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I’m calling it summer shark, even though it was being labelled “sand shark” at the Greenmarket (it’s also called ‘dogfish’, in some places; \u2018rock salmon\u2019 in the UK, \u2018saumonette<\/em>\u2019 in France, and \u2018palombo<\/em>\u2019 in Italy), but whatever it’s called, it’s been impossibly delicious each time I’ve prepared it<\/a>.<\/p>\n This time the vegetable was terrific as well. It was possibly the best grilled Japanese eggplant I’ve ever done, and that’s saying a lot, since it’s my favorite cultivar of all the ‘berries’<\/a> of the nightshade family.<\/p>\n Also, just when I had run out of fresh seasoning alliums, some beautiful late-August’ red spring onions’ (they’re actually available much of the season<\/a>) showed up at the Greenmarket yesterday, helping to ensure the quality of the sauce I would be making for the shark.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n *the phrase appears in this 2003 article<\/a> in the Independent<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/eggplant_Japanese.jpg\")
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