Charlie occasonally mentions his mom's fish stew that she makes when he visits. At the same time he asked me about the Korean babyback ribs, he asked me if I could make that stew sometime and I forgot until he asked me if I planned to make it. I told him I forgot and lost the recipe. He gave me this one https://www.maangchi.com/recipe/maeuntang and I made it today. The fish they sell at the Asian market are whole until you buy it and then they scale and gut it if you want. I wanted. I got a couple of striped bass. The head and tail and fins were still on it. getting those fins off were not easy. I even tried garden tools without much luck. I finally used an Asian cleaver and a wood mallet to hammer through. Charlie said it was good and tasted like it was supposed to.
