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Blue Marlin from Costa Rica........ and MORE PESKY SOUPS!!!
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Absolutely Fresh Seafood Market Specials:
Blue Marlin from Costa Rica 9.95/lb
Excellent under the broiler, or seared in your sauté pan! And if you're like me, fire up that grill and put some char marks on your fish. If you heat up a plate or pan, this helps to keep this fish hot while on the way to the kitchen or dining room table.
Don't forget about marinating with our very own Pacific Rim Sauce (soy/aji mirin based - available at BOTH AFS Markets, don't you know).
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NOTE FROM GRANT:
Shuck's Beer Feature:
Empyrean Ales Brewing Company of Lincoln NE
Third Stone Brown & Burning Skye Scottish Ale
Also Coming Soon to Shucks
Bomber shots and Our Signature Oyster Shooters
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Husband (a doctor) and his wife are having a fight at the breakfast table.
Husband gets up in a rage and says, "And you are no good in bed either," and storms out of the house. After sometime, he realizes he was nasty and decides to make amends and rings her up. She comes to the phone after many rings, and the irritated husband says, "What took you so long to answer the phone?" She says, "I was in bed."
"In bed this early, doing what?"
"Getting a second opinion!"
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Holy mackerel! You are keeping us busy, but we love it. Between providing seafood to hundreds of restaurants, thousands of individual customers, and the two restaurants, I'm a bit out of breath. Good thing I don't do much anymore - that's what I get for surrounding myself with talented employees!! I think my new job description should be seafood and beer taster at Shucks....hmmm............
Now if Bo Pelini can jump start the Huskers, we'll have something, won't we?
--Greg
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It's so dry in Georgia that the Baptists are starting to baptize by sprinkling, Methodists are using wet-wipes, and Presbyterians are giving out rain-checks. Episcopalians? They are praying for wine to turn back into water.
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It's SOUP SEASON
Chef Claude is servin' up hot soup to go at 18th & Leavenworth.
Chef Jon has added a daily soup special almost every day at Bailey's, and don't forget about what are among the finest soups in town at Shucks: Lobster Bisque, Clam Chowder, Fish Chowder, Cioppino, and, of course Louisiana Gumbo.
Can't beat it with a stick.
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Subject: Stella Awards
It's time again for the annual "Stella Awards"! For
those unfamiliar with these awards, they are named
after 81-year-old Stella Liebeck who spilled hot
coffee on herself and successfully sued the McDonald's
in New Mexico where she purchased the coffee. You
remember, she took the lid off the coffee and put it
between her knees while she was driving. Who would
ever think one could get burned doing that, right?
That's right; these are awards for the most outlandish
lawsuits and verdicts in the U.S . You know, the kinds
of cases that make you scratch your head. So keep your
head scratcher handy.
Here are the Stella's for the past year:
7TH PLACE :
Kathleen Robertson of Austin , Texas was awarded
$80,000 by a jury of her peers after breaking her
ankle tripping over a toddler who was running inside a
furniture store. The store owners were understandably
surprised by the verdict, considering the running
toddler was her own son
6TH PLACE:
Carl Truman, 19, of Los Angeles , California won
$74,000 plus medical expenses when his neighbor ran
over his hand with a Honda Accord. Truman apparently
didn't notice there was someone at the wheel of the
car when he was trying to steal his neighbor's
hubcaps.
5TH PLACE:
Terrence Dickson, of Bristol , Pennsylvania , who was
leaving a house he had just burglarized by way of the
garage. Unfortunately for Dickson, the automatic
garage door opener malfunctioned and he could not get
the garage door to open. Worse, he couldn't re-enter
the house because the door connecting the garage to
the house locked when Dickson pulled it shut. Forced
to sit for eight, count 'em, EIGHT, days on a case of
Pepsi and a large bag of dry dog food, he sued the
homeowner's insurance company claiming undue mental
Anguish.
Amazingly, the jury said the insurance company must
pay Dickson $500,000 for his anguish. We should all
have this kind of anguish.
Keep scratching. There are more...
4TH PLACE :
Jerry Williams, of Little Rock , Arkansas , garnered
4th Place in the Stella's when he was awarded $14,500
plus medical expenses after being bitten on the butt
by his next door neighbor's beagle - even though the
beagle was on a chain in its owner's fenced yard.
Williams did not get as much as he asked for because
the jury believed the beagle might have been provoked
at the time of the butt bite because Williams had
climbed over the fence into the yard and repeatedly
shot the dog with a pellet gun.
3RD PLACE :
Amber Carson of Lancaster , Pennsylvania because a
jury ordered a Philadelphia restaurant to pay her
$113,500 after she slipped on a spilled soft drink and
broke her tailbone. The reason the soft drink was on
the floor: Ms. Carson had thrown it at her boyfriend
30 seconds earlier during an argument. What ever
happened to people being responsible for their own
actions?
2ND PLACE :
Kara Walton, of Claymont , Delaware sued the owner of
a night club in a nearby city because she fell from
the bathroom window to the floor, knocking out her two
front teeth. Even though Ms. Walton was trying to
sneak through the ladies room window to avoid paying
the $3.50 cover charge, the jury said the night club
had to pay her $12,000....oh, yeah, plus dental expenses. Go figure.
1ST PLACE : (May I have a fanfare played on 50 kazoos
please)
This year's runaway First Place Stella Award winner
was Mrs. Merv Grazinski, of Oklahoma City , Oklahoma ,
who purchased a new 32-foot Winnebago motor home. On
her first trip home, from an OU football game, having
driven on to the freeway, she set the cruise control
at 70 mph and calmly left the driver's seat to go to
the back of the Winnebago to make herself a sandwich.
Not surprisingly, the motor home left the freeway,
crashed and overturned. Also not surprisingly, Mrs.
