Fish Fry

We had another Fish Fry at our house Friday. This time, it was a little more 'traditional'!

Here we have Yvonne and Pascaline preparing the sauces and the fishies for cooking time:



The fish are ready!!



Yvonne is fanning the flame:



(She didn't really want to have her picture taken, but, well, I got her anyway!)

The fish are cooking 'the way the do here'. (That's the way they say things here...they usually omit the word 'it' or other random articles that make the sentences cohesive. You get used to, though.) :)



Close up of the fish while they cook:



These are the yummiest fish--Bass! ("I caught you a delicious Bass" --Napoleon Dynamite) But, seriously, folks, it's yummy! The only thing that beats it is the Capitaine... of which we happened to just buy a 6 month's supply. We were in the market getting our fish and veggies for the week, when Devin comes running up the hill (Josh wanted to stay in the car, so I stayed with him and we had a spelling test) and says he did something which may have been a bit silly--he bought an ENTIRE 10 KG Capitaine fish! He had the guy fillet it for us (meaning cut it up into fillets, not cook it) and we took it home. I cut it up into actual edible portion sizes and came up with 36 portions. What a nut! But, now that we did our little aluminum foil fish cook, I think I'll do that with the capitiane...just douse it in Olive oil and some of my Pampered Chef Rosemary Herb Spice, and Voila! A meal fit for (please excuse the overused cliche) a KING! I never thought I'd see the day when I started actually liking fish. Good thing Finland is a land of fish, too. I won't have to miss it when we go.

Here is a quick interesting quote about the Capitaine Fish (found on WikiAnswers):

The Capitaine, or Nile Perch is a species of fish found in lakes and rivers throughout Africa. It was introduced to Lake Victoria in the 1950's, killing of many of the native cichlid species, but later became renowned as an excellent eating fish. One of the largest Nile perch ever caught weighed a total of 440 pounds.

Wish I would've had my camera at the market when that guy held up that 22 lb Capitaine fish that Devin bought! It had more whiskers than the neighbor's dog! :) We didn't keep the whiskers, though.