How was I going to do
How was I going to do that? I never cleaned a fish before. Well we all got lucky when a local resident said he would show us how.
Below I will attempt to explain how we got the job done and a few do(s) and don’t(s).
There are three ways to clean fish he explained. The first is to clean them for baking or grilling in foil. This means to leave them whole cleaning out the stomach cavity, remove the gills and surrounding tissue. Then you have to scale them.
The second way is to turn it into steaks. To steak a fish, clean out the stomach cavity, snip off all the fins, and start slicing vertically through the body just behind the gill plate. It is best to keep the steaks at least 4 inches thick to allow for proper cooking.
He then showed us the third way and said it was the most complicated to learn, but the most versatile when it comes to using the fish and that way is filleting. He filleted from the tail to the head, but you can just as easily start at the head and work back.
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