| Head Eyes Skin Fins and a Tail |
There is something wild about cooking a whole fish
in a frying pan with the head, eyes, skin, fins, and tail still on..
Try it right in your kitchen and don’t wait for a camping trip
or allow a waiter to show it to you before he de-bones it all nice.
Don’t cover it up with flour or breadcrumbs so you can’t see the eye
looking at you while it’s sizzling away in front of your face.
Make it simple.
Flip it a few times ‘til the skin starts to peel away
and the meat begins to flake off the white bones and fins fall away.
Put the whole fish on a plate and peel back the crispy skin
with the dull side of your knife.
You should see steam rising out of your fish if you didn’t
let him sit around too long after you took him out of the frying pan.
The meat will be hot and fresh as you take small bites
and put some fingers in your mouth to get rid of small bones that you
felt with your tongue.
It’s sort of dangerous.
After you eat one side, flip it over and pick at the underside
until all you have left on your plate is a skeleton
with a head, eyes, skin, fins, and a tail.
Setauket, NY
August 2, 2007
in a frying pan with the head, eyes, skin, fins, and tail still on..
Try it right in your kitchen and don’t wait for a camping trip
or allow a waiter to show it to you before he de-bones it all nice.
Don’t cover it up with flour or breadcrumbs so you can’t see the eye
looking at you while it’s sizzling away in front of your face.
Make it simple.
Flip it a few times ‘til the skin starts to peel away
and the meat begins to flake off the white bones and fins fall away.
Put the whole fish on a plate and peel back the crispy skin
with the dull side of your knife.
You should see steam rising out of your fish if you didn’t
let him sit around too long after you took him out of the frying pan.
The meat will be hot and fresh as you take small bites
and put some fingers in your mouth to get rid of small bones that you
felt with your tongue.
It’s sort of dangerous.
After you eat one side, flip it over and pick at the underside
until all you have left on your plate is a skeleton
with a head, eyes, skin, fins, and a tail.
Setauket, NY
August 2, 2007
© 2007 by Michael Domino
by Michael Domino