Old man's bike

[Mortblanc]

One of the best meals I ever ate, one of those feasts that you remember for a lifetime, was at a historic site on the banks of Old Hickory Lake just north of Nashville, TN.

I was there to assist the Historic Site Manager with some grant proposals and at lunch time he grabbed his fishing rod and headed out the door giving me instructions to start a fire in the big communal fire ring and peel some spuds.

In less than 20 minutes he returned with a a half dozen big crappie which he scaled, cleaned and plopped into the pan as soon as the spuds and onions were done.

I rolled up some corn fritters and dropped them into the grease while the fish cooked.

Nothing on this earth is as good as panfish that were pulled from the water less than 30 minutes before you eat them!

That was nearly 20 years ago and I can still taste those crappie and potatoes fried with onions!