Of this fishing trip,
Dave wrote:
Wednesday we found that just about half a mile upstream the
river made an S-bend through a wide meadow, leaving undercut
banks
lush with protective vegetation, and a channel about 10 feet
deep. Really. The drill was to snoop and poop through the
tall grass to within a few feet of the edge, and drop in
a fly / chuck
out a spinner (depending on whether you are me or Ellie).
Stealth Fishing! It was almost literally a strike or a
fish on every
cast. By the end of a half-hour, we were throwing back 9
inchers, nearly twice the size we were keeping for dinner
two days before!
But wait! Without oil, how are we going to cook these little
lovelies? Ellie to the Rescue (again...):
Enter Brookies Paprikash. Start with 6-8 9-10" Brookies,
cleaned, rolled in corn meal. Mince 1 garlic clove and
6-8 fresh wild green onions. Prepare a bed on green onion
tops slightly larger than the fishes, on aluminum foil
large enough to turn over fishes and seal. Sprinkle water
liberally over onion bed and place fishes atop. Stuff insides
of fishes with onion and garlic bits, and sprinkle remainder
over fishes. Salt and pepper to taste, and sprinkle with
paprika. Close foil over fishes and seal all around. Place
directly on bed of hot coals, and maintain small fire all
around fish packet. Place 4 small whole (not wrapped) white
potatoes into coals also. Play 30 minutes of Double Solitaire
(make sure to let Her win!), take the whole affair out
of the coals and Enjoy! Serves two. It was so good we had
it four days in a row and decided we preferred it to frying
in oil. Good Stuff.
Figure 1: Brookies ready
Figure 2: paprikash preparations (shoes not included)
Figure 3 (below): A sure hit on any camping trip
