Fish bargains

There's a high-end fish shop in town, and though their fishies are pristine they're also very expensive. So it's a treat. Until we figured out the Rainbow Trout Matrix.

It goes like this: buy 1 or 2 small whole rainbow trout (the least expensive fish in the shop), then ask the very expert fishmonger to fillet the little darlings (which they'll do for free) and take home nothing but the exquisite boneless flesh. I have neither the expertise nor the laser-sharp knives to fillet the little fish without wrecking the delicate flesh.


Then crank the bbq to holy-moses-high, oil the skin of the fish, season all over with salt and pepper, and grill it skin-side down -- lid closed, no flipping -- til the flesh is just about cooked through. The skin gets crispy and lifts right off the bbq and the fish is a dream, at only about $11 for 2 portions.