Preparing a fish might not be too exciting for you all, but this one is really a beaut! This post is for Nancy, Mike and Ron, my siblings who live out in western Canada, and do not get to see our New Year's feast... 
We got an absolutely gorgeous red snapper this year from our favourite (and only) place to buy all our New Year's fish and seafood, United Seafood .
My brother, Doug, got to work on it when we got home, propping up the tail and head to give it a nice arch; he also holds the fins and mouth open with toothpicks.
Below, it's ready for the oven.
Above, he is out of the oven and cooked. If I was 8, I would have played with the eye once it was plucked out; would've scraped off the outer soft coating to reveal a transluscent bead-like centre. But alas, I digress, and I am not 8 years old...
And here he is on our New Year's Day table!
And here he is on our New Year's Day table! 
3 comments:
You played with the fish eye? Gnarly.
happy new year! What a feast you had, that fish was an amazing colour.
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Happy New Year! That's an amazing looking fish - before & after being cooked!
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