Heart to Hearth Cookery

Scaling a Shad

The shad in the picture was sold to me as a buck shad (male) but I have learned to always clean a shad carefully as one can be fooled.  The hen shad is usually larger than the buck, somewhat swollen in the belly and are red around the vent hole.  This shad showed none of those characteristics but when I started cleaning SHE had two large sacs of roe.

My next hearth cooking class is May 19th, 2012.  For more information, visit my website at www.hearttohearthcookery.com.