More Fish!

But this time we fried some of it. Yeah!
It's funny how you get used to things. Today I had no problem gutting and fileting the fish (a trout and a sole).
It actually was almost fun, the knifework is starting to be a little more precise and as a result faster and cleaner. I still have a long way to go, but again, the confidence level is rising.
My partner had to leave today after about an hour of class (bad cold) and I got teamed up with Bryce (the guy with the cool website).
That was good - I think we worked pretty well together.

We made a neat little garnish item today - a fried potato basket.
You start off by cutting a potato into large oval waffle cuts. Those are arranged in a strainer like petals of a flower. Then a second, smaller strainer is placed inside the larger one to hold the pieces in place.
Fry the whole bit at 350 and you end up with a flower/basket out of potato.

We filled said basked with pieces of fried fish and it looked and tasted quite good.

I gotta figure out how to post pictures on this site, because some of this stuff you just have to see.