Yesterday at Suva's colourful fish market I found myself a beautiful big White Snapper. I was a discerning customer; asking to see the gills, inspecting the eyes, checking the prices and it wasn't until I walked the entire length of the fish market that I decided upon Mr. Fish. A spear gun was used to deliver a precision shot to the brain (see close up of Mr. Fish's head). Mr. Fish had a quick death. I am not sure what the bullet was made from. It looked like a little tooth or piece of coral.
Mr. Fish later became my first ever scaling job with my crafty new fish scaler (see photo). Neighbour Tim taught me how it was done and took a picture of Mr Fish and I. The fish scaler made the job delightful easy and as my first ever scaling experience I could even say it was great fun! Mr Fish was stuffed with chilli, lime, mint and basil and was cooked in the Webber for Saturday night BBQ... after his innards were removed...
I cut a 10 cm slit in Mr. Fish's underside and when I got a sniff of his innards, I had to tell neighbour, "here is where I draw the line.” Couldn’t bring myself to pull out Mr. Fish's innards with my bare hands, so neighbour obliged. To do that, in future I'll need gloves and a bit more practice at breathing in through my mouth.
Mr. Fish was definitely the highlight of yesterday (highlight was definitely not correction and report writing) and I was pretty excited about the whole thing so I called Tom, AKA King Fisherman, and we talked fish and I assured him of some great fishing when he comes to Fiji. Oh, and another thing Tom... it was $AU17.50 for 5 fresh water crays... they went well on the BBQ. Might take them on next week.
Mr. Fish later became my first ever scaling job with my crafty new fish scaler (see photo). Neighbour Tim taught me how it was done and took a picture of Mr Fish and I. The fish scaler made the job delightful easy and as my first ever scaling experience I could even say it was great fun! Mr Fish was stuffed with chilli, lime, mint and basil and was cooked in the Webber for Saturday night BBQ... after his innards were removed...
I cut a 10 cm slit in Mr. Fish's underside and when I got a sniff of his innards, I had to tell neighbour, "here is where I draw the line.” Couldn’t bring myself to pull out Mr. Fish's innards with my bare hands, so neighbour obliged. To do that, in future I'll need gloves and a bit more practice at breathing in through my mouth.
Mr. Fish was definitely the highlight of yesterday (highlight was definitely not correction and report writing) and I was pretty excited about the whole thing so I called Tom, AKA King Fisherman, and we talked fish and I assured him of some great fishing when he comes to Fiji. Oh, and another thing Tom... it was $AU17.50 for 5 fresh water crays... they went well on the BBQ. Might take them on next week.
