Thread: Fish Friday

On 28/09/2012 4:42 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> I waffled back & forth between spaghetti or fish. I settled on fish.
> Pan fried white fish fillets, coated with Zatarain's Fish Fri mix. I'll
> be baking skinny "fast food style" frozen fries - Publix store brand.
> The fries turn out nice and crispy on the outside, tender inside, just
> as if they'd been fried. Alongside those I'll bake a few hush puppies
> (Savannah is the brand). I still find it odd, being in an area known
> for seafood, that hush puppies rarely show up on a menu. I guess hush
> puppies are more of a mid-south thing. I'm so glad I found hush puppies
> in the freezer section! I rarely deep fry anything so making them from
> scratch is not on my itinerary
>
> What's on your dinner menu?
>
>

I usually have fish on Fridays. It is not because we are Catholic, thank
goodness, but because I do the shopping on Friday and pick up fresh
fish. Except... in this case it frozen shrimp that was on sale at too
good a price to turn down. I also picked up some asparagus at a good
price. I an include pasta. I am going to sautee to garlic in olive oil,
along with some dried hot chili, chopped red pepper and asparagus. I
will toss that in spaghetti and sprinkle a little freshly grated Parmesan.

"Dave Smith" wrote in message news:Jco9s.23746$[email protected]..

On 28/09/2012 4:42 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> I waffled back & forth between spaghetti or fish. I settled on fish.
> Pan fried white fish fillets, coated with Zatarain's Fish Fri mix. I'll
> be baking skinny "fast food style" frozen fries - Publix store brand.
> The fries turn out nice and crispy on the outside, tender inside, just
> as if they'd been fried. Alongside those I'll bake a few hush puppies
> (Savannah is the brand). I still find it odd, being in an area known
> for seafood, that hush puppies rarely show up on a menu. I guess hush
> puppies are more of a mid-south thing. I'm so glad I found hush puppies
> in the freezer section! I rarely deep fry anything so making them from
> scratch is not on my itinerary
>
> What's on your dinner menu?
>
>

I usually have fish on Fridays. It is not because we are Catholic, thank
goodness, but because I do the shopping on Friday and pick up fresh
fish. Except... in this case it frozen shrimp that was on sale at too
good a price to turn down. I also picked up some asparagus at a good
price. I an include pasta. I am going to sautee to garlic in olive oil,
along with some dried hot chili, chopped red pepper and asparagus. I
will toss that in spaghetti and sprinkle a little freshly grated Parmesan.
***************
That sounds quite tasty, Dave! I'm not Catholic, either. I flipped a coin.

Jill

On Sep 28, 2:29*pm, "jmcquown" <j_mcqu...@comcast.net> wrote:
> "Dave Smith" *wrote in messagenews:Jco9s.23746$[email protected]..
>
> On 28/09/2012 4:42 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>
> > I waffled back & forth between spaghetti or fish. *I settled on fish.
> > Pan fried white fish fillets, coated with Zatarain's Fish Fri mix. *I'll
> > be baking skinny "fast food style" frozen fries - Publix store brand.
> > The fries turn out nice and crispy on the outside, tender inside, just
> > as if they'd been fried. *Alongside those I'll bake a few hush puppies
> > (Savannah is the brand). *I still find it odd, being in an area known
> > for seafood, that hush puppies rarely show up on a menu. *I guess hush
> > puppies are more of a mid-south thing. *I'm so glad I found hush puppies
> > in the freezer section! *I rarely deep fry anything so making them from
> > scratch is not on my itinerary
>
> > What's on your dinner menu?
>
> I usually have fish on Fridays. It is not because we are Catholic, thank
> goodness, but because I do the shopping on Friday and pick up fresh
> fish. *Except... in this case it frozen shrimp that was on sale at too
> good a price to turn down. I also picked up some asparagus at a good
> price. I an include pasta. I am going to sautee to garlic in olive oil,
> along with some dried hot chili, *chopped red pepper and asparagus. I
> will toss that in spaghetti and sprinkle a little freshly grated Parmesan..
> ***************
> That sounds quite tasty, Dave! *I'm not Catholic, either. *I flipped a coin.
>
> Jill

So...are you Catholic now?

