What a load of pollacks!
The wild larder provides those of us fortunate enough to browse it with a huge array of unforgettable meals. Most of these are inherently seasonal and — from the earliest edible greens, as the weather warms up, to the first jugged hare as the autumn nights turn cooler — they mark eagerly anticipated milestones on the kitchen calendar.
As game seasons close and spring gradually surrenders to summer, my thoughts turn from the land to the ocean and the opportunity of fresh fish. From the ever-reliable pollack to the glorious, thrashing arrival of the first mackerel, the Kenmare Bay provides a significant portion of our summer diet. As April melted into May and brought fine, settled weather, fishing was once again a real possibility.
Though the ‘big’ boat was still high and dry in a distant boatyard, we keep a 14ft plastic