Grazinski sued Winnebago for not putting in the
owner's manual that she couldn't actually leave the
driver's seat while the cruise control was set . The
Oklahoma jury awarded her, are you sitting down,
$1,750,000 PLUS a new motor home. Winnebago actually
changed their manuals as a result of this suit, just
incase Mrs. Grazinski has any relatives who might also
buy a motor home.
Are we, as a society, getting more stupid...? Ya think??!!
More than a few of our judge's elevators don't go to
the top floor either!
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Absolutely Fresh Seafood Markets
Downtown: 18th & Leavenworth, 345-5057, Mon-Sat 9-6
West: one block south of 119th & Pacific, 827-4376, Mon-Sat 9-7:30, Sun 11-6
Shucks Fish House & Oyster Bar (within the Seafood Market): Monday - Thursday 11 - 9, Fri, Sat 11-10, Sun 2-8 (827-4376)
Bailey's (1259 S 120th St - next to Bronco's): Monday - Friday 6:30- 2, Saturday & Sunday 8 - 2
932-5577
West Store - SEAFOOD MARKET IS OPEN UNTIL 7:30 PM MON - SAT!! And now open until 6:00 on Sunday.
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Q: What do you call a handcuffed man?
A: Trustworthy.
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Shucks Daily Specials:
Sunday -- Beer Buckets and "Sunday Family Fish & Fries" open 2:00 - 8:00 pm
Monday - Crabby Mondays - after 5:00 pm King Crab Legs, Snow Crab Legs
Tuesday - Wine Night = $4 glass of excellent wines
Wednesday - Oysters on special all day
Thursday --Baja Fish Tacos - crispy chunks of fresh fish in a tortilla, with our fresh salsa and a side of rice; 2 for 7.95.
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A wife was making a breakfast of fried eggs for her husband. Suddenly, her husband burst into the kitchen. 'Careful,' he said, 'CAREFUL! Put in some more butter! Oh my gosh! You're cooking too many at once. TOO MANY! Turn them! TURN THEM NOW! We need more butter. Oh my gosh! WHERE are we going to get MORE BUTTER? They're going to STICK! Careful. CAREFUL! I said be CAREFUL! You NEVER listen
to me when you're cooking! Never! Turn them! Hurry up! Are you CRAZY? Have you LOST your mind? Don't forget to salt them. You know you always forget to salt them. Use the! salt. USE THE SALT! THE SALT!' The wife stared at him. 'What in the world is wrong with you? You think I don't know how to fry a couple of eggs?' The husband calmly replied, 'I just wanted to show you what it feels like when I'm driving.'
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A woman came home, screeching her car into the driveway, and ran into the house. She slammed the door and shouted at the top of her lungs, 'Honey, pack your bags. I won the lottery!'
The husband said, 'Oh my God! What should I pack, beach stuff or mountain stuff?' 'Doesn't matter,' she said. 'Just get out.'
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Holidays are upon us! Remember: Absolutely Fresh Seafood Markets have the
#1 Rated Party Platters in Nebraska - 20 years running!
And I'll tell you why people like ours the best; we are the only folks actually cooking the shrimp, and smoking the salmon. That's why you keep on buying our fresh-cooked shrimp and salmon all year long out of our case.
So remember that we've got the really good goods; whether you plan to make your arrangement at home, or have us do it for you on our platters. With our home made cocktail sauce and dill sauce, you will be the HIT of your get-togethers.
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Now, I know I'll get some flak for the following little story. That's cool. Freedom of expression is one of the many things I really, really like about this country. The sad jokes - okay sometimes you might laugh out loud at one of ‘em - the half baked recipes, etc ..... SIMPLY because I feel like putting it out there on the web. It's great. And when I forward a joke with partisan overtones; rest assured that I thing both the Republicans and Democrats BOTH suck. I try to offend just about everyone at some time. I LOVE this country!
TAX POLICIES EXPLAINED
Funny if it were not so true.
Here's a baseball analogy of tax policies. If you don't understand
the Democrats' version of tax refunds, maybe this will help explain it:
One day, 50,000 people go to a baseball game, but the game was
rained out. A refund was then due.
The team was about to mail refunds when a group of
Congressional Democrats stopped them and suggested that they
send out the ticket refunds based on the Democratic National
Committee's interpretation of fairness.
Originally the refunds were to be paid based on the price each
person had paid for the tickets. Unfortunately that meant most
of the refund money would be going to the ticket holders that
had purchased the most expensive tickets. This, according to
the DNC, is considered totally unfair. A decision was then made
to pay out the refunds in this manner:
People in the $10 seats will get back $15. After all, they have
less money to spend on tickets to begin with. Call it an
"Earned Income Ticket Credit." Persons "earn" it by having few
skills, poor work habits, and low ambition, thus keeping them
at entry-level wages.
People in the $25 seats will get back $25, because it "seems
fair."
People in the $50 seats will get back $1, because they already
make a lot of money and don't need a refund. After all, if they
can afford a $50 ticket, they must not be paying enough taxes.
People in the $75 luxury box seats will each have to pay an
additional $25 because it's the "right thing to do."
And people walking past the stadium who couldn't afford to buy
a ticket for the game each will get a $10 refund, even though
they didn't pay anything for the tickets. They need the most
help.
Now do you understand?
If not, pls. contact Representative Nancy Pelosi, Senator Ted
Kennedy, or Senator Hillary Clinton for assistance. Thank you.
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Stop in at either fish market: 18th & Leavenworth 345-5057, plus 119th & Pacific 827-4376.
Also, we'd love to see you at both of our restaurants: Shucks (inside the west Omaha fish market) 827-4376
and Bailey's Breakfast & Lunch; next to Bronco's, 120th & Pacific 932-5577.
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