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Cermele: Woman Fries And Eats Pet Goldfish After Fight With Ex-Husband

October 15, 2009

Cermele: Woman Fries And Eats Pet Goldfish After Fight With Ex-Husband

I know this is a little off-topic for the blog, but it's too good. I had to share it. While looking at a few news sites this morning, I stumbled across this headline: "Woman Fries And Eats Pet Goldfish After Fight With Ex-Husband." Here's the story.

From the New York Daily News:

PASADENA, Tex. - Authorities say a Houston-area woman who was burned up at her former common-law husband fried their pet goldfish and ate some of them...

Pasadena police say it's a civil matter and no charges will be filed. The seven goldfish were purchased together by the couple during happier times...

Police spokesman Vance Mitchell says the man reported on Saturday that the woman took the goldfish from his apartment...

Officers who were dispatched to the woman's home arrived to find four fried goldfish on a plate. The woman said she already ate the other three.

This leaves a few questions unanswered: How does one prepare a goldfish? Fried whole like a shrimp? Filleted? Cajun seasoning or Panko batter? Did she enjoy the goldfish or choke them down, gagging the whole time, but suffering for the sake of revenge?

I ask these things because we fishermen are often left with unused shiners and fatheads at the end of the day. They're not cheap and I usually dump them. Maybe I'm missing out on something. -- JC

 

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from gman3186 wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

here fishy fishy

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from weve_25 wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

I hope he doesn't own a dog.....for the dog's sake!

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from MLH wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

Goldfish, as overindulging college students know, are meant to be eaten straight up. Or is that straight down? Pinch tail, tilt back head, drop, and swallow whole. Beer chaser.

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from WAH wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

Shame on you Cermele. Dumping bait is how nasty invasives are spread.

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from EricAichele wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

That's golden. Pun intended.

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from steve182 wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

Whole, tempura battered, little cocktail sauce.

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from Moishe wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

It would take to many to make a meal. That was dumb!

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from Joe_Cermele wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

Good point WAH, although when I buy live bait, 99% of the time, it's netted in the same river -- or most of the time--from the bay I'm fishing.

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from buckhunter wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

Let this be a lesson to anyone one here considering getting married. Buy poison puffer fish.

Ya hear me JC.

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from Joe_Cermele wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

Ah Buck...still laughing

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from jtboles wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

Thats a wierd meal, I mean what wuld you tell your co-worker who asks you what did you eat for dinner last night.

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from seadog wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

buckhunter, LMAO, shame on you and a big plus 1. I should have thought of that before I married my first wife. My current wife is a keeper--she can have the goldfish.

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from MLH wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

buckhunter - that is hilarious. Definitely beware of
female sushi chefs. They know which Fugu parts are poisonous, and also know how to use their knives.

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from Mike Diehl wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

O the humanity.

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from tourneyking734 wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

that's what's nice about fishing with smelt, once your done fishing you can just fry them up and not waste any

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from seadog wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

Still waiting for the animal rights kooks to weigh in on this. Are they launching an investigation? Protesting in front of her house? Maybe they'll leave idahooutdoors alone for a while so they can vilify the goldfish killer.

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from earlyriser81 wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

No...That is just wrong!

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from 2matsgul wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

This lady really has problems

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from ranger2 wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

Good thing they did not have kids! The classic get even with the spouse by taking it out on the innocent third party scenario.
I just hope she was too mad to remeber to clean them...

Officer: "Ma'am, you have a little something stuck between your teeth...are those fish guts!?"

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from squirrelgirl wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

Y'know what grosser than eating live goldfish? Throwing them back up. I speak from experience

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from Reefmonkey wrote 5 weeks 23 hours ago

I think you'd fry them and eat them whole, with a little lemon, like shishamo or whitebait.

I know a guy whose exwife cooked his dog and fed it to him.

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from DanCS wrote 5 weeks 20 hours ago

Squirrelgirl, I need to hear that story.

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from rudyglove27 wrote 5 weeks 19 hours ago

squirrelgirl,
My ex-wife used to do that a lot and that's one of the reason why we are not together and also here infidelity which she is not good to hide at all...I have a wonderful wife now, she hunts, fish, camp and love the outdoors, the ex-wife hates it!!!

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from jordjohn44 wrote 5 weeks 19 hours ago

Taste Like Salmon?

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from Fruguy101 wrote 5 weeks 17 hours ago

Think about it, the woman fried the goldfish and ate them. What would she have done had she the right implements and a drunken commonlaw husband? now there's some food for thought!!

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from steve182 wrote 5 weeks 7 hours ago

can't understand normal thinking

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from Bella wrote 5 weeks 7 hours ago

Heck, goldfish are just a fancy subspecies of carp. Lots of people eat carp. I think in Poland they eat it on holidays and Chinese serve it up on New Years Day for luck, But REVENGE IS A DISH BEST SERVED COLD (perhaps with a little tartar sauce)

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from sgaredneck wrote 5 weeks 7 hours ago

Soooo...she ate the goldfish, what is this really saying about the ex-husband????

