I’m a family of fishes – bright orange, my roe;
They collect me by dipping a net where I grow;
I’m the way you get metal when ore rock must go;
And I’m how you inspected your vintage Bordeaux.
Who am I?
UPDATE: Riddle solved by Brian. See comments for answer.
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June 28th, 2007 at 12:42 pm
Smelt?
June 28th, 2007 at 4:09 pm
Smelt!! Yay, I’m the first!!
(Brian questioned his response, so it doesn’t count.)
June 28th, 2007 at 6:12 pm
SMELT is correct! Way to go, Brian!
And nicely confirmed by Andrew!
Honestly, I thought this would be one of the harder ones. Well done!
Line 1: Smelt are a family (in the taxonomic sense) of fish, the Osmeridae family. They produce those tiny bright orange eggs you see in sushi platters.
Line 2: Smelt Dipping is a popular pastime up North.
Line 3: As a verb, “to smelt” is to melt the metal out of ore rock…
Line 4: …but “smelt” is also the past tense form of “to smell” which is how one might inspect a fine wine.
It’s worth noting that each of the four lines ends in a different letter. Also, I get class points for not including this line:
And when seeking who dealt it, I’m one way to know.
July 1st, 2007 at 7:31 pm
Sorry, Andrew. I smelt it, so I dealt it.