Pass the Awesome! An experiment about life and the way it moves me |
Due to my temporary diet constraints, I assume I am rather malnourished. Fish provides a great source of nutrition. So I went out to the asian supermarket and looked at all the fish. Whole mackerel was cheap and looked relatively low on the food chain (less toxic accumulation), so two fish with fresh looking eyes went into as bag and along with me. Filleting the fish took me all of one small youtube video to learn. Very simple- I Cut a few non-skillful cuts and pulled the head off plus guts attached. Then I ripped out the spine because I didn't feel like choking to death. And there were two fillets. Nasty and disgusting? Maybe, I guess. But this is food people. This is how animals start out- ie. intact. Someones gotta do it, and in some cases that someone is you. Anyways, one was laced with lemon, salt and pepper- the other with ginger, soy and garlic Into the oven at 400 degrees they went, and back out again around 10 minutes later. Delicious! oh, but that's not all. What did I do with the heads and guts off the fish? hahaha. That wasn't your question, but I bet it is now. The head is a rather tasty (I just tried it) albeit less appetizing looking piece of fish- . It contains nutrients not found in the fleshy portion of the fish. Then there is the guts. While rather bitter, the guts contain nutrients in abundance (think cod liver oil).
So into the crock pot the head, spine and guts went. That and rosemary, parsley, a little apple cider vinegar, and water of course. simmering fishy liquid is the smell I woke up to this morning (the fish overpowers the scent of the spices). This is precisely when I thought that the fish head soup might have been a bad idea. But I still tried it. Of course I still tried it. This is me we are talking about. Not bad really. Not bad at all considering I put in fish guts as well. The broth tastes herbal, a little meaty, and slightly bitter. Its quite palatable. It's Drinkable actually, which was a pleasant surprise. Here's to nutrition!
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