De-boning a Fish

Have you ever had one of those moments when you buy something on sale at the grocery store, only to find out that significant manual labour is required to consume said item?

I had one of those moments today. It started when I saw some cheap salmon in the fish area. It looked like it just had the head and tail chopped off. I thought, “Hmm…I can’t believe how cheap this salmon is, and all I have to do is take it home and cook it.” Thinking nothing of the situation, I paid for my groceries and went home.

My plan was to have the salmon for dinner, so I took it out of the packaging and was aghast at the site of a spine.

“Aargh…now I gotta fillet this thing? I’ve never done that.”

This is where Google comes in handy. I found some decent instructions and set about filleting the fish. It wasn’t overly hard, although I definitely didn’t end up with those professional-looking fillets you see on TV. One problem is that I gave up looking for bones really early. I figure I can just take them out while eating, instead of slaving away trying to pull them out of the raw fish.

I’ll let you know how it turns out.