SMOKED FISH SPREAD
Pinellas
Ted Peters Famous Smoked Fish:
Floridians like to catch fish. Some are delicious (grouper, redfish, etc.). Some make you wince a little (kingfish, mullet, Spanish mackerel, amberjack). For those fish that are oily, fishy or otherwise a little hard to swallow, we have a plan. Smoke 'em if you got 'em.
At Ted Peters Famous Smoked Fish and they'll smoke your catch fillet them, throw them over a smoldering red oak fire in the smokehouse, then package them up for you to take.
But even non-anglers should angle for a visit. It's been an institution for more than 50 years in Pinellas County, prized for its laidback style and inviting picnic tables. Even the Food Network got all moony-eyed about this place in 2006. The smoked fish spread with saltines is good, the salmon is excellent, the mullet is an intensely fishy acquired taste -- but Ted Peters also produces some fabled cheeseburgers and German potato salad that is balanced precariously between the zing of vinegar and the smoke of bacon. This is a beer-drinking establishment, it gets fairly busy, and it closes early. No credit cards. 1350 Pasadena Ave., South Pasadena. (727) 381-7931.
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DECEMBER 21, 2009 Guy Fieri, in Playboy, on Ted Peters
Didn't see those three together ever, did you?
I was reading Playboy--for the articles--and came upon this (really, reader Kevin King was reading it f.t.a.). In a 20 Questions column with Food Network star Guy Fieri, read Question #18:
PLAYBOY: Name one or two dives worth driving across America for.
FIERI: How about three? Ted Peter’s Famous Smoked Fish in St. Petersburg, Florida. These guys make unbelievable smoked mullet. That probably sounds disgusting, and I’m no fan of mayonnaise and fish, brother, but that fish spread—pow! It’d knock your socks off. Number two, Mo Gridder’s BBQ in Hunts Point, the Bronx. You may not be able to find it because it’s in a trailer outside an auto parts store. Trust me, though. Finally, Emma Jean’s Holland Burger Cafe in Victorville, California. One family flipping burgers for 60 years on Route 66—need I say more?
For the whole article, go here. Wow, Ted Peters continues to do us proud. Guy Fieri is sockless over this local landmark. Although, in Playboy socks do seem a little superfluous.
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