{"id":19209,"date":"2018-09-29T20:07:17","date_gmt":"2018-09-29T20:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/?p=19209"},"modified":"2018-09-29T20:07:17","modified_gmt":"2018-09-29T20:07:17","slug":"mustard-floured-blowfish-sauteed-cucumber-wild-tomato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/?p=19209","title":{"rendered":"mustard-floured blowfish; saut\u00e9ed cucumber, wild tomato"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19218\" src=\"http:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/blowfish_cucumbers_wild_tomatoes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not that each is so photogenic, but that there are always multiples.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;e also simply, literally, delicious.<\/p>\n<p>Here the cleaned blowfish are still in the fishmonger&#8217;s tub:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19222\" src=\"http:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/blowfish_bucket.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now home, on the counter, after breading:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19220\" src=\"http:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/blowfish_floured.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And just after being placed in the pan of hot olive oil:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19221\" src=\"http:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/blowfish_frying.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I never deep fry anything, although this recipe comes pretty close, at least for me. Even though the idea is to prepare the pan with only an eighth to a quarter inch of oil, I always regret using even that much oil to prepare any entr\u00e9e.<\/p>\n<p>But I have to say it works.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>twenty small blowfish tails, or a total of 18 ounces (which was less than half the size of <a href=\"http:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/2018\/05\/25\/mustard-floured-fried-blowfish-thyme-roasted-asparagus\/\">those I cooked the last time<\/a>) from Pura Vida Seafood Company, dredged in a little less than a third of a cup of a local Union Square Greenmarket-purchased whole wheat flour from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whatisfresh.com\/users\/oak-grove-plantation\">The Blew family of Oak Grove Plantation in Pittstown, N.J.<\/a> that had been seasoned with plenty of sea salt, fresh-ground black pepper, and about half a teaspoon of freshly-ground whole yellow mustard seed (which is very difficult to find; my jar of McCormick brand came from the 7th Avenue <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wmarketnyc.com\/\">Westside Market<\/a>), pan-fried in olive oil about an eighth to a quarter of an inch deep inside a 13 1\/2&#8243; heavy cast iron pan, turning them over once (cooking less than 2 minutes on each side), by which time they had turned golden), served with quarters of an organic lemon from Whole Foods Market<\/li>\n<li>a few small Jamaican burr cucumbers from\u00a0from Norwich Meadows Farm, sliced into thick disks, saut\u00e9ed in olive oil until lightly browned, seasoned with sea salt and freshly-ground black pepper, the heat turned off, the cucumbers mixed with a some chopped bronze fennel from Quarton Farm, and a large handful of tiny \u2018wild\u2019 tomatoes (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Matt%27s_Wild_Cherry\">\u2018Matt\u2019s Wild Cherry\u2019<\/a>?)\u00a0from Stokes Farm tossed in, both cucumbers and tomatoes arranged on the plates enclosed by the ring of blowfish, garnished with more bronze fennel<\/li>\n<li>a little bit of wonderful red watercress from Dave Harris\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/newyork.seriouseats.com\/2010\/09\/market-scene-profiles-max-creek-hatchery.html\">Max Creek Hatch<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/newyork.seriouseats.com\/2010\/09\/market-scene-profiles-max-creek-hatchery.html\">ery<\/a><\/li>\n<li>the wine was a California (all over California) white, <a href=\"https:\/\/us.nakedwines.com\/products\/david-marchesi-california-sauvignon-blanc-2017\">David Marchesi Provare California Sauvignon Blanc 2017<\/a>, from <a href=\"https:\/\/us.nakedwines.com\/full_site\">Naked Wines<\/a><\/li>\n<li>the music was the album, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/musica-nova-harmonie-des-nations-1500-1700-jordi-savall\/32303425\">&#8216;Musica Nova: Harmonie des Nations, 1500-1700&#8217;, with\u00a0Jordi Savall directing his ensemble Hesp\u00e8rion XXI<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s not that each is so photogenic, but that there are always multiples. &nbsp; They&#8217;e also simply, literally, delicious. Here the cleaned blowfish are still in the fishmonger&#8217;s tub: Now home, on the counter, after breading: And just after being placed in the pan of hot olive oil: I never deep fry anything, although this &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meals-at-home"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19209\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}