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Turbot Thursday
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2026 1:01 am
by Kittykatt
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Re: Turbot Thursday
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2026 1:03 am
by Kittykatt
Turbot is widely recognized to be one of the finest fish in the sea. This flat fish grows to a large size with record specimens measuring a metre in diameter and weighing 15kgs. Such a fish takes the star role in a poem by the Roman satirist Juvenal, “The Emperor’s Turbot” in which consternation arises when the imperial kitchen is discovered to have no pot large enough to cook it whole.
Brillat-Savarin, the French gourmet, encountered a similar problem. He solved it by laying the fish in a large basket, enveloped in herbs and covered with a washtub, the whole contraption hoisted in a hammock over a water boiler.
The turbot is unusual in having no scales. Like all flatfish, it’s dark on the top side (scattered with small knobbles or “tubercles”) and a bright white underside. There is a steady but limited supply of wild turbot, totalling about 5,000 tonnes a year. It's a European fish, historically found througout the Mediterranean and all the way round the Bay of Biscay and British Isles and up to northern Norway.
However, because it is so valuable, turbot was one of the first fish to be farmed, the supply of which has long exceeded that of wild. Nevertheless, good farmed turbot can be of excellent quality and hardly less expensive than wild. Because it is farmed in tanks onshore (rather than in nets at sea) turbot farming poses no serious pollution issues and is regarded as a green source, except for the fact that it needs fishmeal (made from small fish) which is in limited supply.
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Re: Turbot Thursday
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2026 1:09 am
by Kittykatt
Good morning everyone and happy Thursday! I'm still getting the 503.error message,.and also a "resource limit reached" message. For reference, the time is around 6 am BST. I'm wondering if this may be a more internet wide problem? I had the same problem when I tried to check the process of Fred's insurance claim on the company's website this morning.
I'll keep this short as.I need to be up early.for church. BBL!
Re: Turbot Thursday
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2026 1:10 am
by Kittykatt
SHEM:
"Silence is a source of great strength."
Lao Tzu
Re: Turbot Thursday
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2026 1:13 am
by Kittykatt
Thursday:
DH WFH
10.30 am church -
Can I hoover car?
Any errands to run?
Ring meds co re my prescription
2.30 pm osteopath me
DH out at work.do.this evening
6-7 pm Waitrose delivery
PA groceries
My supper
Kitties' supper
Re: Turbot Thursday
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2026 6:20 am
by L.Ann
So far it is working this morning for me kittykatt, but I got those errors all day yesterday. It is only happening for me on this site.
1-dress and pick up bedroom
2-meds and temp for DD33
3-walk
4-start laundry
5-Little Bit’s house-read, walk to bus stop
6- clean play kitchen for give away
7-reboot laundry
Menus
Thursday-pizza
Friday-leftover pizza
Saturday-sweet Thai chili Salmon
Sunday-picnic
Monday-pesto chicken lettuce wraps
Tuesday- Middle Eastern Chickpea Bowls
Events
Thursday-Little Bit 7:40-8:45, pick up Little Bit@4 and take to soccer@6
Friday-Little Bit 7:40-8:45, DD33 dentist@11, Special Needs Night at the museum w/ boat ride@5, pick up csa box
Saturday-Arts Festival @10 Taste of St. Mary’s.???
Sunday-Fall picnic for DD332:30-5:30
Weekly House Blessing-mop dining room, kitchen, bathroom, windex, dust, swish and swipe,vacuum
Death book-update DD33’s pages
Phone calls-
Extra stuff-submit passport
Shutterfly- Christmas card, Becca book, Little Bit’s book, Little Bit last school year book, calendar, art book, magnets, coasters, Hawaii book
Accomplishments
-stretching and knee exercises
-breakfast for dog and me
Re: Turbot Thursday
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2026 7:48 am
by helia
It took me 6 minutes to get in here this morning. Lots of 503 messages, a couple resource limit reached messages -- and many wrong password messages. I am typing the same password that eventually got me in. . . I tried my work account and had no better luck.
