A Fish Tale And Dish

For many people, this true story might seem to be only a fish tale. Yet, it was so real to me! After all, I am not as crazy as I used to think I was before I started reading A Language Older Than Words, a book introduced to me by @wwf in one of his blogs.

Yesterday, to my surprise, a great blue heron left a fish he caught for me ;-)

Long story short. I like nature and choose to spend as much time as I can to enjoy the earth, plants, and wildlife. I don't know about you. I had tried to talk to different forms of life since I was a kid. People talk to their dogs and cats and pets all the times, which I do too. However, talking to wildlife is a very different experience. They are not trained by you. They tend to be shy and run or fly away when they see you. But anyway, this blue heron is my friend now.

I was in my garden yesterday. I saw him from far away. I wasn't approaching him or doing anything else to scare him away. I had seen him catch many fish before. I talked to him one time and was just jokingly saying that it would be nice if he can please leave a fish for me someday. He did yesterday!

Of course, I had to cook it first before eating it.

Ingredients

• Fish
• Green onion
• Garlic
• Ginger
• Dry shiitake mushroom
• Salt to taste

Directions

• Gut and scale and wash the fish
• Rub fish with salt
• Cut green onion, garlic, ginger and shiitake mushroom into smaller pieces
• Put the fish and all the other ingredients on a plate
• Steam it or cook it in microwave high for 3-5 minutes
• Serve!