I just started eating meat after being raised vegetarian (I did spend a few years 'experimenting' in my college days, but never cooked anything and mostly just tasted stuff). So. I'm eating all local, sustainable, grass fed, blah, blah, blah meat.
On top of that, I've dedicated myself to FINALLY reading, and cooking from, my nearly-complete collection of Time Life Foods of the World cookbooks (seen those? old white cookbooks with a spiral bound recipe booklet?). I've completed the American one and and almost done with the 12 meals I choose from the Italian one. Hubby chose the next book - Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. Guess what? There's a lot of fish/seafood recipes in there!
I called up the local fish dealer who used to sell at the farmers market, but hasn't been there lately. Apparently, the fees, time, hassle of it all was too much and he's only doing wholesale to restaurants. He's the ONLY distributor of small fisherman caught Texas Coast fish in Austin, so I was a bit disappointed and he could tell. We worked out a deal - I get 12 of my buddies to also buy from him and he sells to us. Took me less than an hour to round up twice than many folks on my neighborhood email list. I'm finally liking the people I live near!
Ok long story short (er, too late for that), the guy says he's going to get me addicted - just like a drug dealer. He is swinging by my house tomorrow with a free sample to get me hooked on the good stuff! I'm at a total loss for what to do with the fish...my husband hates fish, I'm not about to try one of the totally wacky recipes in the Pacific Island book as a first time thing, and I hate finding random recipes online. Help me out?
The fish is likely to be red snapper fillets (please don't let him drop off a whole fish!!!). I've had fish a few times in the past and it was always 'fishy' in a bad way, so maybe something that is a bit bolder on the seasonings until I get used to the flavor. Any ideas?
On top of that, I've dedicated myself to FINALLY reading, and cooking from, my nearly-complete collection of Time Life Foods of the World cookbooks (seen those? old white cookbooks with a spiral bound recipe booklet?). I've completed the American one and and almost done with the 12 meals I choose from the Italian one. Hubby chose the next book - Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. Guess what? There's a lot of fish/seafood recipes in there!
I called up the local fish dealer who used to sell at the farmers market, but hasn't been there lately. Apparently, the fees, time, hassle of it all was too much and he's only doing wholesale to restaurants. He's the ONLY distributor of small fisherman caught Texas Coast fish in Austin, so I was a bit disappointed and he could tell. We worked out a deal - I get 12 of my buddies to also buy from him and he sells to us. Took me less than an hour to round up twice than many folks on my neighborhood email list. I'm finally liking the people I live near!
Ok long story short (er, too late for that), the guy says he's going to get me addicted - just like a drug dealer. He is swinging by my house tomorrow with a free sample to get me hooked on the good stuff! I'm at a total loss for what to do with the fish...my husband hates fish, I'm not about to try one of the totally wacky recipes in the Pacific Island book as a first time thing, and I hate finding random recipes online. Help me out?
The fish is likely to be red snapper fillets (please don't let him drop off a whole fish!!!). I've had fish a few times in the past and it was always 'fishy' in a bad way, so maybe something that is a bit bolder on the seasonings until I get used to the flavor. Any ideas?
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