Freshly caught shad


Freshly caught shad


Fisherman is having very good luck with the timing in catching shad, which only feed at dawn and twilight. Brought back 2 the other night and after cleaning both and baking, the dinner is served really late.
Compare with wild salmon, the flesh of shad is more delicate, oily and juicy. The two fish looks very similar and the reasons why salmon is much more popular than shad and being fished to near extinct are first, shad has many fine bones, so need to be very careful in eating it; second is shad turns smelly very fast and salmon can last for a long time without giving bad odour. 

baked shad

Season both sides with salt, bake at 180˚C, the big one for 20 minutes and smaller one 15 minutes, then leave the oven door ajar and rest for further 5 minutes.

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