{"id":4008,"date":"2015-04-21T23:39:14","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T23:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/?p=4008"},"modified":"2015-04-21T23:39:14","modified_gmt":"2015-04-21T23:39:14","slug":"grilled-mackerel-tomato-salsa-kale-and-collards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/?p=4008","title":{"rendered":"grilled mackerel, tomato salsa; kale and collards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Boston_mackerel_fillets.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4020\" src=\"http:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Boston_mackerel_fillets.jpg\" alt=\"Boston_mackerel_fillets\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mackerel, Spanish or\u00a0Boston mackerel, is\u00a0one of the most beautiful fish in the sea [here, <a href=\"http:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/2014\/11\/02\/boston-mackerel-and-me-both-far-from-home\/\">some fillets in full sunlight<\/a>], whether whole or filleted, and one of the most\u00a0delicious. It&#8217;s a pity so many people avoid it because of the adjective &#8220;oily&#8217; that is\u00a0so casually attached to it, generally with\u00a0a negative connotation. \u00a0But it&#8217;s precisely the full flavor and, yes, the <em>oiliness<\/em> of mackerel and other non-whitefish, like\u00a0salmon, trout, and tuna (as well as the smaller species, such as anchovies, herring, and sardines), that is prized by others, including myself. \u00a0Of course there&#8217;s also the health factor, but most people don&#8217;t actually eat food counsel.<\/p>\n<p>The secret for enjoying mackerel, or any oily fish, is the same as for any other food is finding the right recipe. \u00a0This is just one, and it&#8217;s very simple.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/mackerel_tomato_kale.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4019\" src=\"http:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/mackerel_tomato_kale.jpg\" alt=\"mackerel_tomato_kale\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2-ounce Boston mackerel fillets (a total of 8 for the two of us) from Pura Vida Fisheries, brushed with olive oil and seasoned, pan-grilled briefly over high heat (both sides, skin side down first), then transferred to warm plates and half-covered with a Sicilian-style salsa of halved cherry tomatoes from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toigoorchards.com\/\">Toigo Orchards<\/a>, capers, lemon juice from Fantastic Gardens of Long Island, salt,\u00a0pepper, and a bit of chopped\u00a0winer savory\u00a0from Whole Foods<\/li>\n<li>a mixture of kale and collard greens from Rogowski Farm, roughly chopped, wilted with olive oil in which one lightly-crushed\u00a0garlic clove from &#8216;music garlic\u2019 heads from Migliorelli Farm, cut in two, had been heated, the greens seasoned with salt and freshly-ground pepper, and drizzled with more olive oil<\/li>\n<li>the wine was\u00a0a Spanish white, <a href=\"http:\/\/flatiron-wines.com\/cvne-cune-monopole-rioja-blanco-2013.html\">CVNE Cuna Monopole Rioja Blanco 2013<\/a><\/li>\n<li>the music was Bach, partitas played by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/jeremydenk.net\/blog\/\">Jeremy Denk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mackerel, Spanish or\u00a0Boston mackerel, is\u00a0one of the most beautiful fish in the sea [here, some fillets in full sunlight], whether whole or filleted, and one of the most\u00a0delicious. It&#8217;s a pity so many people avoid it because of the adjective &#8220;oily&#8217; that is\u00a0so casually attached to it, generally with\u00a0a negative connotation. \u00a0But it&#8217;s precisely the &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-4008","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\/4008","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=4008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4008\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}