Is it me, or is there something rather horrible about The New England Aquarium's Celebrate Seafood Dinner Series...which includes a complimentary pass to the Aquarium?

I'm sensing a movie here...

That would gross me out.

I can just see the movie now - little seafood animals plotting to run away from the chef :)

See it. Eat it.

No, it's not right somehow.

So. SO. very. wrong.

seems a little fishy to me.....

Next we'll be having a zebra roast at the zoo?

I don't think that whole thing was very well thought through! ;-)

Hmmm, I seem to be with everyone else here in thinking this is a little evil. And I don't have any great love for aquariums, even! :-)

Hmmm, I seem to be with everyone else here in thinking this is a little evil. And I don't have any great love for aquariums, even! :-)

This makes me think of "Finding Nemo" when the poor fish are in the tank at the Dentist office and the naughty little kid comes in.
So I can picture a cartoon movie with all the fish trying to escape before they end up in the frying pan.
Or a wildly funny movie about a fund raising Seafood dinner gone wrong. A fall in the tank, swim with the dolphins and or shark attack, for the totally outrageous cook, who is allergic to seafood, esspecially shrimp and those little buggers love him. His assistant is a blond who has big boobs and no brain. She puts diamond necklaces on the fish and wants to pierce their fins. She holds up a hula hoop for the fish to jump threw as they dive to their death and somehow they miss the pot and land in the top of her dress smacking her in the face with their tales. I could go on but you get the idea?

oh, thats just wrong

i guess i'm the only one who thinks it would be cool to pick your dinner out of the really big tank!

Les poissons, les poissons
How I love les poissons
Love to chop and to serve little fish

First I cut off their heads
Then I pull out their bones
Ah, mais oui, ca c'est
toujours delish

Les poissons, les poissons
Hee-hee-hee, haw-haw-haw
With the cleaver I hack them in two

I pull out what's inside
And I serve it up fried
God, I love little fishes, don't you?

Here's something for tempting the palate
Prepared in the classic technique
First you pound the fish flat
With a mallet

Then you slash through the skin
Give the belly a slice
Then you rub some salt in
'Cause that makes it taste nice

[Zut alors, I have missed one!]

Sacre bleu! What is this?
How on earth could I miss
Such a sweet little suculent crab

Quel domage. What a loss
Here we go in the sauce
Now some flour, I think just a dab

Now I stuff you with bread
It don't hurt 'cause you're dead
And you're certainly lucky you are

'Cause it's gonna be hot
In my big silver pot
Tootle-loo, mon poison, au revoir!

hmmm, after going to the New England site, and clicking on the link that it suggests, it says that they are serving sea perch, or sea bass, which is common enough on many restaurant menus.

It's also "farmed," meaning it's a commercial fish that is bred for that reason. Similar to Tilapia, for example. Not much different than cows are bred for the meat market, unfortunately.

Obviously, if they were serving dolphin (not mahi mahi), or whale, or some other fish that is not common on our plates at various seafood restaurants, then I'd have a problem with it.

Where it's a normal seafood, such as lobster or shrimp, etc, I wouldn't be upset.

Keep in mind, if this fish were loose in the ocean, it would be prey for larger fish as well! LOL.

Just to even things out, the after dinner movie will be

JAWS