HK wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:
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While out west, we ate two dinners at a nice restaurant where the
speciality was "monkfish." I'd never had West Coast monkfish and I
thought it was delicious. Very light taste.

I don't much like "heavy" or oily tasting fish, though I do like
kingfish mackeral steaks broiled with lemon and some sauce.

About 15 yrs ago, I attended a convention at the "del" and everyone
insisted I try the Abalone. It is a shellfish, where I think they
sliced it thin, pounded it like veal, lighted breaded it and then pan
fried it. It was the most expensive item on the menu, and was a must
have for those of us form the east coast. If they sell it here, I
have never seen it in a restaurant or fish market. I wasn't
impressed, it was so delicate, it almost had no flavor. I would
prefer scallops.

Did you notice that the Navy Seals train on the beach right outside
the "del"? They are running the beach every morning at about 5 am.





No military types were training on the beach in front of or on either
side of the Del when I was outside, and I sure as hell was not outside
wandering about in the 5 AM darkness. The only real military presence I
noticed consisted of naval aviation flyovers and boys playing with their
helicopters.

When I said training, I meant they would swim and run up and down the
beach. Their training base is just a little south of the "del". A DI
was pushing them the whole time. I enjoy the early morning and loved
drinking a cup of coffee and walking on the beach. It was a trip to see
a group of 20 Navy Seals coming out of the water and running down the
beach. 30 minutes later, they were running and/or swimming back to the
training base.



I did see some naval guys in dress uniforms a couple of evenings on the
premises, officers and ratings.

In San Diego harbor, the coasties were busy looking like they were
protecting the homeland.