Appetizer for MrsT’s birthday:
By way of The Man of Elegant Simplicity, Jacques Pepin.
By way of The Man of Elegant Simplicity, Jacques Pepin.
What did you cook or eat today (August 2024)
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I made one of those big ole overstuffed American style omelets. MrOH ate half and I had about 1/4 of it. Too much food for me this early in the day. It's got sauteed peppers, onions, mushrooms, and spinach with bacon, goat cheese, cheddar, American, and Monterey Jack. Very good. Here's my portion:
I love monkfish but it was defo seriously off.
Other people had left bad reviews for it saying it was off and only bin worthy but being me I thought well that's a supply chain issue and a serious one so they will have stopped selling it or rectified that by now, so I went ahead and bought it anyway
It was surprisingly good, when the heat from the wings got a bit much the cold tzatziki was a lovely contrast.
Ate a lot more tzatziki than I normally do because the cold clean tasting cucumber went well with the hot fatty wings
Strawberry and cream frappuccino for breakfast.
Think I'm just going to call them smoothies, frappuccino sounds a bit pretentious and there's no coffee in it so it's a weird name!
Seemed to sooth everyone's sore heads this morning.
Not the best dressed Sunday dinner in the world but it worked.
Had to get the pizza plates out because the half chickens were on offer for £2.50 each so everyone got half a chicken in preparation for Sunday afternoon food stupor.
I reckon the chicken is half price because the cooking instructions are wrong. They stated 50 mins at 220 degrees (428F) I looked at the spices they'd heaped on the skin and thought, they'll burn badly at that temp so went with 45mins at 180 (356F) instead.
As you can see it still tipped into black in some areas but my lot don't eat the skin so meh.
Scampi and tartare sauce sandwich this evening.
Fodder for appeasing the hangover gods.
Think I'm just going to call them smoothies, frappuccino sounds a bit pretentious and there's no coffee in it so it's a weird name!
Seemed to sooth everyone's sore heads this morning.
Not the best dressed Sunday dinner in the world but it worked.
Had to get the pizza plates out because the half chickens were on offer for £2.50 each so everyone got half a chicken in preparation for Sunday afternoon food stupor.
I reckon the chicken is half price because the cooking instructions are wrong. They stated 50 mins at 220 degrees (428F) I looked at the spices they'd heaped on the skin and thought, they'll burn badly at that temp so went with 45mins at 180 (356F) instead.
As you can see it still tipped into black in some areas but my lot don't eat the skin so meh.
Scampi and tartare sauce sandwich this evening.
Fodder for appeasing the hangover gods.
It shouldn't smell bad at all (as I'm sure SandwichShortOfAPicnic will affirm) and (in this country at least) its certainly not in the acquired taste category. Its a wonderful firm fleshed fish which has quite a mild flavour. Only the tail is used which has one central bone - so no little bones.
I don't quite know what they are doing air drying monkfish. I've never heard of such a thing. Are you sure that is monkfish?
I do know about air drying in the Lofoten islands but not heard of monkfish being used
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Yeah I have bought it and it's quite mild in flavor. I did have to remove a membrane if I remember correctly. I have seen it referred to as "poor man's lobster". Never heard of it air drying, either.
Yer it's not a stinky fish. But I'm not actually aware of any fish that really smells when it's fresh?
Seafood yes but fish should only smell of the sea, so a very very mild smell.
However I bet that place SNSSO visited reeked to high heaven!
The fish I binned I'd only half opened the packet, the first waft was enough of a warning so I took it straight away to the bin outside.
When I got back to the kitchen inspite of it being breezy and the door being open it still smelt strongly of fish!
Seafood yes but fish should only smell of the sea, so a very very mild smell.
However I bet that place SNSSO visited reeked to high heaven!
The fish I binned I'd only half opened the packet, the first waft was enough of a warning so I took it straight away to the bin outside.
When I got back to the kitchen inspite of it being breezy and the door being open it still smelt strongly of fish!
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I double checked. It's stockfish I'm thinking of.
It is hung outside during the winter to air dry in the winter gales.
Drying Skrei Stockfish in Reine | Friday Photo #533 | Lofoten Islands Norway
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I've added a link. I'm thinking of stockfish. It's a traditional food preservation technique north of the Arctic Circle
That's right. It has a tough membrane. A good fishmonger will remove it. I suppose its likely that its air dried in the Lofoten Islands since it can be fished around there and I think they air dry most fish. Its famous for it as they have the right mix of atmosphere/climate so no preservatives are needed. Dried fish does tend to smell - but not fresh fish that is sold here.
You find dried and preserved fish in some places you wouldn't expect don't you.
I would never have expected Spain to have such an abundance or dried fish but there's all sorts of blocks of it in the majority of shops. Usually in end of aisle displays.
But then I don't think I'd fancy 'fresh' fish in the middle of Spain traipsed inland from the coast in hot temps before refrigeration existed
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On a brioche bun? Or regular?
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