{"id":8664,"date":"2016-07-14T21:58:23","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T21:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/?p=8664"},"modified":"2016-07-14T21:58:23","modified_gmt":"2016-07-14T21:58:23","slug":"oreganolemon-grilled-squid-grilled-eggplant-milkweed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/?p=8664","title":{"rendered":"oregano\/lemon-grilled squid; grilled eggplant, milkweed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8665\" src=\"http:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/squid_marinated_grilled_eggplant.jpg\" alt=\"squid_marinated_grilled_eggplant\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8666\" src=\"http:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Jap_eggplant.jpg\" alt=\"Jap_eggplant\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve made\u00a0the Mario Batali&#8217;s recipe for grilled eggplant (using all kinds of eggplant) something of a classic in our\u00a0kitchen;\u00a0and this alternative to using an oven in the preparing small squid, bodies and tentacles (a <em>lot<\/em> of tentacles in this instance) is\u00a0approaching\u00a0the same\u00a0status.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re both delicious, and each of the formulas is open to\u00a0variations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>three quarters of a pound of small cleaned squid, bodies and tentacles from Blue Moon Fish, marinated for about half an hour (half of that time in the refrigerator) in a bowl with a mixture of zest and juice of\u00a0an organic lemon from Whole Foods, thinly-sliced garlic\u00a0from Whole Foods,\u00a0olive oil, pungent\u00a0dried Italian oregano from Buon Italia, salt, and pepper, then removed from the marinade and pan-grilled briefly over high heat, arranged\u00a0on plates, sprinkled with fresh lemon juice and a mix of some chopped parsley from Stokes Farm and chopped\u00a0lovage from Keith\u2019s Farm\u00a0[the basic recipe, with more specific instructions appears <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnetwork.com\/recipes\/oregano-lemon-grilled-calamari-recipe.html\">here<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>three small\u00a0Japanese eggplants from Lani\u2019s Farm, split lengthwise, scored, brushed with a mixture of oil, finely-chopped garlic from Whole Foods, and chopped Thai Basil from Norwich Meadows Farm (I had no fresh oregano, which is specified in the recipe, and, besides, I was already using dry in the squid), then seasoned with salt and pepper,\u00a0pan-grilled, turning once, sprinkled with chopped <a href=\"http:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/2016\/07\/01\/scallops-milkweed-buds-tomato-garlic-wild-cress-salad\/\">milkweed buds<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/downhomeacres.weebly.com\/\">Down Home Acres<\/a>\u00a0[the basic recipe is <a href=\"https:\/\/dinnerroll.wordpress.com\/2008\/10\/27\/thousand-ridges-japanese-eggplant\/\">here<\/a>&#8216;<\/li>\n<li>the wine was an Italian (Sardinia) white,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sellamosca.com\/sella-and-mosca-la-cala-vermentino.asp\">La Cala Vermentino di Sardegna<\/a>\u00a02014<\/li>\n<li>the music was\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arkivmusic.com\/classical\/album.jsp?album_id=57019\">Handel&#8217;s &#8216;<em>Riccardo Primo<\/em>&#8216; [Richard I], with <em>Les Talens Lyriques<\/em> directed by\u00a0Christophe Rousset<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve made\u00a0the Mario Batali&#8217;s recipe for grilled eggplant (using all kinds of eggplant) something of a classic in our\u00a0kitchen;\u00a0and this alternative to using an oven in the preparing small squid, bodies and tentacles (a lot of tentacles in this instance) is\u00a0approaching\u00a0the same\u00a0status. They&#8217;re both delicious, and each of the formulas is open to\u00a0variations. &nbsp; three &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8664","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\/8664","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8664\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}