More weird free food

Some of you may remember, from the Goo-bread incident, that my boss is a kind, generous woman given to foisting weird food products on unsuspecting employees.

She did it again yesterday, out of the blue offering me a fresh Lake Trout that her family caught on Labor Day. (Does this fit the definition of random? I would like to think it does.) Her cousins had caught 24 fish over two days (the legal limit, for any of you game wardens reading), and no one else in the family wanted to bring them home. So she froze some and kept some fresh, figuring what's the point of owning your own company if you can't force your employees to take a fish off your hands?

Anyway, after refusing the goo-bread, I felt I had no choice but to accept a fish. I was a little worried that the fish would be spoiled, since it was caught on Monday morning and I had no idea of how well it had been refrigerated since then.

It turned out to be fine. More than fine, actually. It was a pretty big fish, maybe fourteen inches, and it was just enough for Dan and I together. I cooked it "en papillote", as the foodies say, because I am WAY too lazy to fillet a fish. As you can see, I didn't even bother to take off the fins or the tail.

Well, whatever. It was quite yummy anyway, for a free fish.