Big Tuna

Right along the beach in the previous post is a small cove where fishermen dock their little wooden fishing boats and sell freshly caught fish to people driving or walking by. Yesterday morning Lucy brought us this beautiful Tuna that she bought from the fisherman the day before.

I was skyping with Wendy at the time so I was able to show it to her live, but I took photos for the rest of you. It was longer than the width of our counter — I’m rough guesstimating that it was 2 – 2 1/2 feet long? 

Hello, beautiful fish! Lucy filleted it like a professional. I asked her where she learned how to do that and she laughed and said they have lots of fish at home in Goa. You are spared from any butchering pictures because I was too busy watching her take the fish apart. I wanted to take pictures of the heart, liver, and stomach to show the boys when they got home, but I thought she might think that was a little strange.

After the meat was separated from the bones Lucy used the bones to make fish stock (which will probably be turned into chowder later) and cut the dark red meat (it would have made beautiful sushi) into large pieces which she seasoned, dipped in flour and pan fried.

Baby girl ate a bunch of it. I have no idea how Lucy got all the bones out. I left the kitchen for a few minutes and missed that part. While the fish was still whole Camille kept gasping in surprise and wanting to get a closer look at it as if it were a cat or a dog. Now I want to take her to the fish sook to see what she thinks of all the fish there.