A little piece of Heaven

We have just returned from the most amazing holiday sailing a yacht around the Whitsunday Islands. This has to be one of the most beautiful places in the world. We were blessed with clear blue skies and sunshine for the week we were there so we spent most of the daylight hours under water getting familiar with the fishes.

We did a massive food shop in Airlie beach before heading off and so we didn’t have to stop off for supplies along the way. The food was simple fare as we weren’t sure what cooking and weather conditions were going to be like. The highlight of our holiday dining was a couple of freshly caught fish (a Mangrove Jack and a Red throated Emperor we think) that we immediately filleted and placed on the BBQ. Yip the boat even had its own BBQ which hung over the back – or should I say stern. I would like to be able to say I played a part in catching these fish but to be honest my only contribution was buying the hand lines and the bait. In typical fishing karma those who boast about past catches are destined to be the ones with the neglected line. Our ship mates M&K very kindly caught the fish. We only spent about 30 minutes fishing during our whole week on the water and M&K made a catch within the first few minutes. There was a bit of guilt invloved in the fishing as we had spent so many enjoyable hours admiring the fish and now we were going to EAT THEM !!! but we soon forgot the guilt when we were all hoping around the boat because there was a bite on the line.

I am now feeling very relaxed and raring to go in the kitchen. I received a few fabulous cook books for Christmas so once I finish drooling over the pictures I will start making some of the delicious dishes.