Friday fish fry, hosers!
I didn't cook this particular fish tonight. But this guy (the fish, not my buddy holding the fish) was caught on the same trip as one of the wallies I fried for dinner.
If you listed real close, you can bear me telling him to hold it closer to the camera.
Wally, perch and wally cheeks, ready for dredging
Throw cheeks in oil, take a pic, pull them out.
Mmmm... Wally cheek... The perfect bite-size morsel for testing the oil temp.
Perch fillets usually don't even make it onto the dinner plate. As soon as they come out of the oil, they go straight into the mouth and make smiles, rolled back eyes and roof-of-the-mouth blisters.
The main event. Wally. I totally forgot to take pics of the inside. But trust that ikejime, once again, did the trick. ...moist, flaky, pure white heaven.
The coleslaw was shredded cabbage, Marzetti dressing, black pepper, ground celery seed, half a P. Dreadie bonnet and a pinch each of ground ginger and cardamom. I thought about making some home browns, but we had a lot of fish, so I figured it would just get in the way.
Now the freezer is fish free. I need to do something about that next week!
