The Aerie
There's an old Mercer Mayer computer game (based on the book) in which Critter and his Dad go camping. At one point a bear comes along and steals their dinner of fish from the frying pan. Eating scrambled eggs later, Critter says to his father, "Sure wish we had that fish, Dad."
My youngest has adopted that as his egg-eating mantra. Anytime anything with eggs is prepared - whether it's scrambled eggs, fried eggs, or an egg-tempera portrait - the boy strives to be the first to say, "Sure wish we had that fish, Dad!"
So tonight we had fish. He didn't like it.
Which just reinforces the old belief that youth is wasted on the young, because, holy smokes, that was good fish. I stopped by Coastal Seafoods after the gym, and picked up 2 lbs of fresh swordfish. At home, I squeezed the juice of half a lemon over some grated ginger, and then added a little salt and pepper. Then I grilled the fish on the barbeque and basted it with the lemon-ginger sauce.
The trick I've learned in cooking in general, and barbeque in particular, is to cook it slowly, and don't overcook. So I roasted the fish slowly, turning it frequently, and stretching the lemon juice as far as it would go.
The result was toasted golden brown, white and juicy. Some of the best fish I've ever had.
And he didn't like it.
More for me!!
I ran into our friend D in the fish store, and invited her to join us for dinner and the drive-in. She accepted initially, but needed a nap and skipped dinner.
More for me!!
So we're headed off tonight to our old favorite, the Cottage View Drive In. Double-feature, 'Batman Begins' and 'The War of the Worlds,' both of which I've already seen but I'm willing to see them again. Reviews to follow!
Anyway, I gotta get the folding chairs and lemonade ready for the drive in...
Posted by Albatross at July 1, 2005 7:39 PM