{18th glance} Fish.
[ "Keiko Quentin"'s Home Economics class in session. Paying attention and showing enthusiasm is strongly advised. The class may be boring, but your sensei has a very large knife. ]
Whole fish should look as if they were just pulled from the water; bright eyes and firm flesh are signs of freshness. Fish fillets or steaks should be firm and bright looking, with no brown spots or discoloration...
[ Elle yawns and taps the chopping board in front of her with a knife as she continues to drone on in a monotone voice, reciting almost 1:1 the information found in some cooking book or other. ]
...Many fish, including trout and salmon, have a double rib cage, so the fillets may have small pin bones. You can remove these by pressing the flesh with your fingers, and removing the bones using a tweezer.
Remember that fresh fish is very perishable; it should be stored in your refrigerator for only a day or two.
[ She sticks the knife into the board and glares looks at her class. ]
Questions?
[ Later her class will go on to gut, clean and de-bone trout in order to prepare a tasty fish dish.
Even later Miss Quentin will be found in the faculty bathroom, frantically scrubbing her hands clean of the smell of fish. ]
Whole fish should look as if they were just pulled from the water; bright eyes and firm flesh are signs of freshness. Fish fillets or steaks should be firm and bright looking, with no brown spots or discoloration...
[ Elle yawns and taps the chopping board in front of her with a knife as she continues to drone on in a monotone voice, reciting almost 1:1 the information found in some cooking book or other. ]
...Many fish, including trout and salmon, have a double rib cage, so the fillets may have small pin bones. You can remove these by pressing the flesh with your fingers, and removing the bones using a tweezer.
Remember that fresh fish is very perishable; it should be stored in your refrigerator for only a day or two.
[ She sticks the knife into the board and glares looks at her class. ]
Questions?
[ Later her class will go on to gut, clean and de-bone trout in order to prepare a tasty fish dish.
Even later Miss Quentin will be found in the faculty bathroom, frantically scrubbing her hands clean of the smell of fish. ]