25/07/2020

It was a leisurely day, we finally could enjoy calmness in the bay while eating juicy canned peaches.

We caught two bigger fish last night, one got on hook in less than a minute since I started, and the bigger one was caught by J in five minutes. I have never seen so many fish of this size attracted by our boat lights.

Every time I steam fish, I put three large bolts in the wok as a steaming rack (couldn’t find it anywhere in QLD shops), it works but the plate would slip in the wok. Today I made a DIY steaming rack with copper wire and had some improvement on it. I added three small ears to hold the plate so it won’t slip when the boat is rolling. I tied a thread to each ear and thread them together with a loop. So it could be hung on the edge of the wok, and when the food is ready, you can pull the rope to lift the steaming rack with the plate to dining table.

In the evening, the fish was steamed with miso and black bean. Since the fish is larger than the previous one, the steaming time was not enough. It needs to be re-streamed, and the two fish need different time to be cooked, so the smaller one was overdone and the bigger one is not cooked yet… Anyway my steaming rack passed the test and was very successful so I am proud.