marinated jerk pork shoulder yesterday morning using a friend’s Caribbean chili crisp - which is essentially Jerk seasonings. Roasted it today but I’m letting it sit tonight, because i made pikliz this morning too and it won’t be ready for dinner. it won’t really be ready until Wednesday but i think we’ll have a little of it with the jerk tomorrow anyway. i mean, i’ve eaten kimchi when it’s still super fresh, so…
Tonight we’re having whatever leftovers are in the fridge, AND muffaletta! a gift from a dear, generous friend in FL. She sent TWO whole ones, from Central Grocery & Deli in NOLA, via Goldbelly. Such a treat!
We had some excellent takeout from Don Pepe ll. We enjoyed our usually excellent dishes of twin stuffed lobster tails with crab, shrimp, and scallops; stuffed avocado with the same stuffing; clams casino; and crispy Spanish chips. It all went great with an excellent Ridge red zinfandel blend. Mrs. P picked up this colorful whimsical fish planter.
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Tonight I made hongshao tofu adding leeks and zucchini and subbing snap peas for snow peas, served over leftover yellow rice. I omitted the bell peppers, bamboo shoots, and mushrooms because COVID. It was good - would have been better over white rice and made with homemade stock - a tad salty.
Ugh. So bored. You guys keep me going. Grilled salmon from New Basics, what I’ll call Ottoman influenced green beans, tomatoes, and olive oil, in that order, and my first ripe tomatoes, basil, and garlic scapes.
As promised, muffuletta (1/4 for him, 1/8 for me) dinner. BF had his tater salad, I had leftover take-out Thai rice ball salad from dinner at my sister’s, and we split the romaine core with shallots and tomatoes, and Ranch dressing I made from a Penzey’s powdered mix, with kewpie mayo, sour cream, lemon juice, minced scallions, and lots of black pepper.
Over the weekend I also made a meatball pizza draped with burrata.
I put the burrata topping on when the pie was out of the oven, and before removing the hot pie from the pizza stone. Otherwise the delicate texture of the burrata would have been obliterated. Shredded basil on top after the photo was taken.
Me too @LindaWhit. In fact due to geography, farmed fish is an absolute last option. Was giving my dad grief about farmed salmon he bought from Costco, but it was actually quite delicious.
No demerits, @shrinkrap. LOL And yes, based on what the farmed salmon are probably being fed, it could very well be fattier. I just like the more salmon-y flavor of wild-caught.
@shrinkrap, absolutely no cred lost to you whatsoever. Think if you had the pleasure of tasting premium wild caught King, or Chinook salmon, as we call it, you may be blown away. I’ve always referred to it as the prime rib of fish ( well, sable aka black cod is very rich too). Think even waygu may be a good descriptor.
Up here, people are nearly militant about buying wild caught only, excepting oysters and mussels. We have large, commercial fleets fishing out of Alaska. In fact a popular bumper sticker says “ Say No to Drugs - Don’t Eat Farmed Fish”. May be the same on the other coasts too, I don’t know.
Anyone have thoughts/experiences with this?
Oh, just had a thought @shrinkrap - at least your H doesn’t seem to mind the fattier farmed salmon you buy!
perhaps?