Glad it's working for you, L Ann. It worked better for me yesterday than this morning.
Kitty, I've never heard of turbot before. Is it tasty? I hope you had a good morning at church.
It is rather dark and dreary outside. I think the days are getting shorter + it is cloudy. Dh just left with the girls to do the school drop off this morning. I go to WW @ 8 a.m. on Thursdays.
Today: I have WW @ 8 a.m. and my work out with AS at 2. I'm scheduled for an EPT interview at 1 pm, but the potential student never accepted the video invite. Admin has emailed her to ask if she still wants the advising meeting, but there's been no response. SO I don't know if I have an EPT At 1 pm or not. Other things to do: WF run, pack for weekend trip, change oil in car (although, dh says it's not necessary; car says it's necessary). Payroll - GGT spreadsheet, collection bin, prep for AIAS D5. Tomorrow is super busy so not much time to prep. The girls are cooking tonight, but I might need to help them a bit: tacos.
Now, the weather up north this weekend is looking better than the weather here this weekend. We may get by with minimum/ no rain at all! 
Next:
- WW meeting
- stop by WF
- put away groceries
TaDas!
- up; weighed self - down!! (But I'm switching to fall clothes, including jeans instead of linen capris, so WW will post a gain there, probably.)
- coffee
- email deletions + weather website
- many attempts to get in here
BBL.
Re: Turbot Thursday
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2026 8:07 am
by kitkat
I got in - no problem. Lets see if I can post with no issues.
Good morning Kittykatt and thanks for the start again:)
Haven't seen trissie for some days..
helia I had some trouble yesterday but not today... only on this site
LAnn I noted the books (thanks) - just finished Kastner's . Moving onto Parting Words by Ferencz Benjamin (non-fiction)
Goldfinch is on deck. Have you read it?
Heating pad (hopefully) doing its job. (My lower back started bothering me yesterday). Getting ready for our walk with ddog.
Gloomy day - a little cool in the morning but it warms up.
Planning work in the basement,
laundry
DC some
take out garb/rec (to curb)
pa summer clothes.
I have a class in the evening if my back cooperates.
Re: Turbot Thursday
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2026 9:20 am
by helia
kitkat and L Ann, I'm really enjoying listening to The Other Bennet Sister. If you enjoy Jane Austen, it's a fun book.
I hope your heating pad does its job well, kitkat.
I'm back from WW, up 0.4 lbs which means I actually lost since I switched from linen capris to jeans and added a fleece on top of my t shirt. So, my clothes this week weigh more than last week. My own scale says I'm down.
More payroll today: I probably have the EPT interview; the student is very low level so might not have understood the video meeting invitation acceptance. Also, I forgot that I do morning announcements on T and Th now since AC teaches a class those days.
Next:
- payroll: morning announcements
- WF
- put away groceries
Later:
- some qt
- back exercises
- s2s and self care
- video call with dsil?
- strip MBR bed
- sheets and towels: w d f pa
- darks: fold and p/a
- payroll: GGT spreadsheet
- lunch
- after lunch clean up
- 1-1:20 payroll: EPT interview?
- payroll: type up placement rec
- payroll: start prep for AIAS D5
- 2-3 work out with AS
- maybe a short walk as well? Don't want to overdo it but do want to test my legs.
- oil change?
- buy sympathy card for Ss?
- progress on baby gifts?
- dinner: beef tacos, falafel for SP
- after dinner clean up
- pack food/ have a list for the cooler
- pack clothes
- start packing toiletries
- duolingo
- update WW
- update MFP
- Finch
- read 5 pages
TaDas!
- up; weighed self - down a bit - BUT I'm switching to fall clothes for WW weigh in today, including jeans instead of linen capris, so WW will most likely post a gain there. - Yes, a small gain.
- coffee
- email deletions + weather website
- many attempts to get in here
- WW meeting
- reclaimed kitchen
Re: Turbot Thursday
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2026 9:22 am
by Harriet
The forum will be updated sometime within the next 24 hours.
If I had to guess at specifics, I would guess late evening or overnight EST.