Fishmonger

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A fishmonger in Pike Place Market on the waterfront of Seattle.

A fishmonger (historically

wholesalers or retailers and are trained at selecting and purchasing, handling, gutting, boning, filleting, displaying, merchandising and selling their product. In some countries modern supermarkets are replacing fishmongers who operate in shops or fish markets
.

Worshipful Company of Fishmongers

A 16th-century fishmongers stall. Bartolomeo Passarotti.
Main article: Worshipful Company of Fishmongers

The fishmongers

knights.[1]

During the reign of

Edward III, the guild could provide £40 to the war against the French, this being a great sum at that time.[1]

The guild was then reformed by

Great Twelve City Livery Companies
.

Tools

A fishmonger prepares to clean and butcher a pair of large fish in Malé.

The tools used by fishmongers include:[2]

  • Pliers to pull out pinbones
  • A fish scaler to remove scales
  • A
    filleting knife
    to cut away the flesh from the bones
  • Short strong knives for opening oysters and other shellfish
  • Protective gloves
  • A curved knife for gutting and removing roe

Fishmongers in culture

The fishwife Molly Malone of "Cockles and Mussels" fame.

In many countries, the fishwife was proverbial for her sharp tongue and outspokenness. In

Medieval France, the ones in Paris
were known for their special privilege of being able to speak frankly to the King himself, when he ventured into the marketplace, and voice criticism without fear of punishment.

Molly Malone is a character from a popular Irish song about a young fishwife who tragically dies at a young age.

Charles Fort in his book Lo! compiles the story of the Mad Fishmonger or "St. Fishmonger", which later may or may not appear in the Schrödinger's Cat Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson. St. Fishmonger allegedly caused crabs and periwinkles to fall from the sky.

In the English translation of the Asterix series, the village fishmonger is called Unhygienix. In the film The Beach, the Island's chef has only fish as a source of meat, and is named Unhygienix in reference to the Asterix character.

In

pimp.[3][4][5]

Historic fishmongers

Gallery

References

  1. ^ a b c John Timbs (1865), "Curiosities of the Fishmongers' Hall", Walks and talks about London, Lockwood
  2. ISBN 9781610594707
  3. ^ Steve Roth, Hamlet: The Undiscovered Country, 2009
  4. ^ Hamlet's Puns and Paradoxes Archived 2007-06-13 at the Wayback Machine, Click Notes
  5. ^ Shaaber MA (1971) "Polonius as Fishmonger" Shakespeare Quarterly, 22 (2).

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