264 ' AMERICAN GAME FISHES. 



cut into pieces four or five inches wide; roll the halves or 

 sections in Indian meal or cracker crumbs — some prefer to 

 dip their fish in egg, white and yolk beaten together. Fry 

 some clear fat pork in a frying pan over a /iot fire, and when 

 the fat is fried out, put in your fish, flesh side down; finish 

 cooking with the skin side down. Cook quickly and serve 

 hot, with pepper and salt. When the crust which frying 

 makes is broken, you have [^the delicious, white, moist meat, 

 with all the richness which a fat Trout affords, making a dish 

 fit for a hungry angler." 



It is always pleasant to quote oneself against oneself, so I 

 quote Mr. C. again, suggesting merely that this last recipe is 

 the result of four or five years added experience: 



"Occasionally there is caught in Lake George a Trout shorter 

 and deeper than his fellows of equal weight, with real salmon- 

 colored flesh and with creamy curds between the flesh flakes. 

 Such a fish has devoted his whole mind to his diet, and good 

 living has changed his appearance; simply this and nothing 

 more. 



"One year I cut my fishing short to return home to an 

 entertainment under the old roof-tree. I had scarcely got 

 my traps into the house, when my grandmother told me that 

 she must have a Salmon for the lunch the next day. I showed 

 that it was impossible to telegraph to New York and get a 

 Salmon at the hour it was required, and disappointment 

 reigned. Among the fish that I had brought home was one 

 of these specially fed Trout of 10.^ pounds. I asked for the 

 list of the expected guests, and when I had read it I announced 

 that I had a Salmon that I had until that moment overlooked, 

 and I advised that it be boiled and served cold, covered with 

 mayonnaise and garnished with parsley, and placed before 

 me to serve. Considering the occasion, I was only shaky 

 about one of the men, for I knew he had eaten Salmon from 

 the Columbia River to New Brunswick, and he might be 

 critical even in a friend's house. The only one who ever 



