Spent the day cutting salmon to hang and dry. This was the first year I learned how to cut 'dry fish' a Yup'ik cultural tradition that involves cutting salmon and hanging it to dry. It seems like a complicated process and I feared I'd make a white fool of myself. But it was actually quite simple and I got the hang of it within my first few fish. Dry fish is among one of my favorite foods, and now that I'll be able to prepare it myself I am very happy. One is never too old or too young to acquire a new recipe. And my cookbook is forever adding pages.
