22 THE ANGLER'S GUIDE. 



THE WAY TO CLEAN THEM. 



Roach, being not an every-day sort of fish, 

 some servants do not know how to clean 

 them in a proper manner, and if they are not 

 cleaned properly they are of. no use for the 

 table. We have seen a great mess made 

 with them in the kitchen, and the fish spoiled 

 after all. To prevent this, adopt the following 

 simple method : Having turned the fish out 

 of the bag, lay them in a pile on the board, 

 their tails toward you, and taking them one 

 by one, with the bluntest knife you have 

 scrape off the scales, beginning from the tail, 

 and pressing it fast on the board with the 

 fingers of your left hand. Be sure you get 

 every one of the scales off, for one only is 

 very disagreeable while eating them. As you 

 scrape them lay them aside, one by one, until 

 the whole are finished. Then wipe your knife 

 quite clean and put it away. Having done 

 that, take an old pair of scissors and cut them 

 open from the vent up to the head, laying 

 them as you do them in a pile until they are 

 all done. Then wipe your scissors clean and 

 put them away. Then take out the inside of 



