... fish for breakfast

Hello everyone,

Yesterday my dear hubby Frank did something that he has wanted to do for many years. 

He went out and bought himself a little fishing boat. It is not new. In fact it is a 1989 Springbok. Came with a trailer and the motor. Really good shape. Runs well and the price was reasonable. 

As soon as he got it home, he went fishing.

This is definitely one of the benefits of living in the country. Where we live we are surrounded by dozens of small lakes. Frank loves the idea that he can get out there and provide for the family by "bringing home the bacon" or in this case, the fish.

We cooked it up for breakfast this morning and it was utterly delicious.

I find when you have something wonderful like a piece of truly fresh fish you do not want to mess about with it and try to do something fancy. Treat it with respect as it was once a living creature and cook it well. Here is what I do.

I dredge each piece of fish lightly in flour, shaking off any excess.

The fellow from whom Frank bought the boat lives out in the country as well and he keeps laying hens. He gave us a carton of eggs as a gift. They are all different colours as he keeps many different varieties of chickens. Just beautiful.

 

I break up one or two eggs into a pie plate. Just look at the colour of that egg yolk! Not like an egg from the supermarket.

I have a separate little pile of fine breadcrumbs on a piece of wax paper.

 

After dusting the fish in flour they go into the egg to be well coated on both sides.

 

 Then they go into the breadcrumbs.  Finish breading all the fish pieces.

 

I fry them in melted butter. You want them nicely browned but do not overcook them. These only took about five minutes as the pieces are not very thick.

 

I just shove the fish to one side and crack a few eggs right in the same pan. Just look at those yolks.

 

And here is the finished product, all ready to eat.

 

When you decide that you want to try to live a more self-sufficient lifestyle it can mean taking advantage of what nature has to offer to you. In this case it means going fishing. Before he bought the boat Frank would either fish from shore or go out in a friend's canoe. We do not consider the boat to be an extravagance but rather an investment like any other piece of equipment that we have around here. Frank will likely fish once a week and as you can see two small fish were enough for us for a meal. And a delicious meal at that!

Well, that is all from me for today. It is a very hot and humid day so I am spending time inside starting the next round of seeds for the garden. Do visit again soon. Cheers.