BIG FISHY!
Check out my fancy knife! Thank you Uncle Jeff-- it works like a charm :)
Yesterday we had a huge catch-- King Mackerel!! We don't have a scale on the boat but if we had to guess it was almost 10 lbs. It made for a great dinner and because I had never cooked kingfish before I did it up three ways (we like to spoil ourselves). First way was cubed and simmered in a Thai-Peanut sauce, second way was cubed then wrapped in bacon dipped in BBQ sauce and grilled, third way was marinated in a light herb mix and grilled. I figured one of these ideas would flop-- but all were amazing! We were all stuffed!
This was great practice for the summer-- we're hoping to catch lots of fish on our trip down island. I've been a little nervous about the idea of having to prepare whatever we happen to catch on any given day. I'm from Indiana- the fish I grew up with was very much dead and usually breaded before I ever saw it (yeah for Crispy Crunchy Cod). The good thing about fresh fish is that there's no good way to screw it up. It tastes so wonderful any way you choose to prepare it (especially to the person who caught it).
