Offshore Fishing And The Results
Friday, February 10th, 2012I don’t get pleasure from saltwater fishing but I do enjoy the results. Do you understand what I mean? The festivity that follows… I don’t care that it’s me that gets to do the cooking provided that it’s my spouse and my little man who do the tough job of retrieving those fish out of the large water.
I can go to the supermarket to find the right fish but then my husband and my teenage son just love bonding in the water while saltwater fishing. Hopefully they’ll continue this tradition for as long as they live. I’ve got this dread that when my boy turns into an adult, they will both be wasting away the evening in pubs, ingesting and looking at the ladies; get back at dawn and snooze the whole morning. Goodness!
Should this happen, at the very least, I’ve got the saltwater day fishing and cooking reminiscences.
After they venture out for deep sea day fishing, I get out of bed at 4 a.m., make them coffee, prepare their equipment, clean and cut up their baits, and place them on their tackle boxes. I place the java in their thermoses and prepare a sandwich that they can take on the water with them. I don’t mind getting out of bed early for my boys. It’s the best part of my day, basically, knowing that I am caring for them. Sometimes, they forget to thank me, and that’s alright.
Then it’s time for their deep sea fishing and I’m left at home for housekeeping. Afterward, I get lunch ready and after that, I rummage through my freezer, imagining what I could do with their catch. Oh, the thrill of deep sea fishing for them as well as for me.
Say, they got me some sea bass. Oh, stew! I take out the intestinal tract, which may be used for something else. Clean off the scales, cut it up, put the pieces in a pot with water, beets, garlic, tomatoes, green peppers and spices. Complement it with baked potatoes and viola! Perfection.
What if they got a grouper from saltwater fishing? Because it looks splendid just the way it is, steamed fish! I clean the fish up, rub the body with spices, cut the abdomen and place in the spices. Once its cooked, I pour on a sauce composed of butter, cream, lemon zest and some chili.
A snapper is ideal for fillet. Slice it in fillet cuts, dip the parts in egg with pepper and salt, cover with flour and deep fry in a frying pan. For the perfect sauce, mix vinegar, sugar and ketchup and let it boil.