THE STORY 12, THE PROCESS
Excerpt nr 12 from ‘A special night.’, a story that I wrote about a night that Paul and I did a reportage on SHRIMPING.
...Danny and Sylvain were still hard at work.
Sylvain rinsed containers, hosed the deck, kept an eye on the stove, boiling with their last catch of shrimps.
I found Danny, next to the wheel house, sifting through the cooling shrimps. I went up and asked if I could join him.
Sifting was done in a wooden tray with a mesh bottom, strapped in, so that it could gently rock back and forth, getting rid of tiny shells, fish and crabs. The rest was hand picked by us. He taught me a bit more about sea-life and told some stories.
Gradually the air warmed up, the light becoming brighter.
The end of a hard night, the start of a glorious day.
Here you have an overview, I thought it would be interesting to show the different stages!
On Belgian boats the shrimps are boiled on board in between each trek. Most of those boats don't have refrigeration, but raw shrimps must never be put onto melting ice anyway, so they'd have to be packed instantly. These fishermen prefer the old method.
Thanx and have a great day, Magda (*_*)
THE STORY 12, THE PROCESS
Excerpt nr 12 from ‘A special night.’, a story that I wrote about a night that Paul and I did a reportage on SHRIMPING.
...Danny and Sylvain were still hard at work.
Sylvain rinsed containers, hosed the deck, kept an eye on the stove, boiling with their last catch of shrimps.
I found Danny, next to the wheel house, sifting through the cooling shrimps. I went up and asked if I could join him.
Sifting was done in a wooden tray with a mesh bottom, strapped in, so that it could gently rock back and forth, getting rid of tiny shells, fish and crabs. The rest was hand picked by us. He taught me a bit more about sea-life and told some stories.
Gradually the air warmed up, the light becoming brighter.
The end of a hard night, the start of a glorious day.
Here you have an overview, I thought it would be interesting to show the different stages!
On Belgian boats the shrimps are boiled on board in between each trek. Most of those boats don't have refrigeration, but raw shrimps must never be put onto melting ice anyway, so they'd have to be packed instantly. These fishermen prefer the old method.
Thanx and have a great day, Magda (*_*)