So destructive…
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It’s amazing this pike pic came up – only yesterday I was reading about how invasive species arrive in are impacting Canada’s great lakes. Very informative article about how invasive things are moving around the world via shipping etc. I think you’ll find it interesting: https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/space-invasion-is-it-too-late-to-save-the-great-lakes/?fbclid=IwAR1x0_TRvP0OGo9MKpvwG97GYvZX56nwaXXq-zu_6_Ntgu6O237O9IHibj0
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Interesting, and horrifying as well. We mess with Mother Nature at our peril…
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