On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:42:49 -0400, "jmcquown" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>I waffled back & forth between spaghetti or fish. I settled on fish. Pan
>fried white fish fillets, coated with Zatarain's Fish Fri mix. I'll be
>baking skinny "fast food style" frozen fries - Publix store brand. The
>fries turn out nice and crispy on the outside, tender inside, just as if
>they'd been fried. Alongside those I'll bake a few hush puppies (Savannah
>is the brand). I still find it odd, being in an area known for seafood,
>that hush puppies rarely show up on a menu. I guess hush puppies are more
>of a mid-south thing. I'm so glad I found hush puppies in the freezer
>section! I rarely deep fry anything so making them from scratch is not on
>my itinerary
>
>What's on your dinner menu?
>
>Jill
I don't feel much like cooking today so I decided to use a can of
Costco chunk chicken breast, a Pillsbury pie crust and my own veggies
and milk to make a chicken pot pie. I added some thyme to the sauce.
I will brush the crust with milk and sprinkle with either coarse
pepper or some season salt.
Janet US

On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:42:49 -0400, jmcquown wrote:

> I waffled back & forth between spaghetti or fish. I settled on fish. Pan
> fried white fish fillets, coated with Zatarain's Fish Fri mix.

What kind of "white fish".

Other than smoked whitefish, I have seen anything labeled "White
Fish". Nor have I heard of anybody fishing for "white fish".
Must be a regional thing.

-sw

"jmcquown" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
>I waffled back & forth between spaghetti or fish. I settled on fish. Pan
>fried white fish fillets, coated with Zatarain's Fish Fri mix. I'll be
>baking skinny "fast food style" frozen fries - Publix store brand. The
>fries turn out nice and crispy on the outside, tender inside, just as if
>they'd been fried. Alongside those I'll bake a few hush puppies (Savannah
>is the brand). I still find it odd, being in an area known for seafood,
>that hush puppies rarely show up on a menu. I guess hush puppies are more
>of a mid-south thing. I'm so glad I found hush puppies in the freezer
>section! I rarely deep fry anything so making them from scratch is not on
>my itinerary
>
> What's on your dinner menu?
>
> Jill

Busy night here. Two dance classes followed by shopping at Costco, then
quick dinner at Taco Time and then more shopping at Target. Daughter
usually has a chicken taco and beans. I always have beans but I alternate
between the Casita Burrito minus the dairy and dressing or ground beef taco.

On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 15:36:51 -0600, Janet Bostwick wrote:

> I don't feel much like cooking today so I decided to use a can of
> Costco chunk chicken breast, a Pillsbury pie crust and my own veggies
> and milk to make a chicken pot pie.

I had a can of CostCo canned chicken for breakfast. Just open, drain
half the liquid, and eat. I'm getting really attached to this stuff.

It turns out most of the canned chicken in the U.S. comes from Crider,
but usually not under their own label.

http://www.cridercorp.com/

The stuff is miles ahead of canned tuna. Now if they could just
invent a canned DARK MEAT chicken...

-sw

"Sqwertz" wrote in message news:i9iipiakw2dh$.[email protected]..

On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:42:49 -0400, jmcquown wrote:

> I waffled back & forth between spaghetti or fish. I settled on fish. Pan
> fried white fish fillets, coated with Zatarain's Fish Fri mix.

What kind of "white fish".

Other than smoked whitefish, I have seen anything labeled "White
Fish". Nor have I heard of anybody fishing for "white fish".
Must be a regional thing.

-sw
**************
It was cod fillets. So sorry to confuse you!

Jill

On Sep 28, 4:23*pm, "jmcquown" <j_mcqu...@comcast.net> wrote:
> "Sqwertz" *wrote in messagenews:i9iipiakw2dh$.[email protected]..
> On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:42:49 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
> > I waffled back & forth between spaghetti or fish. *I settled on fish.*Pan
> > fried white fish fillets, coated with Zatarain's Fish Fri mix.
>
> What kind of "white fish".
>
> Other than smoked whitefish, I have seen anything labeled "White
> Fish". Nor have I heard of anybody fishing for "white fish".
> Must be a regional thing.
>
> -sw
> **************
> It was cod fillets. *So sorry to confuse you!
>
> Jill

It doesn't take much to confuse him...

