Grilled Blue Fish And Cardamom Brown Rice
Head boats are 50-60 foot motor boats that carry fishermen and women to fish with rods and reels and bait or saltwater lures provided by the boat captain. The boats carry sonar to locate schools of fish and usually offer a terrific day on the water. My brother and I enjoyed these outings many times off the shores of Montauk New York and Connecticut. If the conditions were right, we could each land five to ten pound fish in a couple of hours.
Summertime brought schools of blue fish and strippers (striped bass) that challenged the best of us. We always enjoyed fishing for these species because they were a challenge to catch due to their sharp teeth and of course because of the delicious meal they provided. We loved the process involved in driving at dawn to the docks to meet and board the fishing boat; the trip out to the banks of the continental shelf where we anticipated finding large schools of fish. Most of all we reveled in the joy of catching, cleaning, preparing and eating a delicious meal. All of these steps made the trip a transcendent one.