Dammit!!! where is Jasmine TC when you need her?

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from jeffo52284 wrote 5 weeks 4 hours ago

Awesome story! I cant believe animal rights arent all over this one

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from kdogg72 wrote 5 weeks 4 hours ago

HAHAHAHAHA!!! Way too classic

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from 35wailin wrote 4 weeks 6 days ago

I don't know what Goldfish taste like or how to cook one. I don't CARE about those things, either. What I DO know is that recent Ontario, Canada law states that it is now ILLEGAL to dump unused baitfish in the water, even if they were caught in the same waterbody that they are intended for release. You must dump them on shore, far enough away from the water that they cannot flop their way back to the water. The main reason for that is to reduce the spread of native and non-native species. There are FAR too many lakes in northern Ontario that were once full of trophy Brook Trout, that now hold stunted Yellow Perch. Many that have Rock Bass that never had them before, smelts, Northern Pike, etc. There is also the threat of spreading non-native species like zebra mussels, gobies, etc.

Please dump your bait bucket on land for the gulls and ravens to scavenge, rather than destroy a wonderful fishing spot.

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from coho310 wrote 4 weeks 5 days ago

Well, that's just about THE dumbest thing I ever heard...goldfish are s'posed to be rolled in pepper and nuked in the microwave!

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from hawg daddy wrote 4 weeks 5 days ago

yea thats how to make him made eat his gold fish. i wonder if she ate more of her ex's animals before.

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from nerffodder wrote 4 weeks 5 days ago

How is eating the goldfish revenge???
Why did he call the cops???
WHY AM I ASKING QUESTIONS, THIS IS HILARIOUS?!?!?!

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from Walt Smith wrote 4 weeks 5 days ago

Are we missing part of the story here? Did he eat something that made her really mad??

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from country road wrote 4 weeks 4 days ago

Hey, Reefmonkey, what kind of dog was it?

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from green bird29 wrote 4 weeks 4 days ago

My cat ate my gold fish call the animal control to arrest my cat.

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from khoff5190 wrote 4 weeks 4 days ago

Would they taste like sardines? I agree this could be the best answer to left over bait!

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from fractured100 wrote 3 weeks 5 days ago

LOL buckhunter has the right idea.... I love it

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from beaverlog wrote 3 weeks 4 days ago

It would have been easier to toss them into a gumbo.

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from jreed54 wrote 2 weeks 3 days ago

What do you have for a side dish?

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from coho310 wrote 6 days 21 hours ago

jreed54-his hamster would complement nicely!

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from miss_whitetail wrote 38 min 26 sec ago

I don't think i have ever laughed so hard!!

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from Moishe wrote 17 min 36 sec ago

Could be he did not eat something she wanted him too? ;)

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from WA Mtnhunter wrote 6 min 5 sec ago

Feeding a man his own dog? Did the beatch live to tell about it? hope not....

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from buckhunter wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

Let this be a lesson to anyone one here considering getting married. Buy poison puffer fish.

Ya hear me JC.

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from Mike Diehl wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

O the humanity.

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from MLH wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

Goldfish, as overindulging college students know, are meant to be eaten straight up. Or is that straight down? Pinch tail, tilt back head, drop, and swallow whole. Beer chaser.

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from seadog wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

Still waiting for the animal rights kooks to weigh in on this. Are they launching an investigation? Protesting in front of her house? Maybe they'll leave idahooutdoors alone for a while so they can vilify the goldfish killer.

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from Walt Smith wrote 4 weeks 5 days ago

Are we missing part of the story here? Did he eat something that made her really mad??

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from weve_25 wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

I hope he doesn't own a dog.....for the dog's sake!

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from Joe_Cermele wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

Ah Buck...still laughing

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from seadog wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

buckhunter, LMAO, shame on you and a big plus 1. I should have thought of that before I married my first wife. My current wife is a keeper--she can have the goldfish.

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from MLH wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

buckhunter - that is hilarious. Definitely beware of
female sushi chefs. They know which Fugu parts are poisonous, and also know how to use their knives.

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from squirrelgirl wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

Y'know what grosser than eating live goldfish? Throwing them back up. I speak from experience

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from DanCS wrote 5 weeks 20 hours ago

Squirrelgirl, I need to hear that story.

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from jordjohn44 wrote 5 weeks 19 hours ago

Taste Like Salmon?

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from steve182 wrote 5 weeks 7 hours ago

can't understand normal thinking

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from Bella wrote 5 weeks 7 hours ago

Heck, goldfish are just a fancy subspecies of carp. Lots of people eat carp. I think in Poland they eat it on holidays and Chinese serve it up on New Years Day for luck, But REVENGE IS A DISH BEST SERVED COLD (perhaps with a little tartar sauce)

+5 Good Comment? | | Report
from sgaredneck wrote 5 weeks 7 hours ago

Soooo...she ate the goldfish, what is this really saying about the ex-husband????