On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 19:23:42 -0400, jmcquown wrote:

> "Sqwertz" wrote in message news:i9iipiakw2dh$.[email protected]..
>
> On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:42:49 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> I waffled back & forth between spaghetti or fish. I settled on fish. Pan
>> fried white fish fillets, coated with Zatarain's Fish Fri mix.
>
> What kind of "white fish".
>
> Other than smoked whitefish, I have seen anything labeled "White
> Fish". Nor have I heard of anybody fishing for "white fish".
> Must be a regional thing.
>
> -sw
> **************
> It was cod fillets. So sorry to confuse you!
>
> Jill

See? That's all you had to type in the first place! You could have
saved 7 bytes and reduced energy consumption by not having those extra
7 bytes transmitted thousands of times to hundreds of computers! (*)

ObFood: Inarizushi for lunch today.

-sw

Sqwertz <[email protected]> wrote:

>On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 19:23:42 -0400, jmcquown wrote:

>> What kind of "white fish".
>>
>> Other than smoked whitefish, I have seen anything labeled "White
>> Fish". Nor have I heard of anybody fishing for "white fish".
>> Must be a regional thing.

>> It was cod fillets. So sorry to confuse you!

>See? That's all you had to type in the first place! You could have
>saved 7 bytes and reduced energy consumption by not having those extra
>7 bytes transmitted thousands of times to hundreds of computers! (*)
>
>ObFood: Inarizushi for lunch today.

Whitefish (no space) is a well-defined family of fish including
the lake whitefish, and the ciscos. They only inhabit lakes
in northern Europe and northern north America.

This is according to Sunset Fish and Shellfish. I have not looked
in Fishbase, which would probably confuse the matter.


Steve

On 28/09/2012 7:31 PM, Chemo wrote:
> On Sep 28, 4:23 pm, "jmcquown" <j_mcqu...@comcast.net> wrote:
>> "Sqwertz" wrote in messagenews:i9iipiakw2dh$.[email protected]..
>> On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:42:49 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
>>> I waffled back & forth between spaghetti or fish. I settled on fish. Pan
>>> fried white fish fillets, coated with Zatarain's Fish Fri mix.
>>
>> What kind of "white fish".
>>
>> Other than smoked whitefish, I have seen anything labeled "White
>> Fish". Nor have I heard of anybody fishing for "white fish".
>> Must be a regional thing.
>>
>> -sw
>> **************
>> It was cod fillets. So sorry to confuse you!
>>
>> Jill
>
> It doesn't take much to confuse him...
>


Apparently. I have had whitefish. It tastes good, but holy cow it is bony.

"Sqwertz" wrote in message news:6t4u3tzoqa$.[email protected]..

On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 19:23:42 -0400, jmcquown wrote:

> "Sqwertz" wrote in message news:i9iipiakw2dh$.[email protected]..
>
> On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:42:49 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> I waffled back & forth between spaghetti or fish. I settled on fish.
>> Pan
>> fried white fish fillets, coated with Zatarain's Fish Fri mix.
>
> What kind of "white fish".
>
> Other than smoked whitefish, I have seen anything labeled "White
> Fish". Nor have I heard of anybody fishing for "white fish".
> Must be a regional thing.
>
> -sw
> **************
> It was cod fillets. So sorry to confuse you!
>
> Jill

See? That's all you had to type in the first place! You could have
saved 7 bytes and reduced energy consumption by not having those extra
7 bytes transmitted thousands of times to hundreds of computers! (*)

ObFood: Inarizushi for lunch today.

-sw
****************
Now *that* is confusing. I'm guessing it is some sort of Japanese dish but
really I have no idea. My father was the one fascinated by Japan, not me.

Jill

jmcquown <[email protected]> wrote:
> I waffled back & forth between spaghetti or fish. I settled on fish.
> Pan fried white fish fillets, coated with Zatarain's Fish Fri mix. I'll be
> baking skinny "fast food style" frozen fries - Publix store
> brand. The fries turn out nice and crispy on the outside, tender
> inside, just as if they'd been fried. Alongside those I'll bake a
> few hush puppies (Savannah is the brand). I still find it odd, being
> in an area known for seafood, that hush puppies rarely show up on a
> menu. I guess hush puppies are more of a mid-south thing. I'm so
> glad I found hush puppies in the freezer section! I rarely deep fry
> anything so making them from scratch is not on my itinerary
>
> What's on your dinner menu?

