Holy mackerel

[kitewithfish]

I just cleaned, gutted, and baked three small mackerel on a bed of new potatoes, for no good reason other than I had them and felt like it.

Cooking was such a chore when I grew up - we hardly ever cooked fresh veggies and foods, and I never felt like I knew what I was doing.

It's been a long slow slog, acquiring the skill and experience and tools and ingredients, to get to the point where it's just easy. Where I could go to the store, grab some fish that haven't been filleted and chopped into bits, and just... bake them. Because I felt like it. And then have dinner and lunches for a couple of days, without it being a big deal.  

Comments

[kara_mckay]

Sounds yummy! And I hear you about cooking -- I didn't really start until I was in my late thirties. I don't think I"m ever going to win any awards for my cooking, but like you said, I can go to the store, pick up some ingredients without a recipe list, and then make something that's more than just fuel now.