[local eating] Fish share, week 2.4
Oct. 5th, 2009 06:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
magidThis week there was a choice, either flounder + mackerel (which has gorgeous patterning on its skin; I never knew that before), or a (beheaded) hake. Given how I'm still feeling leery of the little tiny bones the smaller fish have, I opted for hake.
It was far bigger than my cutting board, even already beheaded.
I treated it like a large cod, filleting it, tandoori seasoning for the fillet pieces, cooking the frame for the little bits. The biggest differences included the flesh being a bit grayer than pure white, thicker than cod, and the scales came off in my hands easily (read: a bit messier). It's a larger fish: I have a lot more fillet.
It's also a bit less vicious than last week's cod, which managed to cut one of my knuckles, just hitting the skeleton at the wrong angle (stupid kitchen accidents, n of a series).
I was chatting with the guy at the distribution, and apparently people go out fishing through the winter, as long as the wind isn't too high. It sounds like the next share is likely to be half fish and half shrimp, trading off weeks. If anyone would like to split a share, taking the shrimp, let me know.
It was far bigger than my cutting board, even already beheaded.
I treated it like a large cod, filleting it, tandoori seasoning for the fillet pieces, cooking the frame for the little bits. The biggest differences included the flesh being a bit grayer than pure white, thicker than cod, and the scales came off in my hands easily (read: a bit messier). It's a larger fish: I have a lot more fillet.
It's also a bit less vicious than last week's cod, which managed to cut one of my knuckles, just hitting the skeleton at the wrong angle (stupid kitchen accidents, n of a series).
I was chatting with the guy at the distribution, and apparently people go out fishing through the winter, as long as the wind isn't too high. It sounds like the next share is likely to be half fish and half shrimp, trading off weeks. If anyone would like to split a share, taking the shrimp, let me know.