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January 21 2007

Just Another Day in Tamingville

Sometimes I feel like Granny from the Beverly Hillbillies. Not the post-move Granny, but the living in a shack version. Our house is far from shack-like, but when my day involves roasting coffee in my garage and smoking fish out on the patio, well, Granny would be right at home.

Today's fish smoking exercise is actually a dry run, just two nice sized salmon fillets, that have been sitting in a concoction of kosher salt, Splenda (both brown and white), dill, pepper, and garlic for the past 24 hours. The real test will come when my neighbour Andy comes back from ice fishing.

See, it's not just me. My neighbours also live in Granny World.

Pressing salmon in our fridge

This is what RT found in the fridge when he got home from work yesterday. The salmon fillets are in the lower pan, covered with the seasonings and wrapped in plastic. The cans are there to weigh down the fillets so they release their juices.

The fellow that developed the recipe I'm using recommended using two six packs of beer, but (horrors) we had no beer. The Puritan Meatballs in Gravy comes from our doomsday food stash, where they are part of the "canned protein you can eat without cooking" category.

And whilst we have no beer, the glaze for this fish involves copious amounts of Jack Daniels. That we always have.

So, if you happen to be driving through Tamingville later today, and you smell fish smoking and coffee being roasted, park the truck and come out back. It's -15, so I won't be sitting out there in the rocker.

Just yoo-hoo at the door, and walk right in.

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Comments:

#1 21 January 2007 - 07:53

Soounds like a great way to spend a weekend. Hope you enjoy the "bubblin' crude".

Aheadau

#2 21 January 2007 - 15:30

...soooo much more interesting than the salad we're having for dinner....

Your blog is so increasingly inviting that I wish I were in your neighborhood. Good writing. Yummy!