Blue (a cooking method involving poaching an unscaled fish in an acidic water, making the outer skin turn bluish) cooked trout.
BLUE TROUT
6 or 8 foot-long trout OR about 7 medium sized trout, fresh caught 1 quart vinegar 3 quarts water 24 peppercorns 3 bay Leaves 2 teaspoons salt Heat the last five ingredients to a slow boil. Gut and scale trout and toss them into the water for about 5 minutes. Trout must be freshly caugt to get the blue color. Remove trout and serve with melted butter and vegetables.
...something horrible back there... is it a giant squid?? brrrr.
Awww... poor fishy. Beautiful illo, though, Enigma ;)
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Great combination of lines and color.
ReplyDeletePoor little guy. NIce work!
ReplyDeletenice watercolor like the flow of ur pen work
ReplyDeleteWhat has happend to this fish?
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Great. I love it.
ReplyDeleteGreat illo. Poor little fish though....
ReplyDeletelovely piece! I've had a nice morning looking at your blog...its been a while!
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Nice piece, Enigma!
ReplyDeleteI like the spontaneity of your work Enigma, great stuff! I suspect your fish may have just seen the sea monster in my drawing.
ReplyDeleteVery fishy, but where's the cat? :-)
ReplyDeleteLovely work, well done!
In Austria we cook the trout "blue". this was my first thought.
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best wishes to you!
Love your pen and wetercolor work Enigma. Hope the fish is OK now. I loke how well you portrayed a conversation between the fish and crab here.
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6 or 8 foot-long trout OR about 7 medium sized trout, fresh caught
1 quart vinegar
3 quarts water
24 peppercorns
3 bay Leaves
2 teaspoons salt
Heat the last five ingredients to a slow boil. Gut and scale trout and toss them into the water for about 5 minutes. Trout must be freshly caugt to get the blue color. Remove trout and serve with melted butter and vegetables.
Great photo! Humorous prose too!hugs NG
ReplyDeletePooor fish, this illo reminded me of a children story I read from a book as a kid ... It's about a crab recuse a fish get flush onto a beach.
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