food

[low_delta]

I made seared sea scallops with ratatouille for supper tonight. I was frustrated at the outset, by not being able to find my cast iron fry pans. Then I decided, for some reason, that I was in a hurry. By not planning well, I ended up actually being in a hurry by about the second ingredient. By the time I got everything in the pan (with Cyn's help), everything went smoothly, and it turned out well. My mom says that if you get one good recipe from a cookbook, the book is worth the purchase. This recipe could be a regular, but I'm hoping to get a couple more out of the book. We got it on the cruise, and it's really a gourmet cookbook, but I hope to find a few more recipes to try once at least, if not as regulars.

I was thinking of trying the black bean soup, but Cyn said it looked like diarrhea, and she'd refuse to eat it. I don't think it looks like that, since diarrhea isn't normally black or has colorful pieces of bell pepper floating in it. (Now chocolate pudding, that's a different story!) The thing is, when you look at pictures of food (except for desserts), they don't generally look very appetizing. Have you ever noticed that? Food photographers have quite a challenge. Our dinner tonight didn't look very good, with its tomato covered eggplant, zucchini, red peppers and sauteed onion! The beef stew we make so often looks like vomit with carrot and potatoes in it. What happens is that your mind understands how good it tastes, and then that's all that matters. You just know it's tasty.

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[low-delta.livejournal.com]

...except the house still smells fishy.

[ravenfeather.livejournal.com]

put a lemon down the garbage disposal and run it to counteract the "fish smell" when you cook seafood.

Just make sure you do it AFTER the meal! *grin*

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

What does the garbage disposal have to do with it? I did rinse out the styrofoam tray that they came on... and then left it lying on the counter all night. And we didn't wash the frying pan. That probably accounted for most of the smell.

[ravenfeather.livejournal.com]

ok... yeah, I DID assume the dishes were ... at least rinsed in the sink... *grin*

IF the dishes were washed down the drain, then the garbage disposal works It also puts the oils "into the air" to wash it clean of the fish smell.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Ah. That makes sense (though we have no disposal). The tray the raw scallops were on was rinsed in the sink, so that could have been it, but more likely is the fact that nobody ever wiped down the stove afterwards!

nobody ever wiped down the stove afterwards!

[(Anonymous)]

I have that problem a lot... I get up in the morning and think "m/g WHAT was I thinking???"

[ravenfeather.livejournal.com]

that annon just now was me. I have forgotten how to use lj...

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Cyn thought she did, and I think she wiped off the countertops at the time, so... oh well. The smell did go away after it was finally taken care of.

[ravenfeather.livejournal.com]

That makes sense. I LOVE fish and seafood... but the lingering can be a problem.

Ok, so some people find that lingering of garlic and onions a problem too.

Oh and cabbage.

PERHAPS WE SHOULD ALL COOK OUR FOOD OUTSIDE TO KEEP THE SMELLS AT BAY?

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

We should start a movement to bring back the summer kitchen.

[ravenfeather.livejournal.com]

ok.. once again, that annon when it shows up, is me.