When I was growing up in North Carolina back in the sixties, many towns had restaurants open from Thursday through the weekend that served fresh NC fish.  They were often on the outskirts of town and in simple, unpretentious buildings.

The buildings did not matter because people went for the fresh fish.  Often the owners went to the coast on their own weekly to get their fish.

The fish houses made Carolina fried seafood famous.   Fresh fried seafood with a potato, hush puppies and slaw became a treat for people living miles from the ocean.

Here on the coast, the fish houses often built their trade around local specialties.  We have all heard of Calabash shrimp.  Here on the shores of the White Oak River, T&Ws built their reputation on oysters both steamed and fried.

Many of the fish houses of my youth are long gone.  T&Ws Oyster Bar has returned to its glory days.  The fried fish and seafood brings back memories of those long gone fish houses.

Last night we had a great fried oyster and flounder dinner with baked potato, coleslaw, and hush puppies.
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The last five days here on the coast have been a welcome way to erase the memories of the colder than normal weather which we endured for a couple of weeks.  I have complained enough about the cold weather, but I have to state that we only had a couple of days when we struggled to get out of the upper thirties so most people would laugh at our cold.

This spell of warm weather could not have come at a better time.  Most of us were wondering what had happened to the great weather of the last two winters.
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