Don't eat the lobster

[texas-buzzard]

no fish for us, i want hamburgers, fries and cold beer.

 

[Doc]

Not to malign waiters and waitresses but the question should make most twitch a bit.

No, in Honduras, you would simply never get a real answer although you may have believed that you did after the interchange. It is all a matter of conversing fluently in (Bay Island) Honduran, which is different than Spanish which is used to confuse people on the Mainland.

no fish for us, i want hamburgers, fries and cold beer.

For years, due to something as ubiquitous as spell check, the Jimmy Buffet Cheesburger song was attributed to Roatan.

The story got swung incorrectly to Roatan when a copywriter typed in "Roadtown" (which is where it really occurred in Virgin Gorda) and the spellcheck balked. Thus, the legend fell in some confusion towards Roatan instead.

It of course, involved Jimmy Buffet's distress over having a cheeseburger made up of of chavel.

Roatan just hasn't been all that colorful since the real Pirates of the Caribbean left town.

You can't swing a dead Guatusa Agouti in West End without hitting a place that will sell you a cheesburger, fries and a beer.

 

[parrotheaddiver]

For years, due to something as ubiquitous as spell check, the Jimmy Buffet Cheesburger song was attributed to Roatan.

The story got swung incorrectly to Roatan when a copywriter typed in "Roadtown" (which is where it really occurred in Virgin Gorda) and the spellcheck balked. Thus, the legend fell in some confusion towards Roatan instead.

It of course, involved Jimmy Buffet's distress over having a cheeseburger made up of of chavel.

Roatan just hasn't been all that colorful since the real Pirates of the Caribbean left town.

You can't swing a dead Guatusa Agouti in West End without hitting a place that will sell you a cheesburger, fries and a beer.

I like mine with lettuce and tomato
Heinz 57 and french fried potatoes
Big kosher pickle and a cold draft beer
Well good god almighty which way do I steer for my :eat:

 

[texas-buzzard]

OMG it'a a parrothead.

 

[Dhboner]

Valhala,
your post is quite valid except for the fact that very few places on the Island have more that a few cubic feet of freezer space and many have no generator to support long storage with the power outages and are not capable of stocking up for the 5 months of off season.
Comparing how anything works in third world Honduras to what works in the US just goes to show your lack of infornation on the way things actually do work in the area



You obviously have no knowledge of fish stores and restaurant "stock" on the island. Will it help Honduran fisheries as a whole? Probably not a lot when there are divers regularly bent diving for them who are easilly replaced and with Honduras being a main supporter of Red lobster and other north American companies selling Lobsters BUT it can certainly help the area directly around the island

Your post is somewhat what would be expected comming from someone in an area full of law enforcement and taxes paying for such, My post is reality where people must do a lot on their own. Sure, taxes are low in Honduras which means we have very little for enforcement of any kind for any crimes, let alone poaching. Face it, if no one buys them then the market goes away, you cannot deny that but if you want to visit and eat illegaly harvested lobster then have at it, you may want some conch chowder that is probably illegal as well as try some iguana with a side of Island deer. Afterall, it has a wonderful flavor, sort of a cross between Bald eagle and sea turtle.
Sure there are some that stock up when lobster is in season and if its a place that has the facilities to do so then lets us in on it but also remember, when eating those 2 and three lobster tail meals that the tails are required to be 5.5 inches or more anf the shells dont really shrink when cooked

That was a bit harsh!

 

[RTBDiver]

That was a bit harsh!

Sorry, Please forgive me

 

[Scott L]

That was a bit harsh!

The OP and I exchanged a couple of nice educational PM's. All is good....

 

[Dhboner]

Sorry, Please forgive me

You are (of course) forgiven!

Cheers

Bob