To The Bones

We all know that Bangus is an all-time favorite, be it for an everyday meal to the most festive celebrations, milkfish don’t disappoint. But as yours truly says, “What is delicious is difficult to acquire…” 

Before you can even have a bite, you’ll have to go through a bloody obstacle—that is the infamous Bangus fishbones. Thin and long bones that group together like thorns and hidden in the fish’s meat. One wrong swallow and your unsuspecting arse will be tormented by a sharp pinch in your throat. 

Luckily, it doesn’t have to be like that. Nowadays you can buy Bangus that have been deboned. Market places—especially in the wet market— offer to debone the fish the moment you buy, other vendors are not as considerate, they only offer to  pluck out the fish bones as long as you buy additional product than you originally planned to. Either way, that solves it. 

But it seems that another problem arises. Almost all of us would rather pick the fish bones as we eat than to wait for another couple of minutes standing and waiting for the vendor to finish deboning the Bangus. We don’t mind waiting out the process per se, what we do mind is the space we are in. Because let’s be honest, the wet market isn’t that pleasing to the eyes, nose, OR ears. There are a lot of people and a lot of seafood and a lot of mixed-up smells and noises. In other words it wasn’t the kind of place an individual can be comfortable. 

But Ho! For no problem is without any solutions. 

These days you can order whatever you want online, like, literally anything. From clothing to fishing rods, down to the actual fish. You can buy Bangus online however you like it; deboned marinated, or deboned plain. Other seafood varieties are also available and there are a lot of new and existing online seafood stores to buy from. Not only is it an easier and convenient way to restock your resources, it is also faster compared to going to the market yourself—AND you can do it while inside the comforts of your home. No standing and waiting. No additional buys unless you want to. Now I can finish what I said earlier: “What is delicious is difficult to acquire… But it doesn’t have to be.” And to the Bangus’ fishbones, sayonara.