Food updates

Over the last month we've made some interesting food:

Not that interesting, but a sushi feast! There was crab (cooked), roast eel (from a can), and some kind of raw fish. It was actually really good, so I'm disappointed that we forgot what it was. All I remember is that it was the only thing at Mitsuwa that wasn't on the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch "Avoid" list.

Next time, we'll try i love blue sea, a San Francisco distributor of sustainable, sushi-quality seafood.

We'd also gotten some wild Alaskan salmon. We salted it. That is, we put salt on it (and a little pepper), put it in the fridge for two days, and then ate it.

It was really salty.

I'm not quite sure what to make of that, but SC's Russian friend says it's the best way to eat fish.

We bought turkey hot dogs from Safeway at an incredible discount ($0.49 for a standard pack of 8). Ever since we went to Chicago three winters ago (January of 2008), we've been trying to replicate Chicago-style hot dogs (I can't believe that place has a Wikipedia page). At some point we gave up on matching it exactly, but we still try loading up on toppings.

This one has horseradish mustard, diced tomatoes, grated Colby Jack cheese, onion, slightly questionable avocado, sliced pepperocinis, ground pepper, and celery salt.

We decided to make chicken Parmesan, with some modifications. We used thigh meat, which we like more than breast, and we didn't have bread crumbs, so we dredged one in whole wheat flour and the other in oatmeal. They actually both turned out about the same - a whole lot like fried chicken. And that's the secret to chicken parm's success as an American staple: it's fried chicken...with cheese.