Fish DO Fly

My salmon will arrive tomorrow. 10 pounds, flash-frozen at sea, in individually vacuum-sealed portions (8 oz or 16 oz, assorted). Flown in from port, in Washington, packed in dry ice so they stay totally rock-solid frozen. As fresh as it gets without going to Alaska.

Perspective: I’m a vegetarian except for fish, and that’s only very rarely. I was raised as a vegetarian, and only came to eating meat when it was either that or live on salad / bread every bloody night (boarding school). So, this will be Adventures In Cooking, for certain, as I attempt to figure out how to cook salmon. I’ve seen Jacques Pepin do it any number of ways … but I’m thinking that I’m going to opt to start with the “sous vide” method of poaching at low temperature in a plastic bag. Slate, of course, has something snarky to say about this cooking method … or, rather, cooking methods in general. We’ll see what happens.

Tomorrow, before 3 pm, it’ll be at the door.

I ordered like three months ago.

I can’t wait.

2 Replies to “Fish DO Fly”

  1. Okay, you and Tea need to get together over this: two vegetarians (mostly) trying to come to grips with meat. Maybe she knows something about fish… I’ll ask.

    I am excited that you’re excited… but as it stands for me? Not so excited.

  2. You don’t have to be excited … you just have to get the package when it shows up on the doorstep tomorrow, ’cause I should either be on the train coming back from meetings, or something like that, and … well, it’s fish. Packed in Ice. Dry Ice. It needs to find a freezer quickly, as it’s been in that dry ice since this afternoon.

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