[WiZ] RAW! F***ING! HALIBUT! NOT GOOD ENOUGH!

[WiZ]

A chef makes a routine order for food for his kitchen from his regular supplier. They come through with exactly what he asked for, but he is very unhappy. Why?

True story. Caveat earlispoilor.

[Braindrop]

Routine: Does he order the same thing he normally does? In the same way he normally does? With the same words/spelling he normally does (assuming words are involved)? To the same person he normally does?
Is what he receives this time different than what he normally receives?
Is he unhappy with: the product he receives? The amount of product? The way it is packaged or shipped? When it is received?

[WiZ]

Routine: Does he order the same thing he normally does? In the same way he normally does? With the same words/spelling he normally does (assuming words are involved)? To the same person he normally does? yes to all
Is what he receives this time different than what he normally receives? yope
Is he unhappy with: the product he receives? some aspect of it, yes The amount of product? no The way it is packaged or shipped? no When it is received? no

[GalFisk]

Is the supplier's intention to make him unhappy? Has something changed at the supplier? Is the supplier doing this to make a point? Force a change? Be an ass? Accidentally?

[Sundowner64]

Is he unhappy with the quality? with the quantity? with the origin of food? with some way of how it was handled or processed?
Is it one specific food item? meat? fish? vegetables? fruit? grain? spices? herbs? milk & dairy products? chocolate? candy? drink? baked items? basic stuff like: sugar, salt, flour?
Did the person at the supplier who handles the order change?
Did the chef have some silent agreement with the supplier, like: if I order ..., I want it ...?

[doriana_]

Relevant how he orders the food? If so, in person? over the phone? via e-mail? online? mailing an order form?

[WiZ]

GalFisk

Is the supplier's intention to make him unhappy? presumably not Has something changed at the supplier? no Is the supplier doing this to make a point? no Force a change? no Be an ass? no Accidentally? yope

Sundowner

Is he unhappy with the quality? no with the quantity? no with the origin of food? no with some way of how it was handled or processed? no
Is it one specific food item? yes meat? fish? this vegetables? fruit? grain? spices? herbs? milk & dairy products? chocolate? candy? drink? baked items? basic stuff like: sugar, salt, flour? no to rest
Did the person at the supplier who handles the order change? no
Did the chef have some silent agreement with the supplier, like: if I order ..., I want it ...? no, the order was meant and interpreted at face value

Doriana

Relevant how he orders the food? not really, although some options would perhaps give him more chance to mitigate the risk of this happening If so, in person? over the phone? less likely to both via e-mail? online? mailing an order form? more likely to all

[GalFisk]

Dod he make a typo? Was something garbled in transmission? Did he get the wrong type of fish? Fish prepared (or not prepared) or preserved the wrong way? Could the supplier have known that there was an error?

[BitterLemonCurry]

Did he expect getting a bonus? A discount? Congratulations? Was it his birthday? Did he order with a different name than before, implying he had married?

[Sundowner64]

Was the fish too big? too small? too old? too young?
Was it exactly one species of fish he ordered? a whole fish? or parts of a fish? (like shark fins)
Did he order live fish (in a tank)?

[WiZ]

GalFisk

Dod he make a typo? Was something garbled in transmission? Did he get the wrong type of fish? no to all Fish prepared (or not prepared) yesish or preserved no the wrong way? Could the supplier have known yes that there was an error? 'error' is debatable here

BitterLemonCurry

Did he expect getting a bonus? A discount? Congratulations? no to all Was it his birthday? irrel Did he order with a different name than before, implying he had married? no

Sundowner

Was the fish too big? yope too small? no too old? too young? no to both
Was it exactly one species of fish he ordered? yes a whole fish? yes, but explore or parts of a fish? (like shark fins) no
Did he order live fish (in a tank)? no

[GalFisk]

Was there something on or in the fish that the chef didn't want? Relevant what the fish eats? Pollution relevant? Hooks or other fishing equipment? Fish parasites? Did he want the fish "untouched", and so it didn't go through an expected cleaning or inspection step? Edit: did he want it fresh, and got live fish?

