Fish tagged posts

Here are the crappies that my husband and brother-in-law from one of their fishing trips last month. He came home with these alongside a 5-pound bass which I turned into a sweet and sour dish plus a fish head soup that I’ll post some other time. I didn’t do anything fancy or special with them. My husband gutted and washed them thoroughly that night he brought them home, stored them in the fridge then a couple of days later I scaled, chopped a little bit off of the gills and tails, washed them again, then baked them whole for lunch.

I have been on a French Fries kick lately. It started on the 3rd when we went to Goldsboro to shop for books at Books-A-Million, then I stopped at the Filipino store to grab some supplies for my pantry, and my husband went to a fishing store to get whatever he needs for fishing. We ate lunch at the Cook-Out and I really loved the french fries that came with my bbq pork plate lunch. Then that night, my sister-in-law invited me to a dinner party for her friend who’s getting married. I picked french fries to go with my reuben sandwich, and I enjoyed those too. The sandwich was huge though so I saved the half for my husband and some fries that my daughter ate up on our drive home. My son stayed at my sister-in-law’s house for a sleepover with his cousins.

Anyhoooooooo, I was still craving for some fries a few days after that so I made some to go along with the deep-fried fish for this fish & chips dinner. The thing is, as much as I would love to eat up those McDonald’s french fries, we’ve been staying away from fast food so we haven’t visited any at all. It’s ok coz homemade fries are very good too and so easy to make.

This is definitely not the “authentic”

FYI, there’s nothing fancy-schmancy about this baked breaded whole catfish. And when I say “whole” I meant the usual American way which is headless, gutted, and skinless. In the Philippines where I was born and some other Asian countries, the whole fish with head and skin would be cooked. If not as a whole fish, the head would be cooked into a hearty soup. See, in the Philippines and other Asian countries, fishing is a way to put food on the table. In America, fishing is an activity, or a sport or a hobby. Most fishermen would take a picture or video, talk about how big the fish is, then throw it back into the water. I can almost hear voices in my head, “Alright Dexie, I Get It“. Oh wait, that was my husband sounding annoyed at my constant jabber and whining about this particular topic… Haha!

Where was I again? Oh yeah, that this baked catfish is not fancy-schmancy. But I’m posting this here because this bad boy was caught by my 13 yr. old son last Sunday night when he and his Dad went fishing. This was the day after we got so much rain and wind courtesy of Hurricane Irene. We’re estimating that the fish is about 12 lbs, give or take.

Let me go back to the American way and my husb...