{"id":35861,"date":"2012-04-15T12:44:07","date_gmt":"2012-04-15T20:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/?p=35861"},"modified":"2012-04-15T16:50:50","modified_gmt":"2012-04-16T00:50:50","slug":"fresh-smoked-albacore-horse-racing-hot-dogs-peacocks-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/fresh-smoked-albacore-horse-racing-hot-dogs-peacocks-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Fresh&#8221; Smoked Albacore, Horse Racing, Hot Dogs, Peacocks &#038; Plants."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Santa-Anita-008.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-35862\" title=\"Santa Anita 008\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Santa-Anita-008-450x337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Santa-Anita-008-450x337.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Santa-Anita-008-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Studying the Racing Form with\u00a0&#8220;fresh Smoked Albacore&#8221; from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yelp.com\/biz\/catalina-fish-kitchen-costa-mesa\" target=\"_blank\">Catalina Fish Kitchen<\/a> &#8212; That&#8217;s how it was ordered and <em>only how I want it<\/em>.\u00a0 When it&#8217;s fresh, it&#8217;s terrific, but\u00a0sometimes it&#8217;s not, so keep an eye out there\u00a0(and <a title=\"Make sure it's fresh here too, because it's not always...\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/2012\/01\/13\/i-kissed-a-lobster-roll-at-santa-monica-seafood-and-i-liked-it\/\" target=\"_blank\">everywhere<\/a> it seems lately) for freshness.\u00a0\u00a0I&#8217;ve found Smoked Albacore to be\u00a0most consistently fresh at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/2010\/01\/11\/the-crab-cookers-smoked-albacore-enjoyed-on-newports-beach\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Crab Cooker<\/a> and <a href=\"the-original-fish-company-fine-dining-and-fresh-fish-market\" target=\"_blank\">The Original Fish Company<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Santa-Anita-014.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-35866\" title=\"Santa Anita 014\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Santa-Anita-014-450x337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Santa-Anita-014-450x337.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Santa-Anita-014-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Santa-Anita-014.jpg 1189w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On to the\u00a0races at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.santaanita.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Santa Anita Park<\/a> &#8212; The horses are\u00a0running\u00a0LIVE for\u00a0one more week.\u00a0 Closing day\u00a0happens to be\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthday.org\/2012\" target=\"_blank\">Earth Day<\/a>.\u00a0 We almost missed &#8217;em this year, but instead only missed the first race of this day.\u00a0 That&#8217;s okay, but for the $40 I would&#8217;ve won had I\u00a0got to place the bet I&#8217;d planned.\u00a0 It&#8217;s all good though and\u00a0an entertaining way to spend the day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Santa-Anita-017.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-35864\" title=\"Santa Anita 017\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Santa-Anita-017-450x337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Santa-Anita-017-450x337.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Santa-Anita-017-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">All was so fun, I\u00a0semi-overlooked Ketchup on a Hot Dog. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Santa-Anita-011.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-35867\" title=\"Santa Anita 011\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Santa-Anita-011-450x337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Santa-Anita-011-450x337.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Santa-Anita-011-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Santa-Anita-011.jpg 1190w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Down the street from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.santaanita.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Santa Anita Park<\/a> is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arboretum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Arboretum<\/a>\u00a0(Los Angeles County Arboretum &amp; Botanic Garden) &#8212;\u00a0We stopped by after the races, but they were closed.\u00a0 If what&#8217;s\u00a0inside is as interesting as what&#8217;s on the outside (and I know it is), I&#8217;m excited to go back with a lot of time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Santa-Anita-035.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-35868\" title=\"Santa Anita 035\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Santa-Anita-035-450x337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Santa-Anita-035-450x337.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Santa-Anita-035-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A tree I don&#8217;t want to climb.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Santa-Anita-031.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-35869\" title=\"Santa Anita 031\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Santa-Anita-031-450x337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Santa-Anita-031-450x337.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Santa-Anita-031-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">An amazing peacock putting on a show &#8212; Its feathers were so beautiful.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Santa-Anita-049.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-35873\" title=\"Santa Anita 049\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Santa-Anita-049-450x337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Santa-Anita-049-450x337.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Santa-Anita-049-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I&#8217;m ready for more of everything with a Mustard Dog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Studying the Racing Form with\u00a0&#8220;fresh Smoked Albacore&#8221; from Catalina Fish Kitchen &#8212; That&#8217;s how it was ordered and only how I want it.\u00a0 When it&#8217;s fresh, it&#8217;s terrific, but\u00a0sometimes it&#8217;s not, so keep an eye out there\u00a0(and everywhere it seems lately) for freshness.\u00a0\u00a0I&#8217;ve found Smoked Albacore to be\u00a0most consistently fresh at The Crab Cooker and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1426,176,460,1024,1,584],"tags":[1261,4793,5382,803,4620,4511,4117,1798,1630,2913,4794,1784],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Fresh&quot; 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