A Man and His Fish

Eben and I went to Maine for the first part of the holiday weekend to visit my parents.  Saturday was pretty low key.  We played some home run derby, which to Eben's chagrin, I won. We lounged around and explored the new garage.  That night we went to see the new Indiana Jones movie, which was a fun.  It fell right into place after the earlier three.  I really liked that they didn't try to pretend that Harrison Ford was thirty years younger than he is.  

Sunday Papa came home from a week long fishing trip with his fire department buddies with 5 fish (the legal limit).  He got one salmon and four brook trout.  He's going to get the largest trout mounted, but the remaining four became dinner.                                                                          

To minimize a lasting fish smell in the kitchen and because the weather was beautiful, we opted to grill the fish.

The salmon was cooked on a cedar plank which gave a nice woody, smokey flavor.  The small trout was seasoned with just salt and pepper, while the two larger trout were breaded in a mix of Cajun spices.

 The cedar board was soaked for several hours before we cooked on it, but it still caught fire.  The flames actually seared the skin on the fish nicely, but we kept a spray bottle of water on hand to put out the flames so the board and fish wouldn't burn completely.  (Eben climbed down from the tree he had been lounging in for this photo op.)

Garlic butter carrots, lemon garlic asparagus, and Eben's fresh squeezed lemonade accompanied the fish for our  backyard, screen house feast.  All three fish were yummy.  I think my favorite was the small trout with just salt and pepper.  I don't remember ever trying trout before, but I now know that I am definitely a fan!

Dinner was followed by a highly competitive game of spades where Eben and I were ultimately beaten into submission by my parents.  

It was a fun weekend!  Since I normally have one day off each week, to get three days in a row off was amazing and just what I needed!  

Tomorrow, I'm off to France!