One of the greatest things about living here is the scenery. Sometimes I feel like we are on vacation because it is so beautiful. William B. Umstead State Park is less than 15 minuets away. We can go fishing any time we want. So on a weekday, we went fishing! Adym has been trying to catch crappie for sometime now. I found that the best place to catch these fish is right under this bridge at Big Lake.
The other two times I went fishing with Adym, I was pretty disappointed because he didn't catch anything.
But this time was a success!
Adym caught 8 crappie!! I admit some of them were way too small to keep. This was our first experience filleting fish so we went to youtube.com to see how it's done. It took us a good two hours to fillet and clean all the fish.
We had a cucumber salad with herbed butter rice and I came up with a recipe for fried crappie.
Le's Fried Crappie:
In a deep pan, heat up a some vegetable oil to around 300 F (about two inches deep).
Put two sheets of paper towel on a large plate.
I prepared a bowl with two whisked eggs, a plate with flour, salt, pepper and dried basil.
Dipped the fish meat in the eggs and lightly dust with flour mixture. Add to hot pan.
Repeat until all fish is in the pan.
Let the fish cook until golden brown on each side. When a piece of fish has reached it's doneness place on top of the plate with paper towel.
Tips: flip the fish with metal tongs. Do not let water touch hot oil
I have to say that making this meal is very labor intensive. The crappie is very flaky and white. Adym and I really enjoyed preparing and cooking this meal together.
My dad loves to fish and I can't wait till my parents come to visit. I really enjoy fishing now and would like for them to experience a successful fishing excursion.
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