We bought goldfish for our boy for his 3rd birthday. Thought it would be a good way to introduce him to the basics of life, feed, grow die, that sort of thing.
This morning his 18 month old brother fulfilled a plan he's been attempting since Friday. Dropping a ceramic Buddah into the tank and braining poor 'Hook Hook'. I hadn't planned on explaining the actual details of the life/death, brother/enemy cycle this soon. Oh well. Parenthood...
now you can teach him about pickling, here is a recipe...
Pickled Fish Recipe: In Wine
Cut the filleted fish (about 1.5 pounds) into chunks. Make a salt brine by adding 1 cup of salt to a quart of water. Add the fish chunks to the brine in a large glass jar or other glass container, and refrigerate for 48 hours. Drain and add enough white vinegar to cover the fish. Refrigerate for another 48 hours. Drain. In glass jars make a layer of fish followed by a layer of thinly sliced onion, more fish, and so on until each jar is almost full.
Make pickling brine by boiling for five minutes: 2 cups of white vinegar, 1 cup of sugar, 1/2 cup of white wine, 1/4 piece of sliced lemon squeezed (and add the squeezed portion), and a tablespoon of pickling spices. Let the brine cool and pour enough into each jar to fill it to the top. Refrigerate for 7 days. Yes, it’s a long wait.