A few weeks ago, I got an email from my brother, who is also an avid angler. It was about the time I wrote the Fitovers sunglass review and he remarked that I was really getting desperate for things to blog about. He said I needed to go fishing more.
Of course, [...]
The results are in. And nobody was voted off!
After letting our Northern simmer and stew in pickling brine for the minimum 8 days (we were impatient), we finally got to try some. They turned out great! The taste and texture was just like pickled herring.
The difference was that our pickled Northern, especially [...]
I know you’re as anxious to hear how our pickled Northern turned out as I am to try them. I’ve got a few more days to wait, but in the meantime, here’s the Pickled Northern recipe all in one place (click on the step link to see my result):
Pickled Northern
Step 1:
Cut 60 to 75 [...]
I felt my blog was gaining enough steam that it deserved a domain of its very own. So I registered for one and moved my wordpress installation this week.
As a result, if you’re subscribed to my blog through Google reader, you may have noticed a redistribution of some old posts. Please be assured [...]
As if the Hobie Mirage Pro Angler wasn’t cool enough, Hobie recently announced an electric motor that mounts in the MirageDrive well. The motor will work in any of the Hobie kayaks that have MirageDrive and also comes with mounting hardware to fit the Hobie Twist and Stow rudder mechanism. So it works [...]
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After soaking our Northern Pike for 24 hours, we were now ready to finish the recipe. My wife did step 3 without me:
Boil together for 5 minutes the following ingredients:
1 1/2 cup of sugar
3 cups of white vinegar
4 bay leafs
1 tsp whole all spice
3 tsp mustard seed
1 1/2 tsp whole black pepper
6 to 7 [...]
Forty-eight hours after step 1 of our Pickled Northern Pike recipe, we moved on to step 2:
Pour off salt water, rinse
Soak fish in white vinegar for 24 hours
Drain vinegar off – discard
The fish had changed color due to the brine soak. It was a little more translucent.
Rinsed and ready for vinegar.
Extreme close-up!
Fish chunks in [...]
I’ve never been a big fan of Northern Pike. I’m not really a catch-and-release fisherman (except when it comes to muskie), so I like to eat what I catch. But Northern aren’t what I would call a delicacy. Their many, many tiny bones and fishy smell make them one of the less [...]
The scene opens with a view of the lake. A dock is in the foreground, a full moon shining brightly in the night sky. The reflection of the moon paints a path to the dock, empty except for a bench made for two. The sound of a crackling fire can be heard [...]
