Door Fish
My husband Stephen came home from work a few days ago and I asked him if he had ever had door fish before. He responded, with a slight head tilt and the look of crazy wife in his eyes, " Uh, no, I can't say I have."
Door fish- a phrase that I think I may have just invented- is another way of explaining the neighborly act of hanging a bag of freshly caught fish off of someones door.
Isabella, Kiyomi and I had returned from a nice walk in the woods with our two crazy dogs, only to discover a bag of fish hanging on our door handle.
It wasn't until later that we discovered who it was from. But around here finding things on your doorstep isn't actually too uncommon, so we were pretty sure it wasn't someone trying to put a curse on us or get us back for leaving our garbage out on the wrong day... so we took the bag of fresh mackerel and brought it into the kitchen. I gutted it and prepaired it for the BBQ.
Now that is what I call good old fashioned Cape Breton Hospitality.
Door fish- a phrase that I think I may have just invented- is another way of explaining the neighborly act of hanging a bag of freshly caught fish off of someones door.
Isabella, Kiyomi and I had returned from a nice walk in the woods with our two crazy dogs, only to discover a bag of fish hanging on our door handle.
It wasn't until later that we discovered who it was from. But around here finding things on your doorstep isn't actually too uncommon, so we were pretty sure it wasn't someone trying to put a curse on us or get us back for leaving our garbage out on the wrong day... so we took the bag of fresh mackerel and brought it into the kitchen. I gutted it and prepaired it for the BBQ.
Now that is what I call good old fashioned Cape Breton Hospitality.
Door Fish: Preparation for Mackerel on the BBQ
Wash and clean mackerel thoroughly. Dry inside and outside of the fish.
Ingredients:
1 red or spanish onion
1 bunch of dill
fleur de sel or other course sea salt
cracked black pepper
olive oil
Directions:
Inside each fish arrange onion, 3 generous sprigs of dill and a sprinkle each of salt and pepper.
Drizzle olive oil on inside and outside of fish.
Marinate for 1/2 hr. to 1 hr.
Pre-heat bbq for 15 minutes.
Oil clean bbq with a high heat oil - grapeseed is a good one.
Place fish on grill. Approx cooking time is 4-6 minutes for each side depending on the size.
Serve with seasonal goodies- grilled veggies, garden fresh salad, baguette, homestyle potatoe salad, ect... creativity is the key.
(perhaps a neighbor will drop off a head of lettuce on the same day!)
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