{"id":8862,"date":"2016-07-28T18:19:47","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T18:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/?p=8862"},"modified":"2016-07-28T18:19:47","modified_gmt":"2016-07-28T18:19:47","slug":"mackerel-caper-tomato-fennel-salsa-eggplant-oregano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/?p=8862","title":{"rendered":"mackerel, caper-tomato-fennel salsa; eggplant, oregano"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mackerel are not endangered, not expensive, very good for you, and very delicious.<\/p>\n

After so many previous outings<\/a>, how much more can I say about this great mackerel preparation? It’s\u00a0Michael White\u2019s very simple Sicilian-inspired recipe<\/a>.\u00a0 I can usually\u00a0vary the tomatoes, depending on what may be\u00a0available, and sometimes at the very end I sprinkle\u00a0something on the top (last night, for the first time, a micro bronze<\/em> fennel), but even more important is the freshness of the fish and my luck in getting the correct\u00a0flame and timing the cooking right.<\/p>\n

Tomatoes and eggplant too:\u00a0not endangered, not expensive, very good for you, and very delicious.<\/p>\n

I love grilling somewhat larger\u00a0eggplant, but\u00a0I always smile when I spot\u00a0‘fairy tale’ eggplant (a name I’ve usually shortened to ‘fairy eggplant’)\u00a0in the Greenmarket. They have the disadvantage of not lending themselves to being scored<\/a>\u00a0before grilling,\u00a0but they have the advantage of not lending themselves to\u00a0being scored before grilling (scoring takes a little more time, but only a little<\/em> more time). Both larger and smaller eggplant can be combined with another vegetable, and tomato is a natural<\/a>, but I kept it simple this time.<\/p>\n

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\"heirloom_tomatoes\"<\/p>\n

\"fairy+tale_eggplant\"<\/p>\n

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