Franci

the head has tons of meat but I would use the fillet if I wanted to eat raw. The fish was caught this morning. My husband calls at noon to know when the boat is back and by 1-1:15 he is at the pier. Some of today’s catches

Yes, it’s a barrel fish! Almost 2 kgs of head 😊. The fillet you see below is from that fish. The kids, really enjoyed how I cooked the barrel fish last week, when we tried for the first time. I don’t know what I would do with the head. Honestly, another time, I will look for the ingredients for making a fish head curry or a south East Asian soup (any recommendation, anybody by any chance?) but I don’t have now. I am just thinking of roasting it in the oven.

Today my husband sent me an innocent photo with the option of the fishes of the day. And me, the red one looks like a scorpion fish 😋 and he came back with this 👀

Two dinners, today I fried some shrimps (btw is a recipe from All under heaven for fried fish but LOVING it for shrimps too) so, since frying, I made some French fries too, octopus and some salad. Yesterday the husband decided to go with a “fiorentina”

I also multiple shop, before more than now. I used to live on the same block of Whole Foods when it first opened in my neighborhood in Brooklyn, totally different place that my current WH, offering all Brooklyn products. Now that I am in Miami and Covidtimes, the last 3 times I was sooooo disappointed with the WH. It’s ok only if I am looking for certain brands of packaged stuff I don’t find in other stores. Publix, I went 2 times and left, don’t like the place at all, I found it very mediocre and with high prices given the quality. We have a local chain that is called Milam’s market and honestly, likely the vegetables are not to the level of the good times of Whole Foods but I have found vegetables to be kind of poor in Florida compared to NY, but I like the place. My neighborhood is pretty international and I think they do a decent job carrying stuff to fill the needs of the different international groups. I miss my Brooklyn Korean veg guy for cheap shopping or my farmers market for fancy stuff. Another local supermarket here is Fresh Market and the fresh stuff I find it mediocre too but they have good quality of the package stuff, or better, I can fill some holes. Di Martino pasta for ex., some more interesting condiments, the crackers flavor I cannot find elsewhere. And good or bad I LOVE Trader Joe’s for some stuff. I have friends asking me, what do you buy there? There are some items that are dirty cheap in Trader Joe’s and are hard to find elsewhere. Love their sardines under oil, love their hazelnut, they sell gruyere and comte and parmigiano stravecchio to very decent prices, love the pork pot stickers and xialongbao and few other items I always buy. So I truly believe as other have mentioned it all very depends from many factors.

Yesterday night another super simple dinner. Short ribs on the Weber, salad, shaved fennel

Today’s fish. 2 runners and 1 Spanish mackerel. $12

@Duvel that looks great! Btw, I am not sure tonight potatoes get to the levels of your potatoes of a couple days ago but the kids said they were pretty good 😃

Comparing fishes here. Yellow tail vs yellow jack...the first more delicate and whiter meat. The unanimous winner is yellow jack. Tomorrow for lunch the barrel fish filet.

Definitely...I was ready to substitute this oven but I might give it some time and see if it’s enough to cover my needs.

First time banking in my new home. Going from a fancy Wolf oven to a spartan Frigidaire...no convection, barely a grill. I was worried 😁 I had to bake the pizza in teglia 4 minutes more than usual. I think the result is not as good as my previous oven but not bad either. The bread had surprisingly a better spring and came out quite nice.

Like Heidi, I like my bitter vegetables very bitter but in Puglia, because of the soil, the wild chicory is very, very bitter and also the rapini, not like the supermarket stuff you buy here. Also, things like SONCHUS OLERACEUS, we call it sivoni, are usually blanched first. The most traditional recipes are boiled wild chicory with dry fava, or blanch and then sauté with garlic oil and a little bit of peperoncino. Cicorie e polpette is food of my childhood but lamb pieces and chicory is good too (callaredda), both have pecorino cheese grated on top, no parmigiano. Also very traditional is blanching the chicory and cooking them in stock and than they go in a pan in the oven with some beaten egg on top (with pecorino) and they make a sort of soufflé, it does’t really turn into a frittata. In all the recipes chicory is always blanched. I think if I had really wild chicory I’d blanch myself too not because of the bitterness more because it needs to soften somewhat before sautéing. But if you find too bitter, go ahead and blanch it before cooking in other ways.

I looooove radicchio, any bitter vegetable, really @liamsaunt, I would use the outside leaves cooked. You can use it in a risotto (paired with a cheese) or cook pasta, something spicy too, in a soup with potatoes. Make a frittata or stuffing for pizza (like pizza di scarole) or a torta ligure with rice, or think of some Turkish variation as well. The center I will leave for salad (I collect all the hearts of my bitter chicories to add to my salad mix, the more bitter the better. Edit to add: you can do also the classic pairing with raisins and pine nuts, and some vinegar ( if you don’t like as much the bitterness). And for us, today’s fish. Another one we have not tried yet: barrel fish. I think I will grill the yellow jack and yellow tail for tonight and the barrel fish for lunch tomorrow.

For more than half the price, we decided we like better yellow jack fish than the wahoo (I am used to the greater amberjack in Italy and it is the same family)...also the kids liked it more. Weird kids I am raising 😁.

I wouldn’t have known it was a horse curry comb 😁 looks brilliant ;). Yes cooking it whole. These days I always go for the easiest way. Here it’s pretty popular for ceviche but maybe another time.

Oh, yeah! They clean it for you

Today’s fish is Yellow Jack. 3 lbs $15

Wahoo fish ended up on the grill, easy, easy, with brown rice and some broccoli stalks (with kimchi paste for me although my girl is starting eating it too, this one is pretty spicy!). The fish was a revelation, I was expecting a flavour/texture similar to Spanish mackerel. And you know what the husband first sentence was, after saying “interesting”...:-It tastes like chicken! 🤣 A very good and mild fish but since it costed the same as spiky lobster, I don’t think we are going to buy that often. I see how people who are not fish eaters might like it.

in the end the husband got only the wahoo. It was big enough, 2lbs and it costed the same as lobster 🙄

Sounds good to me! Thanks

Guys, I need suggestions. We just called and today’s fish is almaco jack and wahoo (this I could grill like I do with spanish mackerel) and I do a sauce on the side with some evoo, garlic, very finely chopped rosmary, let if just sizzle in the oil for a second and then add some white wine vinegar or lemon, some bay leaves in are good too. But I am open to other suggestions. Never cooked almaco jack and I am guessing they are selling filets big. Thanks!

That chicory there is same as puntarelle but without puntarelle inside. Love it! I make a soup with lamb or meatballs 😋

I am getting used to buying fish from the boat 😁 2 lobsters plus some vegetables on the side.

Hello, finally moved into a new house! We are going to be grilling very often I am guessing 😄. As some of you might have seen on the other thread, we got fish directly from the boats. Super fresh, the octopus no, it was previously frozen. Very nice dinner.

We finally moved and discovered we can buy directly from the boats on the island. This what we got for $21. I am going to love it!