Mushi Kujira (Boiled Whale or Bass)

Ingredients

• 2 pounds fish (whale or bass)
• 0.5 cup syou (soy sauce)
• 2 large radishes
• 2 tablespoons vinegar
• salt
• 1 dash cayenne pepper
• 0.5 orange peel
• 0.5 lemon peel

Instructions

1. Remove all bones from the fish and slice it into long, thin slices.
2. Cut the slices into half-inch dice.
3. Sprinkle the fish with salt and let sit for about fifteen minutes.
4. Cut the radishes into long, even, delicate strips.
5. Boil the radishes for a few minutes, then strain.
6. Add half a cup of syou sauce and two tablespoonfuls of vinegar to the radishes.
7. Bring the sauce to a boil.
8. Drop the fish slices into the boiling sauce.
9. Bring to a boil again, then push the pot to the back of the range, cover tightly, and simmer for half an hour.
10. Grate the peels of half a lemon and half an orange.
11. Remove the fish to a hot platter and sprinkle the grated peels over it.
12. Serve with boiled rice.