[local eating] Fish share, week 9

[magid]

There was an email today saying that there was the possibility of monk fish and hake, or pollock, or cod for the half shares (full shares got monk fish and hake). Unfortunately, they didn't have a good system in place, so those who were able to get there earlier got all the non-cod. I suggested that they institute a "take what you get" policy rather than favoring people with more flexible work schedules... So I again had cod.

It's wicked hot and humid today, which would suggest not turning the oven on, but I have plans tomorrow night that preclude time for cooking. I decided it was unlikely I'd get up early enough to deal with fish before work tomorrow morning (though at least that would have meant heating up the house as I was headed out), and I'd rather not leave it until Thursday.

So I cut off both fillets (one fairly decent, the other not nearly so) and skinned them, then cut them into pieces. I dunked them in a mixture of mayo and hummus, then put a mixture of chickpea flour, white wheat flour (I'd run out of chickpea flour), freshly ground black pepper, and tandoori spice on them. They went into a hot oven for a little over a quarter of an hour, joining the roasted farm share veggies already in progress (white onion, green pepper, violet eggplant).

I'm leaving the carcass and the head until I get the farm share: they mentioned getting corn, which I was so hoping for last week. A quick batch of corn-cod soup is the current plan.

And while I'm listing local eating things, I should mention that this week I got five cherry tomatoes from those growing on my porch, and three the week before, despite my neglect while I was away at NHC.

Comments

[twostepsfwd.livejournal.com]

i ate monk fish once by accident - i asked my parents several times "does it have fins and scales? is it kosher?" i shouldn't have believed them, i should have looked it up myself. it turns out it's not kosher at all. when i discovered this after eating it, i wanted to puke.

[magid.livejournal.com]

I suppose it isn't too much of a coincidence, then, the name giving a hint to its nonkosher status.

Sorry you had to go through that.

[twostepsfwd.livejournal.com]

haha - rule to live by : never eat a fish named after a non-jewish clergyperson.

[magid.livejournal.com]

No papal porpoise? No cardinal catfish?

[twostepsfwd.livejournal.com]

No imam eels, no bishop blowfish and definitely no ministerial marlins

[magid.livejournal.com]

Huh. I think I had in my head that marlins are tuna-like, and therefore kosher.

[twostepsfwd.livejournal.com]

weird, some websites say yes and some say no

[magid.livejournal.com]

Interesting.

If I ever get them in my fish share, I can check for fins and scales :-)
(but I suspect they're not at all local to me!)

[currentlee.livejournal.com]

can i borrow the book i gave you tomorrow? i've got something i want to preserve in oil, and i need instructions.

[magid.livejournal.com]

I'm out most of tomorrow, except before work and around 6ish to drop off my farm share. If either of those works, cool.

[currentlee.livejournal.com]

when do you leave for work?