This is Tommy Trout.At approximately 5pm this evening he was stalked, caught and hot smoked on the bank and then eaten (about 20 mins after being caught). Absolutely gorgeous. At first, the assorted grumpy old men of NE Derbyshire thought me a bit odd conducting this little exercise in eating a fish as fresh as possible, but upon tasting the lovely Tommy in his hot-smoked glory they agreed that I had done a good thing. One guy produced a cooler full of beers and we had a fantastic evening of eating, fishing and moderate drinking on a gorgeous June evening. The smoker was lit up 3 times and we would probably have kept going, but I ran out of meths for the burner. One of those evenings where you wish it would never end
I gather that Loch Fyne is a national chain; anyone else been to their other restaurants? Opinions?
Mmmmmmm Samphire , blooming gorgeous ....... Out of interest Joe , whilst on the subject of plants that go perfectly with fish , do you know of anywhere in't Sheffield area where you can find Sorrel growing ..... Bit late this year I know , but it'd handy for future refence ..... I tried growing some on my allotment , but had little success ....