National Tartar Sauce Day

I went to my favorite local fish market on Monday to buy some tuna and opah for a lovely lentil dish I was making. As I was checking out, one of the friendly Coastal Seafoods employees (who I had always respected for his forthcoming nature), asked me if I would like some free tartar sauce as it was "National Tartar Sauce Day". Not to miss out on anything free and appalled that I myself didn't even know of such a holiday, I readily accepted my free gift.

Thinking that none of you should be kept in the dark concerning National Tartar Sauce Day (or NTSD as I fondly think of it), I began to do my research. I opened google. After a few quick searches it became apparent that I had been had.

Question: What do you do if you are a fish store and you realize you have made too much tartar sauce.

Answer: You declare a national holiday and give the stuff away for free.

I don't feel too bad though as my good friend Mary and former Le Cordon Bleu classmate fell for it as well.

Today I went to Coastal to buy some haddock for making battered fish to eat with same tartar sauce and confronted the fishmonging gentleman concerning NTSD. He just laughed at me and thought it particularly funny that I had left the store and actually looked up the nonexistent holiday.

And just so this isn't a completely wasted blog entry with no enlightenment whatsoever, on Monday I decided to branch out and purchase some bottled salad dressing. GASP!! I purchased Briannas Home Style Asiago Caesar Dressing and am absolutely IN LOVE.

If you can find it, buy it. You won't regret it. It is as good as the stuff I make from scratch - maybe better. ;)