Dammit!!! where is Jasmine TC when you need her?

+5 Good Comment? | | Report
from gman3186 wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

here fishy fishy

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from steve182 wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

Whole, tempura battered, little cocktail sauce.

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from Joe_Cermele wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

Good point WAH, although when I buy live bait, 99% of the time, it's netted in the same river -- or most of the time--from the bay I'm fishing.

+4 Good Comment? | | Report
from jtboles wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

Thats a wierd meal, I mean what wuld you tell your co-worker who asks you what did you eat for dinner last night.

+4 Good Comment? | | Report
from tourneyking734 wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

that's what's nice about fishing with smelt, once your done fishing you can just fry them up and not waste any

+4 Good Comment? | | Report
from 2matsgul wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

This lady really has problems

+4 Good Comment? | | Report
from ranger2 wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

Good thing they did not have kids! The classic get even with the spouse by taking it out on the innocent third party scenario.
I just hope she was too mad to remeber to clean them...

Officer: "Ma'am, you have a little something stuck between your teeth...are those fish guts!?"

+4 Good Comment? | | Report
from Reefmonkey wrote 5 weeks 23 hours ago

I think you'd fry them and eat them whole, with a little lemon, like shishamo or whitebait.

I know a guy whose exwife cooked his dog and fed it to him.

+4 Good Comment? | | Report
from Fruguy101 wrote 5 weeks 17 hours ago

Think about it, the woman fried the goldfish and ate them. What would she have done had she the right implements and a drunken commonlaw husband? now there's some food for thought!!

+4 Good Comment? | | Report
from jeffo52284 wrote 5 weeks 4 hours ago

Awesome story! I cant believe animal rights arent all over this one

+4 Good Comment? | | Report
from kdogg72 wrote 5 weeks 4 hours ago

HAHAHAHAHA!!! Way too classic

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from EricAichele wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

That's golden. Pun intended.

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from Moishe wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

It would take to many to make a meal. That was dumb!

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from earlyriser81 wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

No...That is just wrong!

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from rudyglove27 wrote 5 weeks 19 hours ago

squirrelgirl,
My ex-wife used to do that a lot and that's one of the reason why we are not together and also here infidelity which she is not good to hide at all...I have a wonderful wife now, she hunts, fish, camp and love the outdoors, the ex-wife hates it!!!

+3 Good Comment? | | Report
from 35wailin wrote 4 weeks 6 days ago

I don't know what Goldfish taste like or how to cook one. I don't CARE about those things, either. What I DO know is that recent Ontario, Canada law states that it is now ILLEGAL to dump unused baitfish in the water, even if they were caught in the same waterbody that they are intended for release. You must dump them on shore, far enough away from the water that they cannot flop their way back to the water. The main reason for that is to reduce the spread of native and non-native species. There are FAR too many lakes in northern Ontario that were once full of trophy Brook Trout, that now hold stunted Yellow Perch. Many that have Rock Bass that never had them before, smelts, Northern Pike, etc. There is also the threat of spreading non-native species like zebra mussels, gobies, etc.

Please dump your bait bucket on land for the gulls and ravens to scavenge, rather than destroy a wonderful fishing spot.

+3 Good Comment? | | Report
from coho310 wrote 4 weeks 5 days ago

Well, that's just about THE dumbest thing I ever heard...goldfish are s'posed to be rolled in pepper and nuked in the microwave!

+3 Good Comment? | | Report
from hawg daddy wrote 4 weeks 5 days ago

yea thats how to make him made eat his gold fish. i wonder if she ate more of her ex's animals before.

+3 Good Comment? | | Report
from nerffodder wrote 4 weeks 5 days ago

How is eating the goldfish revenge???
Why did he call the cops???
WHY AM I ASKING QUESTIONS, THIS IS HILARIOUS?!?!?!

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from country road wrote 4 weeks 4 days ago

Hey, Reefmonkey, what kind of dog was it?

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from khoff5190 wrote 4 weeks 4 days ago

Would they taste like sardines? I agree this could be the best answer to left over bait!

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from WAH wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

Shame on you Cermele. Dumping bait is how nasty invasives are spread.

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from green bird29 wrote 4 weeks 4 days ago

My cat ate my gold fish call the animal control to arrest my cat.

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from fractured100 wrote 3 weeks 5 days ago

LOL buckhunter has the right idea.... I love it

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from beaverlog wrote 3 weeks 4 days ago

It would have been easier to toss them into a gumbo.

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from jreed54 wrote 2 weeks 3 days ago

What do you have for a side dish?

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from coho310 wrote 6 days 21 hours ago

jreed54-his hamster would complement nicely!

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from miss_whitetail wrote 38 min 27 sec ago

I don't think i have ever laughed so hard!!

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from WA Mtnhunter wrote 6 min 6 sec ago

Feeding a man his own dog? Did the beatch live to tell about it? hope not....

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from Moishe wrote 17 min 37 sec ago

Could be he did not eat something she wanted him too? ;)

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