Friday Night Homecoming on Tuesday
Since Kathy has been away working in Albany I started a tradition of having some special but not too heavy meal that one could eat as much or little of on the nights that she comes home to Maine. These are are usually Friday nights, hence the name, Friday Night Homecoming. She gets in around 8:45 PM but last night was slower due to Christmas traffic on the Albany end and it was more like 9:45 PM.
Last year I found an interesting Food 911 menu that Tyler Florence did a few years ago cooking a Portuguese Fish Stew out on a frozen lake in Vermont with some friends. He did the whole thing in a turkey fryer sitting on an ice chest. I’ve made it several times now along with the herbed garlic bread and its wonderful. And, it freezes well.
Last week I made it again, this time with Wild Maine Shrimp which are in season now and plentiful, along with Johnnie’s Blues (mussels from JP’s Seafood, Elliot, Maine) and talapia. Tilapia because that what was available at the store. Note: Russets are the best potatoes to use. Hold up better than Yukon and Red. I froze portions and thawed a quart and a half for last night.
The bread is a necessity with this to soak up the sauce and with lots and lots of herbs plus the garlic and olive oil it is delicious by itself. I added to this a romaine salad with my own sorta Ceaser dressing, currently identified as David’s Dressing. I noticed last night a key ingreadiant is missing from my hand notes, the oil, but I guess I just figured that was obvious. I need to get it “cleaned” a bit and post it here.
An excellent dinner with Martin Codax Albarino wine from Spain.
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