[Sundowner64]

Was the chef able to use the fish in the intended way? or did he have to throw it away?
Was the fish frozen? fresh? chilled?
Was it a fish that usually is rather big when caught? like a tuna?
Was it a predator fish? did it have another fish in its stomach?
Was it a halibut? (just in case)

[trebor2]

Had the fish not been gutted? Deboned? And it usually was?

Is the exact type of fish relevant? Is there some wordplay-based misunderstanding here?

[WiZ]

GalFisk

Was there something on or in the fish that the chef didn't want? no Relevant what the fish eats? no (although probably not the arms of murder victims) Pollution relevant? Hooks or other fishing equipment? Fish parasites? no to all Did he want the fish "untouched", no and so it didn't go through an expected cleaning or inspection step? yope - explore, but tread carefully Edit: did he want it fresh, and got live fish? no

Sundowner

Was the chef able to use the fish in the intended way? yes, to an extent or did he have to throw it away? he would have thrown away much more than he would have liked
Was the fish frozen? fresh? this chilled?
Was it a fish that usually is rather big when caught? yes like a tuna? no
Was it a predator fish? yes did it have another fish in its stomach? no
Was it a halibut? (just in case) yes

Good thing this puzzle does not take place in Hell's Kitchen

Trebor

Had the fish not been gutted? Deboned? it had not been either And it usually was? no, this is not the issue

Is the exact type of fish relevant? no, although this puzzle would only work with certain types of fish, such as Halibut Is there some wordplay-based misunderstanding here? no

[trebor2]

Did the fish have some disease? Deformity? Had it been injured? Relevant whether it was farmed or caught? Was it damaged more than usual when caught/killed?

[GalFisk]

Was a step that is normally performed between the fish swimming happily around and being delivered dead to the chef not performed? Was an extra step performed? Did he pay per weight? Per number of fish? Per some other criteria? Relevant? Relevant what food he was making from the fish?

[WiZ]

Trebor

Did the fish have some disease? Deformity? Had it been injured? no to all Relevant whether it was farmed or caught? no Was it damaged more than usual when caught/killed? no

GalFisk

Was a step that is normally performed between the fish swimming happily around and being delivered dead to the chef not performed? Was an extra step performed? no to both Did he pay per weight? yes! Per number of fish? no! Per some other criteria? no Relevant? very Relevant what food he was making from the fish? somewhat - he would want to make a variety of dishes using a variety of cuts

[Biograd1]

Was he given the weight requested, but rather than in whole fish, he was given that weight as many of the same useless part (or several different useful parts) of many fish? Like for example, ten pounds of fish tails, or ten pounds of fish skin, or something of that nature.

[WiZ]

Was he given the weight requested yes, but rather than in whole fish, he was given that weight as many of the same useless part (or several different useful parts) of many fish? no Like for example, ten pounds of fish tails, or ten pounds of fish skin, or something of that nature. n/a

[BitterLemonCurry]

Did he get a very big chunk of halibut that was difficult to handle? like it wouldn't fit in the freezer or something?

[GalFisk]

Did he get many small fish? Few (or one) big fish? Fish of very differing sizes?

[Sundowner64]

Did he order the fish by quantity? (i.e. five big halibuts)
or by pounds?
Did he get two small halibuts instead of one big one? which means he had a larger portion of the fish to be thrown away (bones, head, tail)?

[WiZ]

BitterLemonCurry

Did he get a very big chunk of halibut that was difficult to handle? yes, see below like it wouldn't fit in the freezer or something? this would probably have given him difficulty, yes

GalFisk

Did he get many small fish? Few (or one this!) big fish? yes Fish of very differing sizes?

***** SPOILER *****

He ordered 200 pounds of halibut and received a single 200-pound halibut.



Congratulations to GalFisk on the solution, and thank you everyone for playing!

[BitterLemonCurry]

Now I get the point why someone with a pet Halibut is called a loony…