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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 15 Jul 2010, 13:23)
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I was taught to do it as follows:(I assume fish has been cooked and is orientated like this O++++< with belly towards you)
1) Make vertical cut behind gill-slit.
2) Make vertical cut in front of tail.
3) Slide tip of knife horizontally along 'lateral line' (this is a visible line, that runs the length of the body, about halfway down).
4) Ease off the skin (top-half away from you, bottom-half towards you).
5) Gently pull the bottom-half of the flesh towards you and consume.
6) Gently ease (lift & push) the top-half of the flesh away from you and consume.
7) Flip it over and repeat for the other side.
Done properly you should end up with a 'cartoon' fish: a head and a tail, connected by a skeleton.
Alternatively, you could try this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5IZ2BOCBgA
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