I get it completely. You didn't even have to say what color it was.

There are basically 2 types of dogs in Maine. Steamed dogs, which tend to be greyish in color and are mushy and flavorless. The highpoint of eating one is the roll, especially if it's stale or moldy. I ate one once from a cart in a hardware store parking lot in Bath. I'm now cured of ever eating another.

Red snappers are usually cooked on the rolling grills that spin them endlessly in their own grease. The skins are so tough they snap like a pigs ear when you bite into it. Chewing them is good mandibular exercise.

I saw some rolling in a little glass box in the office of a gas station in Phippsburg recently and fled after paying my bill. The smell permeated my clothes in the 2 minutes I was there. Carbon dating them before eating might be a good idear.