CHAPTER XXIV 

 THE ANGLER'S KITCHEN 



"The reputation that trout enjoy as a food-fish is partly due to 

 the fact that they are usually cooked over an open fire. . . . 

 The real reason why food cooked over an open fire tastes so good 

 to us is because we are really hungry when we get it. " HENRY 

 VAN DYKE. 



"Moses, the friend of God Lev. xi., 9, Deut. xiv., 9, 

 appointed fish to be the chief diet for the best commonwealth 

 that ever yet was. The mightiest feasts have been of fish." 

 WALTON. 



"... and fish the last 

 Food was that He on earth did taste." 



W. BASSE. 



"If you eat your kind, we will eat you." BENJ. FRANKLIN. 



Catching vs. Cooking. "I care little whether I 

 catch a fish on a No. 6 or a No. 5 hook, or whether I 

 use a $3 reel'or a $2.99 one. Whether I use bay leaves, 

 or cloves, or mushrooms, or tomato sauce, or tartar 

 sauce in preparing my fish is more important. Game 

 is improved by hanging for a while, but fish should 

 be eaten as soon as possible after being caught. " 

 "Piscator." 



Fish as Food. The great variety of flavors in fish 

 food makes an ichthyological diet more palatable than 



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