{"id":21916,"date":"2017-04-21T20:01:56","date_gmt":"2017-04-22T00:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/currents\/?p=9580"},"modified":"2024-05-21T15:54:10","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T19:54:10","slug":"just-like-the-old-days-shared-fresh-bluefish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/just-like-the-old-days-shared-fresh-bluefish\/","title":{"rendered":"Just Like the Old Days: Shared Fresh Bluefish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Vanda Lewis shares memories of local bluefish.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>By\u00a0Vanda Lewis<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Recently, my uncle caught some bluefish and kindly shared a \u201cmess\u201d of them. This reminded me how excess fresh fish were shared among family and neighbors when I was growing up on Harkers Island.<\/p>\n<p>I have many wonderful memories of answering a knock at the door, only to be greeted by the delightful sight of a neighbor with a bucket full of fresh bluefish. My mother gladly took a share off their hands, filling up her silver oblong fish pan.<\/p>\n<p>Immediately, she would head outside to the fish bench, located under the oak trees, to clean them.<\/p>\n<p>In no time flat, the bluefish were in and out of the frying pan. Fried potatoes and onions, bread, and freshly sliced, salted and peppered cucumbers soaked in vinegar and water were often served with the fried fillets and <a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/currents\/2016\/09\/fried-fish-backbones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fried backbones<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now that was, and still is, good eating!<\/p>\n<p>Find recipes for <a href=\"http:\/\/marinersmenu.org\/2017\/01\/10\/fresh-smoked-bluefish-salad-with-almonds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bluefish salad with almonds<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/marinersmenu.org\/2017\/01\/06\/fresh-bluefish-corn-chowder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fresh bluefish corn chowder<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/marinersmenu.org\/2017\/01\/09\/pan-fried-lemon-bluefish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pan-fried lemon bluefish<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/marinersmenu.org\/\">Mariner\u2019s Menu<\/a>. The site offers many recipes from Joyce Taylor\u2019s resource book, <a href=\"https:\/\/uncpress.org\/book\/9780807855133\/mariners-menu\/\"><em>Mariner\u2019s Menu: 30 Years of Fresh Seafood Ideas<\/em><\/a>, also featured on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/ncseagrant\/\">Pinterest<\/a>. Read more about <a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/previous-issues\/2016-2\/holiday-2016\/running-with-the-blues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">North Carolina bluefish<\/a> in the <em>Coastwatch<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/previous-issues\/2016-2\/holiday-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Holiday 2016<\/a> issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When an uncle brings her a gift of freshly caught bluefish, Vanda Lewis remembers how excess fresh fish were shared among family and neighbors when I was growing up on Harkers Island.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":9586,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","ncst_content_audit_display":false,"ncst_backToTopFlag":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[761],"tags":[],"_ncst_magazine_issue":[],"class_list":["post-21916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-currents"],"displayCategory":null,"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - 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