Correction to an Earlier Entry

As of August 4, 2008 at 7:00 AM
Steps: 4,285,146
Miles: 1798.65

You can well imagine my embarrassment when it was pointed out to me I had overlooked getting a picture of a three-eyed fish swimming upside down at the nuclear plant in New Hampshire.

This weekend I attempted to make amends and correct my careless, inexplicable oversight. I dedicate this entry to Lainie.

Unfortunately (or fortunately) there are no nuclear power plants on the Chester River near Chestertown and while I did get the picture of a common Tripod Newt Eater (scientific name: Tripodious Stiltenleggus) that you see below, I didn't get any fish pictures.



Fortunately my good friend Captain Chain Ree Action was able to send me a picture he took of one of his happy clients who recently caught a beauty.



Captain Chain Ree Action's picture of a proud angler holding what appears to be at least a 10 pound! Seabrook Blinkey (scientific name: Homerus Simpsonoopsadous) - caught not far from the water intake inlets for the nuclear plant.

While the smaller Blinkeys can be caught using fireflies held near the water's surface by a bobber, the big ones are usually caught using an unweighted rig having a freshly activated light stick with treble hooks duct-taped to the tube.

Care must be taken to use a 6 to 8 feet of stainless steel leader as the Blinkey, when angry - such as when hooked - emits a neutron beam from his / her forehead of sufficient strength to melt (and thus break) ordinary monofilament at up to 3 or 4 feet. This steel leader must be discarded after any fish strike on the lure (light stick) as the metal is enfeebled by exposure and will not last more than one irradiation.



Seabrook Blinkey normally swim upside down and almost always never venture far from nuclear power plant intake ducts except to mate - at which time they will be found congregating around the outlet ducts or the place just offshore nearest to the reactor vessel.

And now the moment you have all been waiting for -

Cooking

1 filleted and deboned Seabrook Blinkey
Olive oil
butter
Seasoned boron salt
Pepper
1/2 c. bread crumbs per piece of fish, or more as desired
1/4 c. green onions or scallions or more as desired
1 c. fresh mushrooms, or more as desired

Prepare the fish by washing and dusting lightly in flour seasoned with the pepper and seasoned boron salt. Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in olive oil, saute 1/2 cup of onions or scallions as desired. Remove from the burner and in the same butter, brown the bread crumbs until all is absorbed. Finally, melt more butter and saute as much mushrooms as desired until tender.

Make a bed of the onions and bread crumbs in a large disposable aluminum baking pan. Lay the fish over this and cover with the mushrooms, a dash of wine sauce over the fish is also optional at this point.

Put pan in oven but DO NOT turn the oven on, the fish will cook itself in about 8 to 10 minutes - test doneness by pressing with a fork, fish should flake easily to the touch.

On a table set with paper tablecloth, serve fish on disposable tableware using high quality, but disposable eating utensils. Lead lined napkins placed in one's lap is highly recommended.

Clean Up

Wrap everything, cookware, eating utensils, soiled plates, napkins, EVERYTHING, in the tablecloth. Put in hefty trash bag and wrap securely with duct-tape and place in 55 gallon metal drum, fill voids with concrete and fasten lid tightly - put radioactive hazard signs on the outside of the drum. Take to nearest US government approved nuclear waste disposal unit which might be in Arizona, if the government ever gets around to building one.



Seabrook Angler Fish - these deep sea fish found near underwater uranium ore outcroppings are poisonous and should not be eaten under any condition.