27 February 2010

HOW TO: Fillet a fish

Prior to our ice fishing adventure, I was chatting with my buddy Greg and he raised a really good point “Meredith, what are you going to do if you catch a fish? Do you know how to fillet them?” I hadn’t thought that far ahead…“Um, no, if I do I’ll enlist your help”

Unfortunately, I didn’t catch a fish on our ice fishing adventure. But, though a random chain of events Greg’s family ended up with like 16 perch that a friend of theirs had caught ice fishing in Lake Champlain.

I went over to his house Friday and he showed me how to bust down these fish, I mean “fabricate” (that’s a technical term). I think I did 3 or 4 and he did the rest really fast like the pro that he is, but it still took a while. We breaded the little fillets and Greg fried them up, we had a yummy salad, bread & pie. It was a lovely evening and quite educational (and I only smelled fishy for a little while)! Here are some photos:




4 comments:

Melissa Jo said...

You go girl! I am impressed you did that. You can totally do hardcore camping now!

eyes on europe said...

remember the time you held the flashlight while matt skinned a dead muskrat in carl's backyard funhouse? you had it in you.

Jon said...

I love how you had to take a picture of the fish heads?!?!

.meredith. said...

i definitely thought of cromer & those guys & hardcore camping! oh carl's backyard funhouse.....

jon, i know, it's so artistic you hardly realize you're looking at guts! hah!