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[*] posted on 10-22-2011 at 09:28 AM
I love fish prepared in sooo many ways. This is a favorite when camping.


Here’s is a Cree Indian (American aboriginal) way of campfire-cooking fish that I copied from an earlier post of mine.

"Called "Ponassing"...cute name, huh? I know, it sounds kind of down-south Deliverance, but it is really a north Canadian tribal way of cooking and/or smoking fish or meat. It is very similar to 'al asador' in Baja and in Argentina. For fish, it is best to use an oily fish, like lake trout or salmon. Lots of suitable fish are found in Baja waters.

PONASSING

Basically we used this method to cook salmon or lake trout over a fire by splitting and opening the fish and holding it open on a wooden stake/s over the fire. Being a little woodsy..and wanting to 'go native'...we used cut green branch and the peeled bark to tie the fish slab - with skin on- to the Y-branch. Pretty simple cooking followed...prop the Y-fork over the hot coals, fish flesh side down, open some LaBatt's, and eat the lake trout or salmon in chunks with your fingers when it stopped dripping fat.

If you are someone who just has to keep busy, you can splash a little LaBatt's and a dash of salt/pepper onto the ponass. ;)

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We were taught this as kids on fishing/camping trips with our parents into the bush and wilds of Way Up North Canada. My childhood hero was a famous Cree guide named Kitchener Byrd. Most of the guides up there took European names from famous explorers…as did Kitch. Dad told me his real Cree name was Thunder in Pants.

Kitch was quite the woodsman and a real character..who would take a wee dram now and then. My good amigo for many years until he finally got nailed by lightning.

If Kitch were here, he would tell you...”Never stand up in a moving boat in a storm dancing a dervish & jabbing at the lightning with a knife while drinking.....or sober either.” Remember Old Kitch, aquaholic?" ;)


Sad p.s. Mi amigo, nomad aquaholic, has trolled out to sea. Bon voyage, old friend.




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[*] posted on 10-22-2011 at 10:50 AM
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[*] posted on 10-22-2011 at 11:17 AM


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You must have a Bass-o-matic?


Yes. How did you know, and where have you been, Mike? I've been wondering if all is well.
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