In line with the LA Fires... I have a new favorite snack food!

[justoffal]

I highly recommend them... They taste a little lighter than canned sardines and are very high in vital nutrient oils!

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[marvin martian]

I highly recommend them... They taste a little lighter than canned sardines and a very high and vital nutrient oils!



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Pickled in the tears of Kamala supporters.

 

[White 6]

I highly recommend them... They taste a little lighter than canned sardines and a very high and vital nutrient oils!



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Not being from the left coast, what is the relation of smelt (pickled or otherwise) to California and their fires?

 

[d0gbreath]

Not being from the left coast, what is the relation of smelt (pickled or otherwise) to California and their fires?

Word has it, over on Conspiracy Rd, that dams were removed for the protection of the endangered smelt.

I must say that those jars look really tasty!

 

[justoffal]

Not being from the left coast, what is the relation of smelt (pickled or otherwise) to California and their fires?

Ahhh.....well supposedly a large hydrating water source was cut off from the Palisades area from up north,
a river that was diverted out to the sea which somehow made the habitat for the smelt in that region ( fresh water) better.

I'm not totally up on it but that's what I have read so far. I hadn't realized until looking into it that I could get them (smelt) locally and since I always liked sardines I was curious.....local Walmart has them actually. I couldn't tell you the difference between a smelt and a Sardine....to me the look and taste almost identical with the Smelt being a bit more oil dense I think.

That of course does not explain why I am an asshole and make wise-ass posts like the one you responded to though. Suffice it to say that I do realize it.

JO

 

[White 6]

Ahhh.....well supposedly a large hydrating water source was cut off from the Palisades area from up north,
a river that was diverted out to the sea which somehow made the habitat for the smelt in that region ( fresh water) better.

I'm not totally up on it but that's what I have read so far. I hadn't realized until looking into it that I could get them (smelt) locally and since I always liked sardines I was curious.....local Walmart has them actually. I couldn't tell you the difference between a smelt and a Sardine....to me the look and taste almost identical with the Smelt being a bit more oil dense I think.

That of course does not explain why I am an asshole and make wise-ass posts like the one you responded to though. Suffice it to say that I do realize it.

JO

I kind of like wise ass posts, personally. I just was not familiar with the back story.
Is that what Jimmy Stewart (as Charles Lindburg) was cooking over an acetylene torch while building The Spirit of St Louis out in San Diego? Looks like some kind of bait fish, to me.

 

[The Irish Ram]

Not being from the left coast, what is the relation of smelt (pickled or otherwise) to California and their fires?

There was a choice to be made. Water for the smelt or water in fire hydrants. Fish won.

 

[White 6]

There was a choice to be made. Water for the smelt or water in fire hydrants. Fish won.

Great. Like the Snail Darter of East TN, known to lock down projects on this side of the continent, of ecologic reasons.

 

[yidnar]

I kind of like wise ass posts, personally. I just was not familiar with the back story.
Is that what Jimmy Stewart (as Charles Lindburg) was cooking over an acetylene torch while building The Spirit of St Louis out in San Diego? Looks like some kind of bait fish, to me.

 

[White 6]

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Wait.., Don't tell me. Trump jacking off a fish?
Too big for a smelt. Must be a sperm whale.

 

[BackAgain]

Word has it, over on Conspiracy Rd, that dams were removed for the protection of the endangered smelt

What is the Delta Smelt Fish?​

The delta smelt is a small, slender-bodied fish native to California's San Francisco Estuary. Listed as endangered under state and federal laws, it is considered an indicator species for the health of the estuary ecosystem.

The species has faced dramatic population declines due to habitat changes, reduced freshwater outflows and other environmental pressures.

Efforts to protect the delta smelt involve limiting water diversion from the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta using changes to dam releases to ensure sufficient flows for its survival. These protections have sparked years of litigation and political battles over water allocation in California.

Why Is Trump attacking Gavin Newsom over delta smelt fish?

A three-inch-long fish is at the center of a political debate over wildfire management in California as deadly blazes continue in Los Angeles.

www.newsweek.com

The article (of course) goes on to deny the connection by claiming that the water diversion policies come from upstate California and that the Palisades’ water supply comes from mostly other sources.

That is, of course, itself debatable. See, for example: https://www.nature.org/media/california/california_drinking-water-sources-2012.pdf

But what do we expect from Time?

 

[justoffal]

I kind of like wise ass posts, personally. I just was not familiar with the back story.
Is that what Jimmy Stewart (as Charles Lindburg) was cooking over an acetylene torch while building The Spirit of St Louis out in San Diego? Looks like some kind of bait fish, to me.

Yeah the smaller fish seem to be packed with vital nutrients. I guess there's an argument to be made about running up the food chain and affecting various species of consumer fish.
As is always the case with these things nothing is ever black and white. I can see how well meaning environmentalist could sound the alarm on the collapse of a food chain leaving to the endangerment of numerous species.
I guess we have to come to a decision and whether or not humans are more important than animals sometimes.

 

[White 6]

Yeah the smaller fish seem to be packed with vital nutrients. I guess there's an argument to be made about running up the food chain and affecting various species of consumer fish.
As is always the case with these things nothing is ever black and white. I can see how well meaning environmentalist could sound the alarm on the collapse of a food chain leaving to the endangerment of numerous species.
I guess we have to come to a decision and whether or not humans are more important than animals sometimes.

True. But, that for people in that state to decide, so I will not bother with the judgement of how they manage their ecosystem.