Bill and Alex went fishing the other day and brought home two trout for lunch. Nice sized trout – about a pound each.
And, in keeping with our hearth cooking intentions, Bill cooked them in the fireplace.
There wasn’t a lot to this, actually. It’s more like grilling or cooking on a camp fire than the longer roasting of meats and burning cooking of beans.
Bill simply gutted the fish and removed the heads.
The only reason he removed the heads was so they’d fit in the pan.
Some butter, some sage leaves…
and fire…
and rice.
Simple, and fun.
Once you added the rice, my stomach began to rummble.
This looks so simple and delicious! Yumyum!
do the cats get the fishheads?
No – my daughter gets them. She eats the eyes (honest – has been since she was two – her choice), and she and Alex share the cheeks.
Best fisherman in the world, I tell you. Imagine what he’ll catch when he grows up!