Shad Season
You should come to California or Oregon, where the two largest American shad runs in the world are. There are so many in the Sacramento you can keep 25 a day...
...and it should be said that while certain species of shad do occur worldwide, the American shad is only native to the East Coast from Florida to Labrador. It was planted in California in 1871 and spread to the West Coast after that.
Our season has just started now, and will run into July. I will be sharpening my knives to fillet the fish, which takes some doing. Once filleted, you can do all kinds of things with shad, which earns its Latin name sapidissima.
As for the roe, I flour it, cook it in bacon fat, and serve with chervil and a wedge of lemon.
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Location: Sacramento, CA
About: I write. I fish. I dig earth, raise plants, live for food and kill wild animals. I drink bourbon, Barolo or Budweiser with equal aplomb and wish I owned a farm. I am the omnivore who has solved his dilemma.
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