Wassup wit Fish Cakes

For those who know me, they will know that I don't cook very often. I believe this is for the most part caused by my lovely wife (who besides being a great cook) has a strange aversion to my creations.

• Kahawai surprise
• Mac'n'cheese
• Spaghetti with an egg mixed in (delightful orange colour)
  

I believe a starving man would be glad to eat my creations. I know my kids chomp them back when my wife is at work and i'm on cooking duty. In saying this, I haven't busted out the Spag / Egg combo on the kids yet :)

Changing the subject slightly. I went out on a mates boat for a days fishing and relaxing recently. Such a great day. Big work ups of Kahawai bubbling up the sea greeted us as we motored right around the point from Tutukaka Mariner. Hooking into one of these monsters on light gear is like playing a game fish. Line peeling off as you slowly tighten the drag. Leaping out of the water, and finally when you have him next to the boat one last zoom staight down. Good fun.

Me and the kids ate a feast of pan fried Kahawai perfectly cooked (my wife declined). It was a big fish and we had a heap left over. So I decided to try my hand at making fish cakes the next night. Mashed spud was quickly cooked and put in the fridge to use in my upcoming masterpiece.

The next night after yet another day at the beach, Whananaki South (beautiful, uncrowded) it was out with the Edmonds Cookbook and into it. Check it out.

I would show you the plate afterwards but it looked cleaner than when I started...a Boucher trait :)

Check it out.