Tab
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Sat Jul-26-08 04:46 PM
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Holy crap, that was a good first try (calimari) |
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I tried to incorporate the suggestions I got - couldn't do the cornmeal one as i couldn't find wherever the hell my wife hid the cornmeal - but damn, it was (is) yum.
Calimari, dredged in a mix of flour, garlic salt, pepper and italian bread crumbs. Fried in peanut oil. I know H2S doesn't like to spend for peanut oil, but I use it so rarely it doesn't really matter.
Could use a little tweaking, but we're off to a damned good start.
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Sat Jul-26-08 11:41 PM
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1. Yer almost there ........ |
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..... it'll be right very soon.
The peanut oil is fine ..... just needlessly spendy, in my view. I reserve it for wokking. But, apart from cost, there's no reason not to use it for squid.
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Sun Jul-27-08 02:33 AM
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2. i want to get that tangy salt taste that is in the best calimari preps |
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sea salt, do you think?
it tastes like a coarse tangy salt.
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Sun Jul-27-08 01:32 PM
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3. Can you find a kosher sea salt? |
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Large flat flakes that dissolve quickly for a 'bits of salt' effect rather than a vague salinity.
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Sun Jul-27-08 01:58 PM
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4. I have a box of kosher salt that i use for roasting chicken, etc. |
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Edited on Sun Jul-27-08 01:59 PM by Tab
I could try that...
on edit: it's not sea salt, though, but it is large crystals.
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Mon Jul-28-08 11:18 AM
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5. I tried just salt and pepper this time, and suspect i was too heavy on the salt. |
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okay, i don't suspect, i know, because it tasted too frickin' salty.
damn, i was hoping this would be easier than this. now it's becoming a quest. a pizza quest i can deal with - i've been on that for years. a duck quest too. but calimari? not quest-justifiable i'd think, but maybe it is. doesn't take much to screw this up.
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Mon Jul-28-08 12:59 PM
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Obsessions .... not so much (sez he who has many obsessions)
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Mon Jul-28-08 03:53 PM
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7. I have no problem with quests for certain food |
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like a great pizza (pulled that off, finally), decent duck (nearly achieved), great chicken (got it), steak, etc., but beef jerky isn't much of a crowd pleaser and I'm pissed that it's harder than I thought it would be. I know I can buy spices, but I want to create my own flavorings, and it's a lot touchier than i thought. Part of what's messing me up is the disconnect between what i mix into the meat, and how it tastes later when it dries. certain flavorings seem to intensify, and others seem to wane, and I haven't quite figured out which are the intesifiers and which are the waners.
It's probably the engineer in me, but I like this crap to be predictable.
That's also the reason why I haven't smoked pot in 20 years. But that's another story.
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Tue Aug-05-08 08:01 PM
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It's Japanese style breadcrumbs and available almost everywhere (super markets, Trader Joe's, etc.). It's light, crispy and delicious with calamari or anything else!
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Tue Aug-05-08 08:30 PM
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it was the salty taste I was trying to capture - they seem to use something different than traditional salt or even sea salt.
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