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Dome Vans
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 Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 8:42 pm Post subject: |
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| oldfatfarang wrote: |
Thanks Dom Vans. I can understand a chef not wanting to eat meat - I've fished for trout all my life and sometimes couldn't stand the smell of them - let alone eat them (quick photo and release).
BUT SALMON! Oh, how could you not eat salmon? It's surely the food of the Gods. Heck, I even converted my European lady (then vegetarian) to eating salmon. |
It's so versatile, I'm sure it tastes great. And is super healthy. Stuff it with spinach and bung in the oven, cover it in a marinade of hoisin sauce and harissa paste and bake in the oven, simply steamed with white wine and lemon juice in the water. What I realised was that the best thing for fish is the simplest way. No wonder when you catch it you grill it straight away, PERFECT! 
It has a delicate flavour, that's why italians never put parmesan cheese on their fish pasta. |
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oldfatfarang
Joined: 19 May 2005
Location: On the road to somewhere.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 1:27 am Post subject: |
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Hungry, hungry, hungry. Homesick, homesick, homesick.
I've spent the best part of my life on rivers - chasing trout and salmon. I was even paid to do my masters research on salmon fishing.
For me, the taste of salmon (wild salmon - not that fish farm muck) will always be associated with getting up at 3am - that first cast into the gloom at sunrise - and that ever-so-gentle 'take' - that stops the heart beating for a moment. "Fish on!" Then slugging it out with your fish - oblivious to your companions and surroundings - and, finally, landing it after an excruiating battle - knowing that when gutting it you'll see the deep orange flesh characteristic of the fresh-run wild salmon.
Anticipation - adrenalin - excitement - these are the best compliments for the Fish of Kings. Oh, how I miss 'The War Against Fish'. |
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Richard Krainium
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| Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 2:28 am Post subject: |
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| Best on pickles or with dough. |
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LateBloomer
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| Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 4:29 am Post subject: |
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| New potatoes with dill and garlic.....so good! Dill and yoghurt salad dressing.....I miss dill and fresh basil! |
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Dome Vans
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| Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 4:55 am Post subject: |
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| Anticipation - adrenalin - excitement - these are the best compliments for the Fish of Kings. |
Is that jarred and sold in the western supermarkets in itaewon by any chance? |
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huffdaddy
Joined: 25 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 5:38 am Post subject: Re: In the great scheme of things, where do you rate DILL? |
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| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
I love dill. |
Go to Uzbekistan. It's ubiquitous. |
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faster
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| Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 5:57 am Post subject: |
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One of my best friends back in Oregon worked for the river commission, so he'd bring back monster steelhead almost every weekend. He lived in a small apartment, but I lived in a house, so I had bbq's out back all summer, every summer. I also grew dill, rosemary, oregano, garlic, potatoes, tomatoes, corn, kale, and mizuno greens.
I love Korea, but I do miss that. |
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jinks
Joined: 27 Oct 2004
Location: Formerly: Lower North Island
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| Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 6:09 am Post subject: |
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| Dill? I can't say I care for either the taste, or the smell. |
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mindmetoo
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| Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 6:12 am Post subject: |
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| Dill is great. Mix it in with cream cheese or sour cream. You can get a bit thing of it at the Foreigner Grocery store in Itaewon, near What the Book. |
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Dome Vans
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| Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 6:58 am Post subject: |
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| faster wrote: |
One of my best friends back in Oregon worked for the river commission, so he'd bring back monster steelhead almost every weekend. He lived in a small apartment, but I lived in a house, so I had bbq's out back all summer, every summer. I also grew dill, rosemary, oregano, garlic, potatoes, tomatoes, corn, kale, and mizuno greens.
I love Korea, but I do miss that. |
Growing your own herbs is a treat wherever you are. The same with growing your own veg.
Apparently Basil is not only an anti-inflammitory it's also a vitality herb. Rub the leaves of it and sniff. |
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Rteacher
Joined: 23 May 2005
Location: Western MA, USA
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| Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 6:59 am Post subject: |
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I actually bought dill and fresh basil a couple weeks ago at Hannam supermarket mainly just to have their neat fragrance in the refrigerator.
Dill is used in a lot of Middle-eastern cooking, and my mother always has it in among her spices. Another great spice is spearmint leaves - which also go well in Mediterranean potato salads. |
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Draz
Joined: 27 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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| I don't like dill. I'll still eat it, but anything that tastes okay with dill in it tastes MUCH better without. |
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The Cosmic Hum
Joined: 09 May 2003
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| Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 1:20 am Post subject: |
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I used to work in a restaurant that specialized in making their own homemade bread...the dough was all homemade with different spices being used as a base...they were all popular...but for some strange reason the dilldough was ever so poplular with the woman. 
...just couldn't keep it in stock...  |
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oldfatfarang
Joined: 19 May 2005
Location: On the road to somewhere.
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| Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Dome Vans wrote: |
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| Anticipation - adrenalin - excitement - these are the best compliments for the Fish of Kings. |
Is that jarred and sold in the western supermarkets in itaewon by any chance? |
I was in Itaewon last night. I didn't see any bottled 'anticipation - adrenalin - excitement' - but I did see some real-life 'anticipation - adrenalin - excitement' as the girls led their customers down the hill to the hotel. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 9:31 pm Post subject: |
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| The word 'ubiquitous' has become ubiquitous. That must mean Uzbekistan is up with the times in this area at least. |
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