Happy Thursday Speakies:
As I promised today we are talking
“SEAFOOD” and I want to see you send in comments on your favorite seafood dishes no excuses if you can read write me a comment on my blog. When I was younger and it was summer my Dad made several trips fishing on head or party boats at Pt. Pleasant, NJ with the guys we worked with. I loved when he brought back fresh cleaned fluke or better known as summer flounder. Mom used to bread it, side it with some fries and coleslaw and there was one great summer meal. I also remember the times my Uncle Charlie had a boat and we would fish Barnegat Bay for Blowfish. My uncle had a board on his boat that we merely but the fish on a nail attached and one quick jerk and the meat came clearly off. There was not a lot of filet on each fish but at that time you could boat about 100 fish per day. Blowfish was fried like flounder and very tasty and there was never any talk about poison sacks. Good memories of times past. I guess I got off the favorite seafood subject, but those were the fun days of catching fish and enjoying seafood at its finest to me.
You readers know that many times I have written about seafood and my favorite types. I love shrimp, mussels, lobster, crab, flounder, sea trout and scallops. My son says I have to try Key West Grunts, they are small fish not much meat but if you catch a nice batch they make a good meal. Light in flesh and very tasty; when I retire I think I will give that a try and see if I can have a meal worth eating. For those in the Central Florida area or those planning a visit, a friend I work with suggested trying
“HOT N JUICY
CRAWFISH” located in Orlando. I placed their website below for you to check it out. You can eat there or take out I understand the seafood is very fresh and tasty. http://hotnjuicycrawfish.com/
So much for today and seafood, have a wonderful day and be careful out there.
2 comments:
Fish? Where to start? How about snapper blues, baby blue fish that haven't left the bay yet? A but if tartar sauce and you had the perfect sandwich for the next day. For the big blues you soaked the fillet in milk to get the gamey taste out but the best part was a "scallop" like portion called the cheek, right near the eye. One memorable head boat trip, the Captain must have known the airline schedule, because he positioned us at idle and then announced The Concorde as it flew the approach for JFK, low and with the nose down, that was quite a site. I had a few boats over the years, the last being a small 23' cabin which was the straw that broke this camels back. With fuel on the rise it was almost $100 to catch a few fluke. I don't regret it as an adventure but overall the cost caught up with me. Oddest catch was a frog like fish with "pop eyes" that, lucky for me I handled with a dry rag, since like an electric eel they can give you quite a shock. It was called a "Northern Star Gazer". I got so I couldn't keep up with all of the laws and licenses but still have the good memories. The belly cut of a fluke is the really tasty part; thin but tasty.
As always Skip thanks for your comments which are always colorful and fun to read. I caught a few flounder down here when my son and I go fishing in the Gulf. Plenty of variety down here.
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