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mihto
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/quote]Not quite sure what "Oh boy here we go again....." means? Being, as you rightly say, a "newbie", this is the first time this question has been asked here to my knowledge?  [/quote]
Oh dear, I'm sorry if there was a misunderstanding. What I meant to say was. Oh boy here we go again. Macrel time ALREADY? We are some weeks behind you up here, and macrel fishing has not reached my concious level yet. I need to put the fishing rod with the right lure connected in the car: on my way home from work I drive along the fjord and then keep an eye open for the schools of macrel. The trick is then to stop the car in a safe place, sprint back and catch a few before they are gone. Not very elegant, but it gives us some nice dinners.
As far as Downsizer goes I'm a newbie as well. I also struggle to keep my balance in a language that is foreign to me, and without a spell check I'm bound to stumble sometimes. However, my experience in fishing, foraging and animals in general should make up for my lack of manners. I would love to be of help; please feel free to ask any question within my range of knowledge! |
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mihto
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| Fry them, boil them, smoke them. They are lovely food, serve them with a cucumber salad, new potatoess and sour cream. Ask for recepies! |
Recipes please, mihto  |
Now for some recipes: a must with macrel is the simple sour cream sauce: an ample helping of sour cream mixed with a teaspoon or two of sugar and a liberal sprincling of chives. Goes with any kind of macrel, trout or salmon.
Then the cucumber salad. Cucumber sliced in thin slices. Put in proper amount of salt and ground pepper, then sugar and white vinegar to taste. Also a must with other fat fish.
Boiled, cold macrel. You need water for boling, amount depending on the amount of macrel. Salt to taste, quite a bit. Whole black peppercorns, slices of onion (s), a laurel leaf, sugar and vinegar. Boil for 10 minutes to get a nice taste. Put the macrel in the water and simmer for 10 minutes. Cool the macrel in the brine and serve cold with small potatoes, cucumber salad and sour cream sauce.
How do you people prepare macrel, apart from standard frying or boiling?
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mihto
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Bugs, we are waiting for your mackerel story!
Did you go, what did you catch, what did you use when or if you caught anything? |
Hmmm...it isn't one to keep you awake at night  - we made our trip and my beloved (Treacodactyl of this parish) caught the first one that we saw landed on the beach that day. Hurray! And he was well over the recommended size (the fish, I mean..).
We took him home and fried him simply. I had a forkful while TD polished off the rest - that's the first time I have ever eaten mackeral and I was surprised at how mild and tender it was. Not nearly as much of a challenge to eat as I was worried about. I would be very happy to eat it again.
Unfortunately that was the last of our catch for that day. We were mostly spinning with lures. TD's catch was with a strip of defrosted garfish. Later on, some boys who obviously were regulars came up and settled themselves on the jetty (which we were wary of as it was slippery and indeed one of the boys fell in at one point!) - they were using feathers and caught quite a lot. Others came up to fish the beach from the other side of us, also with feathers, and also caught a few, so it seems there were quite a few fish about, but that we weren't casting far enough or with the right bait. Next time we will try a bit more weight I think and feathers.
But apart from feeling intimidated later in the day by people casting a bit close to me (I ceded my place to them and left TD to it at that point) I really enjoyed the day and my first taste of mackerel and I look forward to trying again late in the summer when it's a bit less busy.
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| Why don't you British ever come to Norway to fish? |
Is that an invitation?!  Thanks very much for your tips, I am looking forward to putting more of them in to practice in the future. |
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Not quite sure what "Oh boy here we go again....." means? Being, as you rightly say, a "newbie", this is the first time this question has been asked here to my knowledge? 
so I am sure I will be holding my hand up for more advice soon!
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