The KCUR Fish Fry radio show with my buddy Chuck Haddix: Best Blues and R&B
radio show in the country. Stream it live tonight or tomorrow starting at
8PM central, or listen to past programs here:
http://kcur.org/fish-fry-archives. If you're a fan of blues, R&B, and/or
zydeco, you want to do this. Trust me. (If you're in radio range of KC, it's
FM 89.3.)

MartyB

Sqwertz <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:42:49 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> I waffled back & forth between spaghetti or fish. I settled on
>> fish. Pan fried white fish fillets, coated with Zatarain's Fish Fri
>> mix.
>
> What kind of "white fish".
>
> Other than smoked whitefish, I have seen anything labeled "White
> Fish". Nor have I heard of anybody fishing for "white fish".
> Must be a regional thing.
>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitefish
I've seen the white fish term before. It can be a number of different fish.
In the US it might well be hake. Not the same as whiting.

MartyB

On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 19:54:26 -0400, jmcquown wrote:

> "Sqwertz" wrote in message news:6t4u3tzoqa$.[email protected]..
>
>> ObFood: Inarizushi for lunch today.
>
> Now *that* is confusing. I'm guessing it is some sort of Japanese dish but
> really I have no idea. My father was the one fascinated by Japan, not me.

You'd recognize it if you saw it:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sqwertz...in/photostream

Inside (cucumber, carrot, sriracha mayo, and sushi rice):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sqwertz...n/photostream/

I don't know the names of sushi either. But I had to make some at
least once.

-sw

On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 17:20:58 -0500, Sqwertz <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:42:49 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> I waffled back & forth between spaghetti or fish. I settled on fish. Pan
>> fried white fish fillets, coated with Zatarain's Fish Fri mix.
>
>What kind of "white fish".
>
>Other than smoked whitefish, I have seen anything labeled "White
>Fish". Nor have I heard of anybody fishing for "white fish".
>Must be a regional thing.
>
>-sw

I checked with my ex on this one. There are two types (my words) of
whitefish. Mountain and Lake or Great Lakes. Basically, they have
white flesh. They are way yummy.
I got the whole lecture from him about where they were introduced to
waters and where natural, etc. I have had whitefish from Idaho
mountain streams, Glacier Lake and Lake Michigan. Yum, yum.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_whitefish and also

http://inlandseafood.com/upload/Buyi...-WHITEFISH.pdf
Janet US

Sqwertz <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 19:54:26 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> "Sqwertz" wrote in message news:6t4u3tzoqa$.[email protected]..
>>
>>> ObFood: Inarizushi for lunch today.
>>
>> Now *that* is confusing. I'm guessing it is some sort of Japanese
>> dish but really I have no idea. My father was the one fascinated by
>> Japan, not me.
>
> You'd recognize it if you saw it:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/sqwertz...in/photostream
>
> Inside (cucumber, carrot, sriracha mayo, and sushi rice):
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/sqwertz...n/photostream/
>

Nice. What's the wrapper? Got any assembly pix?

On 9/28/2012 5:36 PM, Janet Bostwick wrote:

> I don't feel much like cooking today so I decided to use a can of
> Costco chunk chicken breast, a Pillsbury pie crust and my own veggies
> and milk to make a chicken pot pie. I added some thyme to the sauce.
> I will brush the crust with milk and sprinkle with either coarse
> pepper or some season salt.

That sounds like a good pantry dinner. I didn't make dinner tonight. I
had a rough day. I called the surgeon on Monday to mail me a refill of
pain meds and it didn't get here until today. I was getting concerned
because I took the last of them yesterday and I didn't want a forced
withdrawal since I wouldn't be able to get a hold of the surgeon until
monday and likely by then I'd be a sick mess.

So when the script came today I drove for the first time in several
weeks to get it filled. I had to go to two pharmacy because my first
choice was out of them. Second choice had them but they were busy. I
spent a lot of time on my feet today, which was a semi-good thing. I
think I'm healing! So I'm going to use this refill to wean off of them.
Wish me luck!

Oh, and dinner was just some pistachios, enough to fill me up. Trying
to remember what else I ate today. Nothing really healthful since I
didn't really cook. I think I'll have a bowlful of my homemade ice
cream and call it a day.