So there's this 'umami rich' stuff called 'bottega' that is made from the salted, pressed and smoked roe of the grey mullet. A sort of fish, not the hair cut, althought I guess the hair cut could be said to have a certain 'funk' about it similar to the umami flavour of this fish roe. I have hatched a plan to make some ourselves. Christopher's aboriginal grandma May is still actively setting nets and fishing. She shares fish with Christopher when he is around and she's got some. Some of that fish has roe.
Can you feel my plan hatching?
There's also the good chance that Christopher will be working fish camp with grandma this summer and pulling nets full of Yukon River Chinook - if there's fish this year. Last year was really sad for everyone with the lowest return ever recorded. We have smoked the roe and frozen it in the past. Perhaps this year we'll get more creative...
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