Yesterday, we had nearly 5 year old great-grand daughter for lunch with her father. We thought she was coming with her grandmother but plans were changed. Then, after that we both had appointments with the Osteopath and that was going to be our day but in the morning Doug had a phone call from his nephew to say he had been fishing and would we like some Hapuka.
After our appointments we headed north 20 kms to Whakapara and spent some time having a coffee and catch up returning with a piece of smoked Hapuka and about 5kgs of Hapuka fillets. The fillets were so large that I had to cut them into steaks and this is what we ended up with.
and this is it all bagged up. We have just had some for lunch and it was delicious.
There was also a plate of "trimmings" for the cat and seagulls.
If I lived close by I would come and shamelessly beg!!
ReplyDeleteYou would be welcome.
DeleteYum yum Susan! I adore hapuka, it is one of the best eating fish ever. How wonderful that Doug's nephew shared his catch with you. Enjoy :)
ReplyDeleteHe enjoys fishing and his wife and two sons (who have now flown the nest) don't eat fish. We are more than happy to help him out. He feeds the whole neighbourhood.
DeleteI keep telling myself to eat more fish, but somehow I forget!
ReplyDeleteI love fish - smoked salmon tonight and scallops tomorrow for lunch.
DeleteMmmm hapuka. Brings back memories of a holiday on the east coast. Delicious.
ReplyDeleteAll fish is nice but Hapuka is one of the best.
DeleteDoing things with family.. can't fault it
ReplyDeleteYes, this has been a very family oriented Christmas season.
DeleteI don't think we have Hapuka in this hemisphere, or maybe we've eaten them all! I love all fish so I'm sure it's excellent eating!
ReplyDeleteIt is one of the best, John. The hāpuku, hapuka or whapuku (Polyprion oxygeneios), also known as groper, is a wreckfish of the family Polyprionidae, found around southern Australia, southern South America, South Africa, Tristan da Cunha and New Zealand at depths between 30 and 800 m.
DeleteI have never eaten hapuka, but it looks like a lovely fleshy fish. Lucky you to have so many delicious fish fillets in your freezer ready to make some tasty meals.
ReplyDeleteYes, Rosemary, it is delicious. It is great having the supply in the freezer. We will eat it several times a week as I don't like keeping fish in the freezer for too long.
Deleteyum! fresh fish is the best!
ReplyDeleteCan't beat it.
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