Fish Stew is something very easy to make at home, and is pretty easy to make up in the woods with the right gear. may not be something I'd make over an open fire, but it's certainly doable on a woodstove or camp stove.

Mark French and I tacked this in March 2023 while ice hot tent fishing in Bauline.

Onions were chopped and fried up along with some bacon trimmings from my recent run of homemade bacon last week. A little salt and pepper were added at this time too.

This was fried in the pot to render out the bacon and brown up the onions.

While that cooked away we peeled and chunked up 10ish potatoes.

With onions cooked we added about 1.5L water, brought that to a boil, then put in the potato.

Cooking on the woodstove worked well, heat was adjusted as needed with the amount of fuel wood and the damper.

When the potatoes were tender, we added a few fillets of fresh fish which didn't take long to cook.

When the fish was cooked we broke up the large pieces and let it simmer off to the side while we made toast.

We seen the paper towel technique online and decided to give it a try. The paper towel serves two purposes: keep the bread clean, and keep it from sticking to the stove (which it did when we initially tried).

The trick worked great, the bread toasted beautifully and the towel didn't catch fire or scorch!

Another backwoods meal fit for a king! The flavours were perfect, we added a little more pepper and just a dash of salt to taste.

Cheers, MIKE

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