I'd been so looking forward to the sea bass fillets Martin bought at the farmers' market. So imagine my disappointment when the selfish, rotten scoundrel cooked them for himself and Annie without giving me so much as the skin! All I got was my usual bowl of coley and Science Diet, as seen in this photograph.
Martin cooked the bass in a very hot non-stick frying pan with just a spot of olive oil, giving it a couple of minutes on each side. He scored the lovely silver skin with a sharp knife so the fillets wouldn't curl up, and served the fish with jersey royals, and organic carrots cooked with butter and thyme.
As if that wasn't bad enough, he took a few left-over Dublin-bay prawns, peeled their tails and made a quick fish stock out of the heads and shells, added some cream and the reserved tail flesh, and served the lot over green tagliatelle as a starter. I didn't get any of that either!
They also had salad, freshly-made bread, and almond slices for dessert. You'd think with all that they could have given me just a little of the fresh fish. Well I won't forget this incident, I can tell you. Next time I catch a spider, I'm going to eat the whole thing myself without offering them so much as a leg!
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