Fresh COD for dinner

[JustJohn or JJ]

Well I just returned from the fishmonger. He had a load of fresh COD. Bought couple of pounds so we will have baked COD this evening.

Will have enough left for fish chowder.

This morning I made a batch of macaroni salad and a batch of potato salad.

Getting ready for this weekend. Cucumber salad is on the menu also.


Bon Appetit


If a fishmonger is a person who sells fresh fish,and if his wife sells it also, is she also a fishmonger?

[JustJohn or JJ]

Jun 7, 2013 11:30:59 GMT -7 JustJohn or JJ said:

If a fishmonger is a person who sells fresh fish,and if his wife sells it also, is she also a fishmonger?

A fishwife or fishlass[1] is a woman who sells fish.[2] In this context, the word wife means woman rather than married woman.[3] This usage stems from Old English wif (woman) and is similar to the German weib, also meaning "woman". This sense of the word is still used in Modern English in constructions such as midwife and old wives' tale. "Lass" means girl or young woman, particularly one who is unmarried.

Often the wives and daughters of fishermen, fish wives were notoriously loud and foul-mouthed, as noted in the expression, To swear like a fishwife. One reason for their outspokenness is that their wares were highly perishable and so lost value if not sold quickly.[4]