Fishing trip

Last week, the hubster went out fishing at the pier three nights in a row... apparently it was quite full of action with the bat rays and sharks. And supposedly he had caught a few sharks, as large as 3-1/2' long, but did not have success reeling the suckers in.

What he and his buddies did catch though, was a... bat ray...? Some mackerels, some smelts (???) and some crab things (just trying to remember what he was saying -- this is completely and utterly out of my comfort zone)... and some squid or octopus thing, I don't know. They're all "seafood" to me (I don't touch the stuff. Any of it.).

So what to do with all their riches? Grill and fry on Saturday at our house. So here's a little of what I had to endure:

Here is a bat ray wing that Trung had cut up and marinated. It was then tossed onto the grill (but I'm not quite sure if it was actually on the grill or in a pan)

Here is Trung slicing/peeling back the flesh off of the middle cartilage of the wing... (*covers mouth*)

Meanwhile the hubster has been frying up these little guys... some deep fried tentacles...

...and of course the mackerel (far left), the smelts (middle) and the crab things (right)... now I'm not sure if I got the names right, they kind of all fall into the "fish" group for me. With the crab things, the boys were all in agreement that it was one of the best things they've ever tasted as they popped the orange guys into their mouths and crunched down... shells and all.

I backed away and turned towards my baked pasta.