leftover bluegills?
What do you do with extra gills? I took some to the widow down the street today and returned with a plate of homemade cookies. The rest of the cooked fish I'll shred up and mix with some slivered almonds. Both will be added to a bowl of rice cooked in vegetable soup base instead of plain water.
I can think of few acts more selfish than refusing a vaccination.
I have several people in town that I share the fillets with.
Many are widows, who husbands had fished and they really like the idea o fbeing remembered.
Rick
Jim,
You MUST be kidding! With my Grandkids, their parents & I, there ARE no leftover bluegill when we have a fish fry!
The kids help me prep the gills for the fryer & usually ol' Grandpa heads home a little hungry. It doesn't seem to matter how many I fix, it's always devoured.
Mike
FAOL..All about caring, sharing, & good friends!!
Leftovers..my son is 6'3" 285# I can't cook that many gills or much of anything else.
"Next to a healthy 10 pound carp a brook trout can look like a minnow in a clown suit"
For a change - instead of frying them all boil some in salted water --- POOR MAN'S Lobster/Shrimp/Crab (heard all 3 names) - drawn butter and you have some nice nibblers.
Steve, I don't wanna clean the number of gills it would take to fill that young man!
At that age and that size, you can't fill 'em. I'll second the boiling method. I like to throw in a bag of seafood boil instead of the salt, though.
If it swims and eats, it'll eat a fly.
I've seldom, if ever, had leftovers. Then again I don't like to clean more that 1-2 dozen...
"They say you forget your troubles on a trout stream, but that's not quite it. What happens is that you begin to see where your troubles fit into the grand scheme of things, and suddenly they're just not such a big deal anymore." - John Gierach
put them in your flower beds
I think it would be a shame to take a fish such as a bluegill & put it in a flower bed. Better off just to practice catch & release. Like Rick mentioned I take my extra panfish & fillet them & give them to the widow ladies. I can give away all I want to fillet.
Here is a simple recipe for bluegill (or fish) soup that is quite tasty.
1/2 large onion
3 carrots
3 stems of celery
2 packages of fillets (about 10 8 inch gills)
italian seasoning - to taste
1/4 cube of butter
1/2 cup instant potatos Potatos & milk measurements are dry measures
1/2 cup instant milk
Some water.
Directions: Cut veggies & fish into bite size pieces. Throw all ingredients into a large sauce pan. Mix well and cook under low heat until done. Add salt/nosalt & pepper if desired.
Tim
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