You actually want us to cook this?

Bill and Ted have been fishing when they get a chance - mostly on lakes when we stay in parks. Ted caught five arctic grayling on an early attempt. Fay’s reaction to the proud fisherman holding the fish up to the window of the trailer was “Get that ugly thing out of here!” Once cleaned, the BBQ came out, and we had fish dinner and found them pretty tasty. 

The streams and lakes continued to cry out and Bill and Ted set out again last night. This time Ted came home first with a pike. Bill later caught another pike. Have you ever seen one? Fay and I both looked at the things and wondered how anything that ugly could possibly taste good. 

Dinner was already started so the fish went in the fridge. Three of the four of us spent the next 24 hours thinking about those ugly snake-like fish and by the next day when the subject of supper came out, it tuned out we had come up with some options. Bill said “Either throw an onion in a pot and make pike soup or take it home and put it under Eileen's roses!” Eileen said, “I’m throwing smokies on the BBQ.” Fay said, “I’m having baked beans.” Ted said, “You are all prejudging!” He was right. He later told us we shouldn’t judge by appearances alone. Right again. But no takers. Ted cooked one on the BBQ and ate it. Turns out pike is very boney but, if caught in cold waters, tastes okay (just kind of bland). The second one is going to be responsible for a beautiful rose somewhere in the Prince George region.