Now earlier today we went fishing with Ken.
Now Ken took us to a pretty good fishin' spot, because we ended up gettin' a nice red emperor
and that nannygai.
And they're red fish, and they are tasty fish.
Now the tradition here on Wigram Island is, at least one of the nights you stay here,
Ken cooks up the Wigram Island beer batter.
Now Ken told me it was a secret, now he did say if I didn't tell anyone, he would let
me in on his secret.
So if you guys don't tell anyone, then I'll let you in on a little secret.
Just don't tell Ken.
Now, I've got the fish already chopped up, and I've got a few spices and bits and pieces.
So lets get the ball rollin'.
I've got the hot pan and we're gonna have ourselves a traditional Wigram Island beer
batter with some tasty red fish.
Now the trick is and, remember, this is all comin' from Ken.
Whatever you do don't tell Ken I told ya.
So we've got a bag of flour here and he reckons you've gotta flour up the little pieces.
Alright, so we've just given em a bit of a dust up like that.
Now I'm not sure why, but Ken reckons you've gotta do it.
Some people say you do.
Some people say you don't.
Me?
I don't normally do it, but I'm gonna follow Ken's recipe.
Remember, it's a secret.
Don't tell anyone.
Now, we've got some plain flour in a bowl here, and of course, we're gonna mix a few
of his secret herbs and recipes in or spices or thousand spices or whatever the hell he
calls it.
Alright so a little bit of curry powder, but not too much apparently.
Some black pepper.
I don't know, about that much.
So a bit of black pepper, mixed spice, he reckons, so we'll just chuck a bit of that
in.
Sprinkle a bit of that in.
Just give it a sprinkle.
Mixed herbs, he reckons now.
So mixed herb.
So I'm gonna chuck whatever this is, oh yeah ginger, a bit of ground ginger.
There we go.
And we'll just mix that up.
So mix all those ingredients together.
The secret ingredient to a beer batter: beer.
We're just gonna put a little bit in for the time being, and we're gonna give that a mix
up.
Because we want the consistency to be right.
Looks like we're getting a good consistency there.
Alright, when you've got all the lumps out, now it's time to get the fish happening.
So I've got some hot oil here.
It's looking quite hot.
Looking good.
You want it hot.
You want it nice and hot, so it seals that batter in really quickly.
So we're gonna drop those pieces in.
So we'll just put probably 5 or 6 or so pieces in like that.
And then it's just a matter of dippin' those little suckers in the hot oil.
When it starts to look like it's going brown, we're gonna flip it over, gently flip her
over.
Give it another few minutes on the other side, so it browns up, and she'll be ready to go.
You just put her on a plate with the paper towel there just to soak up the little bit
of excess oil.
Alright so those little fish bites there are going to be ready to go so, yep they're definitely
ready to go.
Nice and brown, gold and brown, nice colours.
That bit of curry powder gives you that yellowy sort of, bit of colour to it so it's not too,
too white lookin'.
It gives it that nice yellow colour and of course don't forget the flavor, definitely
the flavor.
Simon come here mate, come over here.
SIMON -- What have you been up to?
Oh, you cooked a bit of grub mate.
JASE -- Yeah, a bit of grub.
Come and try the Wigram Island... secret Wigram Island beer batter.
SIMON -- Secret?
JASE -- Alright, yeah yeah, away you go, give her a whirl mate, give her a whirl.
SIMON -- It smells different to normal beer batter.
JASE -- Yeah, it's a secret.
Oh, are they that good mate?
SIMON -- That was tasty mate.
JASE -- Well I'll go and get another load for you hey.
SIMON -- See ya later.
JASE -- Remember, don't tell anyone.
Arnhem Land has been such a great place, it's got so much to offer, especially Wigram Island
here, but we're packin' the boat and we're out of here.
SIMON -- Pleasure, Ken.
Thank you very much.
JASE -- Thanks Ken.
KEN -- It was nice havin' you guys here.
JASE -- Thanks for an...
KEN -- Have a good safe trip.
JASE -- ...awesome place, we will.
Out that way.
KEN -- That's it.
SIMON -- Good man.
KEN -- Good on you.
JASE -- Let's go.