A Fish Tail

I've reached the tail-end of my Parisien Pacques/Easter research. No pun intended.These swimmers were in Gerard Mulot's vitrine/ window.

Not just chocolatiers had their fish on display.

I spotted this huge fish sculpture one night in a galerie window. You can order it in a variety of sizes.

Or find a more managable size and edible too at Gerard Mulot's.

This print shop joined in the April tradition with a window full of poissons prints.
The story goes on the 1st, you'd run around pinning paper fish on the back of unsuspecting folks, like your teacher or parent. A kind of April Fool's day joke, called Poissons d'Avril. No one bothers anymore but there are still plenty of fish to be seen in the chocolate shops and galleries.

Blame It On Paris asked me specifically to find her a chocolate shrimp. I hope a Langoustine (an overgrown shrimp) will do.As part of the April fish tale - small cello bags of chocolate friture or little fish are sold. They're made to fill the big hollow chocolate eggs, hens, bunnies or this school of fish. They're straight forward dark chocolate shapes and yummy. I succombed in the name of research and brought home 2 little bags - seashells, snails, shrimp, turtles and fish of course. I wish I'd brought more.

Here's marbelized chocolate fish again from Gerard Mulot.

And finally the "FISH n'HEN" from Jean-Paul Hevin, joined together as he says in a shot-gun wedding and filled with those chocolate fritures.
Where are the Fritures? Here what's left - Fritures are really little fried fish oft served in Provence!