On 2/18/2012 6:17 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 18/02/2012 5:44 PM, James Silverton wrote:
>>
>>
>> Avoid "heads removed for your convenience" or so you can't see the eyes,
>> which should bulge out a little and be shiny.
>>
>
>
> Some people don't want their food looking at them. Back in the late 60s
> my mother used to get frozen Idaho rainbow trout and cook them up for
> us. She had to remove the head from my father's trout because he was a
> little squeamish about things like that.... and pink meat. My brothers
> and I were always careful to slip the meat off the bones and leave the
> heads intact and all pointing toward my father. I thought that our
> efforts to get under his skin were all in vain because he never said
> anything, but years later he told my wife about us doing it, and how he
> could not react and let us win.
>
You can always remove the heads and tails before serving. Also you can
remove the meat and serve just that after broiling.

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Jim Silverton

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